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Commer Miles WrE NUN 235
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No: 20484   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1976   Manufacturer: Commer   Country: United Kingdom
Commer Miles WrE NUN 235

taken at a railway embankment fire in Wrexham - 1976 drought. Reaching the pump was tricky on these designs unless you slipped the escape.
Picture added on 09 November 2009 at 19:48
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We used to slip the escape....good practise anyway

Added by Barrie Green on 09 November 2009.
Thanks for this Petros, slip it, even a cork lid has its limits!

Added by John Stott on 10 November 2009.
Just as a matter of interest if you wanted to put a place to the photo,this is Caia Road in Wrexham outside the present Colour Supplies store.The embankment being on the old Wrexham-Ellesmere railway long since built on

Added by Gary Simpson on 10 November 2009.
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