wes williams Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 The latest ICA 'Concertina World' magazine has just arrived, and I was saddened to see that it reports the death of John Holman back in January. For those of you not familiar with John, he was a skilled leather worker, and was responsible for the bellows and cases of the earliest Dipper concertinas back in the late 1970s/ early 1980s. A little more information can be found in this thread. I last saw John a couple of years ago, so was aware that he was battling the big C. A really nice guy, and I shall miss our chance meetings and chats in the local Wiltshire/Somerset borders area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplayer Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Sad news.John repaired my jeffries concertina with new bellows in 1981 it has never let me down. R.I.P John cplayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjcjones Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Sorry to hear this. John, recommended to my by Colin Dipper, replaced the bellows on my first concertina, which I no longer have. We spent a long and happy afternoon chatting about concertinas, during which we came up with the idea of transparent bellows containing flashing fairy lights. Sadly, so far as I am aware, these never saw the light of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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