Initially there was concerns from local residences regarding the amount of traffic and parking disruption that the Heritage centre would bring to the area, but the current owners have made a deal with Metro Taxis to provide free transfers to and from Bridge Centre car park in Bedford street. (Ed: does anyone have details/tel/web/email for Metro Taxis, they deserve some extra business for helping out)

Other details that have come out are :

• The centre will be open four days a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday as well as all bank Holidays, from 10am until 5pm
• There will be two visitor sessions with a maximum of 15 people per session
• All visitors will have to pre-book
• About £500,000 is needed to make all the improvements needed to open the centre
• The centre is planning to open on Fred’s birthday: 28th April 2010

Donations should be sent to 121 Radcliffe Road, Bolton, BL2 1NU or emailing freddibnahtours@live.com or by visiting the Official Heritage Centre’s Official eBay page.

Media Links:

It’s full steam ahead for Fred house museum The Bolton News