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Account Book of Sharnbrook Fire Engine Society

1865 - 1914

From: 1865 To: 1914

Income & Expenditure Including use of fire engine at the following fires: Mr Pool's fire - Feb 1865 Fire at Odell - 27 Mar 1865 Mr Woodruffe's Fire - 1867 Fire at Harrold - 1867 Fire at Milton - 1870 Fire at Mr Goosey - 1870 1870-1875 'Mr Stedman was ill from 1870 to his death in 1874 and the book was not made up' W H jr. Mr Prew Treasurer 1875 Late Mr Stedman's Balance Jan 1870 after searching papers was reduced from £18 2s to £3,4s,5d Cheque rec'd of Executor's £3 4s 5d Fire Higham Park - 8 Oct 1875 Use of engine at fire - 28 Dec 1880 Use of engine at Felmersham - 1881 expenses at Mr Brown's fire - 28 Jan 1882 expenses form Lord St John for his fire at Bletsoe - 15 April 1882 Bletsoe Fire - June 1882 Sharnbrook Fire - July-August 1882 Felmersham Fire - September 1882 Mr Green's Fire - February 1883 Claridge's Fire - 3 December 1884 expenses at Gough's Fire - August 1892 Waldock's Fire - 8 September 1898 Fire at Melchbourne - September 1901 Harrold Fire - 10 September 1902 Fire at Oak Inn Chellington - 27 November 1902 Fire at Mr W Paynes, Whitwick Green - 5 January 1905 Fire at Lord St John's Cottage at Melchbourne - 23 Aug 1905 Fire at Souldrop - 21 September 1905 Fire at Mr Peck's - 30 September 1905 Fire at Police Constable Line's house - July 1907 Fire at Radwell - 27 Feb 1913 Also Lists of subscribers 1870 Lists of subscribers (arranged by parishes) 1905 L G Stileman - Gibbard signs accounts (sometimes chairman except 1889 when T.T. Hine is Chairman) Salaries of firemen - 1888 social evening - 25 Feb 1902 Fire Brigade show at Bedford - Aug 1907 Rent of Engine House from Stileman-Gibbard 1862-1914 At back of book Detailed accounts of expenses incurred at fire. (Name of insurance company given) Cottage at Odell (owner Crewe Alston) 1 March 1865 Mr Woodruffe's Risely 27 January 1867 Executors of John Rogers, Sharnbrook 1867 Fire at Bletsoe Park, J C Beall's 1868 Notes by F Hipwell who bought the Fire Engine and presented it to the Borough of Bedford, who occasionally displayed at the Agricultural show Note the Sharnbrook Fire Engine is now exhibited at the Bedford Museum, Castle Lane.It was extensively restored in the 1980's

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Sharnbrook Fire Engine Society,
Pool,
Woodruffe,
Goosey,
Stedman,
Prew,
Brown,
St John,
Green,
Claridge,
Gough,
Waldock,
Payne,
Peck,
Line,
Gibbard, Stileman,
Hine, T.T.,
Alston,
Rogers, John,
Beall, J.C.,
Hipwell, F.

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