A commemorative stone to honour Bolton legend Fred Dibnah has been replaced.

The tile, in Bolton town centre, was reported as cracked and damaged in January and was left in its sorry state for months.

The memorial to the renowned steeplejack is on Churchgate in the town centre.

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Now a local company has worked with Bolton council replace it free of charge.

Hardscape, manufacturers of paving tiles, have created a new tile which has now been installed by the council’s highways team.

The state of the memorial to one of Bolton’s most famous sons was recently highlighted by a reality TV and Netflix star.

Bank of Dave’s Dave Fishwick, said: “Fred Dibnah MBE is a le

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