did he suffer from any disease?
Yes. He had a malignant tumor on his right kidney
Fred Dibnah
 Toward the end of filming, Dibnah went to Bolton Royal Hospital for a check-up, where a tumour was found on his right kidney. The kidney was removed and the tumour was found to be malignant.
who was fred dibnah? English steeplejack and television personality where did he study? UNANSWERABLE what did he work as in the beginning? He worked at a funeral parlor but left quickly was he married? Yes. To Alison Mary Foster and then Susan Lorenz did he do any television show? Yes. BBC Look North West interviewed him
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Fred Dibnah [SEP] Illness
Dibnah was the chairman of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society and an episode on the construction of Britain's canal network was therefore of particular interest to him. Toward the end of filming, Dibnah went to Bolton Royal Hospital for a check-up, where a tumour was found on his right kidney. The kidney was removed and the tumour was found to be malignant. He went to Christie Hospital in Manchester, where further growths were discovered around his bladder. On the same day, Sheila's father fell from the roof of his house and died. Dibnah underwent chemotherapy and once his treatment was finished tests showed that he was free of cancer.