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As we suspected a couple of days ago, the official announcement of the opening of a Heritage Centre in Fred’s former residence has been made.

Leon over at the Heritage Centre is quoted as saying that it will open to the public in June “come hell or high water” (there seems to be some confusion as to which exact date: the details in the press says 15th, but tickets for the first day are being sold for the 14th)

“It has been slower than we expected, but I am not going to give up and we will open, come hell or high water, on June 15. The two biggest things we haven’t been able to do is the toilet block and the extension to the workshop, but it will be a work in progress.” – Leon

Leon also reminded us of the current “Sponsor a Brick Campaign” with the extra snip-it that they “are going to have a big plaque in the yard with the names of everyone who sponsored one”.

Some more details of the Open Day on the 5th June have also been released:

It will be a very good day. We have some of Fred’s friends coming down and there will be a first-class buffet and maybe even a steam engine on the day.

Don’t forget that the Heritage Centre is selling lots of official memorabilia as well, be sure to have a look.

Update: more details have been released, please forgive their spelling mistakes in their excitement to get the news to us:

THE GRAND OPENING OF THE FRED DIBNAH HERITAGE CETNRE!

At long last – our Grand Opening of the Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre has come true!
The Grand Opening will be on the 15TH JUNE 2010!!!

The mayor of Bolton will be here to cut the tape at 2pm and the first ever guided tour of The Fred Dibnah Heritage centre will then take place!
This is a historic and a momentous day as its the realisation of Freds dream, that his wonderful collection of 40 years lifetime’s work will now be on show to the public, and of course his many hundreds of thousands of fans.

Normal times of the tours will then be as follow:

Tours will take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and Bank holidays. There will be TWO tours per day. The first will start at 10am and finish at 1pm and the second tour will start at 2pm and finish at 5pm.

Visitors will have a guided tour of the wonderful grounds, workshops and machinery, collected by Fred over his working life, and will then be able to sit and relax in the garden, the snug or the lounge, and take in the atmosphere of this amazing piece of Engish history!

Refreshments will be available and there will be a superb range of memorabilia and souvenir’s to purchase. Visitors must pre book as we will not be able to allow people who just turn up entry.

The cost of each ticket per person is £12

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Booking is essential to visit the heritage centre. For details email freddibnahtours@live.com.