What a pity that someone with so many interests and ambitions should be robbed of his retirement years. A guy like him deserved to live for at least another 20 years. I believe he had just finished filming his next TV series, which will be shown in the spring. Ron Head ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:46 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Another one gone :-( > What a shame. > I once met him when he visited Worthing SME. > A great character, and wonderful raconteur. > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Sheppard Residence" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:16 PM > Subject: [modeleng] Another one gone :-( > > > I see that from the BBC website that Fred Dibnah has died. > > Whilst not a "model" engineer, he certainly was a character in the field > of engineering.... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3988667.stm > > Cheers > > Peter > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.