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Two Old Friends Reunited after 57 years
LP 8389 on the left is the famous 'JEZEBEL' the 1916 Dennis 'D' Series, new to London Fire Brigade where it served until 1932 at Vauxhall and Rotherhithe stations. It was then purchased by the Warrington soap manufacturers Joseph Crosfield and was used by their works fire brigade until 1955 when she was replaced by a brand new Dennis F1 pump NED 146.
NED is turn served Crosfields well until 1977 when the works brigade was disbanded and eventually was gifted to Cheshire F&RS Historical Society who restored her.
JEZ in turn was gifted by Crosfields to the London College of Science and is still looked after by the Motor Club run by the students.
In September 2011, JEZ was brought up to Manchester to transport the happy couple in a local wedding and was accommodated for the weekend at Rochdale Fire Museum who coincidentally was holding an open day on the Sunday. We managed to get the two machines together after 57 years
LP 8389 on the left is the famous 'JEZEBEL' the 1916 Dennis 'D' Series, new to London Fire Brigade where it served until 1932 at Vauxhall and Rotherhithe stations. It was then purchased by the Warrington soap manufacturers Joseph Crosfield and was used by their works fire brigade until 1955 when she was replaced by a brand new Dennis F1 pump NED 146.
NED is turn served Crosfields well until 1977 when the works brigade was disbanded and eventually was gifted to Cheshire F&RS Historical Society who restored her.
JEZ in turn was gifted by Crosfields to the London College of Science and is still looked after by the Motor Club run by the students.
In September 2011, JEZ was brought up to Manchester to transport the happy couple in a local wedding and was accommodated for the weekend at Rochdale Fire Museum who coincidentally was holding an open day on the Sunday. We managed to get the two machines together after 57 years
Sorry Barry......it was a typo of course JEZ is an N Type !!!!!! just testing lol
Added by Barrie Green on 20 September 2011.
Added by Barrie Green on 20 September 2011.
The appliance registered LP8389 is a 1916 Dennis N-Type pump.
Added by Pete Matten on 20 September 2011.
Added by Pete Matten on 20 September 2011.
Dennis
Added by Barry on 19 September 2011.