AD1082/4/1

Page of postcards and photographs found loose in AD 1082/4, comprising the following: - a Christmas/New Year card for 1903/1904 from Chipping Norton Fire Brigade [Oxon]; - the rear of a fire damaged cottage, location and date unknown; - an unnamed group of nine firemen posed on a steamer, presumably Bedford Volunteer Fire Brigade; - rescue drill being carried out with a fire escape and scaffold platform, probably Bedford Volunteer Brigade in Russell Park, Bedford; - Captain Augustus Hill and eight other firemen posed in front of the open doors of Mill Street Fire Station, Bedford, with three appliances partly visible behind them, a hand-written date at the side being 18 October 1907; - two firemen and a civilian posed beside a lightweight steamer, presumably "Victoria" or "Alexandra", a handwritten caption at the side noting that the photograph was taken at Howbury Hall in 1909; - group of firemen, including Captain Hill, with a trailer, probably in the grounds of Howbury Hall in 1909.

1903-1909

From: 1903 To: 1909

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photographs, named portraits, unidentified portraits, fire brigades personnel, fire appliances, Christmas, public parks, fire stations, Chipping Norton, BEDFORD, RENHOLD, Renhold Howbury Hall, Bedford Russell Park, Bedford Mill Street