is it possible to remove one or both side bars from a page ie keep all the other pages as is, but just on a specific page?

have you looked thru the options?

Yes Juggledad - and I am sorry for wasting everyone's time

Just look at the sidebars options area. You can exclude any of them from any of the pages. You have to know the ID of the page. It's a number, like 29 or 133. To find that, you simply go to Pages and run your cursor over the one you want excluded. Its ID number will be in the bottom of your browser window.