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Hi everyone Lenbo here i'm new .

 Well i want to post a siting of Freds old Landrover , Thursday 24th September 2010 parked outside a house adjacent the old Co- oP shop

also these days converted into an ordinary dwelling.  Where i'm talking about was Waterside a very small village nestled between Eccleshill and Hoddlesden  midway between Darwen and Blackburn .

 It had the old livery Fred Dibnah Steeplejack Bolton and the phone number . i pass this spot maybe  two three times a week on my way up to a local fishing lodge  Carus'a Mill Lodge , used by  Darwen Loyal Anglers  . Never ever seen Fred's old Landrover up close before in my life , and to say was shocked would be an understatement .  Especially around my neck of the woods  being Blegburn .. old Lanky ferr Blackburn .

As i understood it , the Landrover was put in storage ?  just were cannot seem to find out . However in searching around on the web , i came across a series of pictures with a chap called Haslam , sorry can't recall his first name , but in most of maybe six pictures he was seen at the front or side of Fred's old Landy ????  Oh it did say  ——– Haslam of Wigan ? but unfortunately it didn't State this chap Haslam had bought Fred's Landrover ?

  But from the pictures , he was beaming , i'd say  he appeared to be the proud new owner ? 

  Has any of you Fred's world people on here , any ideas  as to the true nature of what actually was the destiny of the Landy after Fred's death .

  I'd  love to know , as probably a few other Fred Dibnah lovers  , all over  and general interest , concerning something that was so integral to Fred's life,   His old Landrover .

    Hoping some kind soul out there just may have a few answers  ..    Thanks for reading , Yours a long time Fred Admirer ,  Lenbo .

Hi Rob , 

  thanks for your input ,  the thing was, i've lived about these parts for some years now , and never seen any sign of Fred's old land rover there before .

 I understand both his lads are living in the Isle of Man where there mother moved to after the divorce . I had no knowledge of the whereabouts of  any of his three daughters ? From his first marriage   till you mentioned one does live in the Darwen area . Cheers for that info .

  Still you could have a point  Rob , maybe whoever lives now at that address were i seen the Landy , it could be a relative or something ? and once in a Blue Moon  one of the family comes across visiting , in the Land Rover , and just by chance   i spotted it their the other day .

  I used to live at Waterside many moons ago , but still have a few contacts still living there in the village , i' will try and catch up with one or two of them  and check out if they may know something ? if I find anything out i'll certainly pop it up here at the Forum .

Thanks again   Rob ,   Lenbo .

Evening Joe ,

                    Thanks for that information , something i never knew that Fred had a couple of landrovers ..

So as you say Joe , might explain me spotting one the other day in the Darwen area ?

and you say Roger the younger lad i believe now has the landrover or at least one of them . 

I did see something about his landrover getting a full over haul fresh engine the lot chassis sorted  too ..

Maybe this was the landrover i came across on the web , were a chap called Haslam and it mentioned Wigan .

  Was he the person who did the renovation ?  or had he bought one of the landrovers , as say Joe , that was something

I hadn't known , that Fred had , had a couple of landrovers  at least , would suspect they were both liveried the same ..

  Oh well , thanks again for that Joe ..     Lenbo .

freds landrover..  at waterside.