Fire Engines Photos

When I visited there it was explained that the nearest fire station was not very near the estate. Apparently quite a lot of the estate workers were trained as firefighters and really enjoyed drills with their pumper, which - as seen here - was always beautifully maintained.

Added by on 15 November 2022.

There is now a retained one pump station in Sandringham village itself, which responded to 48 alarms last year. But the very large house and other buildings would justify quite a considerably larger response, so I imagine they still have an employee brigade - although it’s not clear if they continue to have a fully fledged pumper.

Added by Rob Johnson on 16 November 2022.

I just learned learned that the estate fire brigade was merged into Norfolk in 1968 - not long after I visited the house.

Added by Rob Johnson on 17 November 2022.

I have just discovered another Morris Commercial from Norfolk survives DPW111. It is a now a mobile refreshment vehicle based Shaftesbury having been a caravan/mobile home for many years. Supplied to Downham Market.

www.mavisdpw111.co.uk/


Added by Petros on 06 November 2025.

When I first set eyes as a kid on Darlington’s Morris Magirus turntable ladder, I was quite surprised that the manufacturer of the ubiquitous Morris Eight car would be building anything so magnificent! Of course only a few years later I learned that John Morris of Salford had nothing to do with the other Morris Motors concern.

Added by Rob Johnson on 06 November 2025.

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