This shows a small part of the Home Office Green Goddess storage facility at Marchington, Staffordshire, prior to the disposal that subsequently took place
Picture added on 10 July 2009 at 16:03
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Thankyou for this Roger, I am sure I am not alone in feeling sadness at their disposal. This fleet will go on though, as other contributors have shown, firefighting all over the world as only a GG can.
It's like Willy Wonkas Factory for the fire buff. I used to drive past this place every day when I lived near there and always wondered what it was inside (I never thought at the time they would disband the reserve so soon after - so didn't see the urgency to try and get a look in, hindsights a great thing). In fact I knew that the threat of the last strike was being taken seriously when low loaders turned up and they suddenly started to bring them out. As much as I love the GG's, imagine if Dennis had secured the contract ...
Added by John Stott on 11 July 2009.