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GLW Leyland TD Turntable Ladder, Wolverhampton F.B
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No: 18377   Contributor: Chris Hall   Year: 1984   Manufacturer: Leyland   Country: United Kingdom
GLW Leyland TD Turntable Ladder, Wolverhampton F.B

Turntable Ladder built on an unfrozen Leyland Titan Chassis during WW2. Unfrozen effectively meant realeased from war production.
This was seen at Teesside Airport Rally c1984. I took several pictures of this during the 80's. look out for them soon.
Picture added on 17 July 2009 at 19:02
add commentComments:
Chris - really appreciate all the photos that you are getting out to us, from over the years.

Fellow readers, From Elsewhere; look carefully - not only is the Driver in an Open Cab...he is alone in his own Half-Cab !

Think bottom-half of a double-decker bus....has
to be one of the more unique Aerial[TTL] Ladder designs about...

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 19 July 2009.
GLW 422 went from Wolverhampton FB to Cape Hill Brewery, Smethwick early 1960's

Added by Paul Sturman on 03 October 2015.
Replaced around 1960 by the one and only Leyland Firemaster Magirus turntable ladder with a front-mounted 500 gpm pump. The other, without a pump, went to Darlington County Borough and is in preservation, thanks to Dr. Hutchinson.

Added by Rob Johnson on 05 February 2017.
GLW422 for searching. Now preserved in Flint North Wales by firefighter James Jones who has built a shed round it in his back garden to keep weather out. There is a Hull AEC Regal TL in same shed!

Added by Petros on 13 April 2020.
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