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1968 Land Rover HCB Angus Firefly
This is my 1968 Landrover - UAR993F. Its a HCB Angus firefly and was stationed at the British Rail Wolverton Works in Bucks until the early 1990's. I presume the additional transverse lock was added at the works as it has railway carriage handles rather than the standard round chrome ones supplie by HCB!
This was at the Eye Show, Suffolk, 31/8/09.
This is my 1968 Landrover - UAR993F. Its a HCB Angus firefly and was stationed at the British Rail Wolverton Works in Bucks until the early 1990's. I presume the additional transverse lock was added at the works as it has railway carriage handles rather than the standard round chrome ones supplie by HCB!
This was at the Eye Show, Suffolk, 31/8/09.
Hi David, I own PNN967F very similar to yours but my suction trofs are missing, your right I don't think the top locker was part of original speck.
Added by Gordon Smith on 13 November 2009.
Added by Gordon Smith on 13 November 2009.
Daivd HI I was wondering if you would like to bring the fire engine back to wolverton works for an open weekend 2015?
Added by Phillip Webb on 25 November 2014.
Added by Phillip Webb on 25 November 2014.
Hi David, nice to see our old fire engine is still being looked after. I was a member of Wolverton Works Fire Brigade between 1985 & 1989. I'm a former Vehicle Builder at Wolverton Works (1980 -1989) and joined the brigade when I was just 21 years of age. It was great fun being a part of something so special. I don't know if you know the history of Wolverton Works brigade but did you know it once received a letter of appreciation on 23 July 1933 from King George V? This was after a fire at the Wolverton site during which the brigade saved his royal saloon.
When I was a member of 'the works brigade' we were alerted to any fires within the works by a system of bells which would sound in the workshops, 5 bells meant that there was fire and brigade members would stop work and run to the fire station where we would put on our uniforms before boarding the fire engine. Speeding up and down the Wolverton Works site with sirens blazing was such an adrenalin buzz! Of course we used to get quite a bit of stick from our other work colleagues who lovingly referred to us as the 'Trumpton Brigade'.
After attending a fire and upon returning to the fire station I remember how the canteen manageress used to bring out a tray of hot pies which were washed down with a nice cuppa, those were the days! I do have several photos of my time in the brigade which may be of interest to you. Sadly all are a little grainy but I'm sure you will appreciate seeing your fire engine in action.
Regards Chris
Added by Chris Smallbones on 08 June 2022.
When I was a member of 'the works brigade' we were alerted to any fires within the works by a system of bells which would sound in the workshops, 5 bells meant that there was fire and brigade members would stop work and run to the fire station where we would put on our uniforms before boarding the fire engine. Speeding up and down the Wolverton Works site with sirens blazing was such an adrenalin buzz! Of course we used to get quite a bit of stick from our other work colleagues who lovingly referred to us as the 'Trumpton Brigade'.
After attending a fire and upon returning to the fire station I remember how the canteen manageress used to bring out a tray of hot pies which were washed down with a nice cuppa, those were the days! I do have several photos of my time in the brigade which may be of interest to you. Sadly all are a little grainy but I'm sure you will appreciate seeing your fire engine in action.
Regards Chris
Added by Chris Smallbones on 08 June 2022.
Wolverton was famous for building and maintaining royal train carriages, but was also I believe the largest and most important passenger carriage builders for British Rail in general. When I visited my brother who lived there in the late 1950s the town had a retained fire station, with an Austin ex NFS PE, an ex NFS ATV with a trailer pump and a rather odd postwar Commer pump, which might have been a water tender but had a mid mounted pump, so was probably not…Given the enormous size of the carriage works - and the amount of wood and fabrics used there - having a works brigade on site made a lot of sense. It could have been quite a challenge for the limited resources of that retained station to cope with anything serious at the carriage works….
Speaking of factory fire brigades, I recently learned that a German power station recently bought the tallest Bronto ever built to date - a 90 meter giant on a five axle Scania chassis. But no photo yet, I’m sad to say.
Added by Rob Johnson on 08 June 2022.
Speaking of factory fire brigades, I recently learned that a German power station recently bought the tallest Bronto ever built to date - a 90 meter giant on a five axle Scania chassis. But no photo yet, I’m sad to say.
Added by Rob Johnson on 08 June 2022.
Land Rover
saw your land rover on ebay, looks a nice one, I am also the owner of a land rover fire engine, could you email me some hi res shots I would like to see some rear shots, thank you
Archie
Added by Archie Mckinnon on 16 October 2009.