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.