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Purchased Fred’s former house in 2009 with the plan to have it opened as a Heritage Centre.
News Items for: 'Leon Powsney'
Volunteer guides wanted for Heritage Centre
On July - 29 - 2010
Leon and the team over at the Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre have put a call out for volunteer guides. Read the rest of this entry »
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Heritage Centre opens to the public
On June - 15 - 2010
Fred's back garden mine shaft
After months of planning and hard work Fred Dibnah’s former residence has finally opened today as a Heritage Centre.
Booking is essential to visit the heritage centre. For details email freddibnahtours@live.com. Read the rest of this entry »
Heritage Centre to open 15th despite setbacks
On June - 13 - 2010
Leon and the team over at the Heritage Centre have announced that despite the recent setback of discovering that they needed a complete rewiring for the house and buildings, that the opening day is still going to be Tuesday 15th June. Read the rest of this entry »
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Heritage Centre Catalogue Launched
On May - 10 - 2010
Word has come in that the Heritage Centre in Fred’s former residence, due to open on 15th June, has released a catalogue after commissioning “a local artist to design a whole new range of beautiful items of memorabilia that will be sold exclusively through the heritage centre”. Read the rest of this entry »
House will open to the public in June
On May - 1 - 2010
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. Read the rest of this entry »
Heritage Centre to open 15th June 2010
On April - 27 - 2010
Opening date confirmed
No official announcement as yet but I just noticed a eBay auction of tickets to what seems like the official opening of the Heritage centre at Fred’s former residence.
Update: Heritage centre confirmed to open in June. The press have been told that the official opening date is the 15th June. But the eBay auction for tickets (link below) still lists it as the 14th. Confusion.
Update 2: The opening date has been confirmed as the 15th, seems the eBay listing below incorrectly reported it as the 14th. Read the rest of this entry »
Open day at Fred’s house: June 5th 2010
On March - 21 - 2010
News is coming in of an open day at Fred’s former home and location of the planned “Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre”. Read the rest of this entry »
Heritage Centre “Sponsor a Brick Campaign”
On March - 20 - 2010
Sponsor a Brick Campaign
In the continuing push for funds going towards the opening of Fred’s former residence as a Heritage Centre, word is coming in of a “Sponsor a Brick Campaign”.
When you sponsor a brick by donating £10, not only do you get a certificate (by email or post) but also entry into a competition to win a first prize of £7,500 £500 (updated: see below) cash, with lots of other prizes available. The Heritage Centre is also giving 25p of every brick to Cancer Research UK. Read the rest of this entry »
Mini-Digger needed for Heritage Centre
On February - 3 - 2010
The team over at the Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre have put a call out for anyone with construction equipment to give them a hand:
We are in need of a Mini-Digger that we can borrow to use on the yard. Can anyone ‘lend’ us one for a couple of jobs?
If you can help drop Leon at the Centre an email on freddibnahtours@live.com.
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