Reference
FSD/PC30
Title
Album No. 29
Date free text
4 May 1982 to 21 July 1983
Production date
From: 1982 To: 1983
Scope and Content
Includes material as follows:
- possible effects of an overtime ban by fire control staff due to shortage of such staff;
- fire in trackside cables on railway at Cow Bridge, Ampthill Road, Bedford*;
- lightning strike at house in Ivel Road, Sandy*;
- fire at Farley Hill Community Centre, Luton;
- fire at Moti Raj Tandoori restaurant, Midland Road, Bedford*;
- fire in a chip van, A6 Houghton Conquest [see also FSD/PC 29]*;
- results of inquiry into fatal chip van fire in Clifton [see FSD/PC 29};
- profile on the only female fire fighter with USAF in Britain, at RAF Chicksands*;
- article on 1919 Peace Riots in Luton and the continuing effects of the loss of records when the Town Hall was destroyed by fire*;
- fire at Poynter’s Road, Lewsey Farm, Luton*;
- ammonia leak at Franco’s Ices ice cream factory, Queen’s Park, Bedford*;
- CFO Haley’s warning of insufficient manning levels in Beds FS;
- tightening of controls at Cranfield air shows [see FSD/PC 29]*;
- controversy over CFO Haley’s decision to call out FS to provide refreshments at a BCC council meeting;
- fatal fire at 81 Farrer Street, Kempston [see FSD/RR 1/274]*;
- fire, possibly arson at unoccupied house, 27 Spenser Road, Bedford*;
- profile of first Beds FS female fire fighter, Julie Thatcher*;
- fatal train derailment near Linslade Tunnel*;
- fire at Top Rank Club, Mill Street, Luton in which seven firemen were injured [see FSD/RR 1/278]*;
- extra £38,000 to improve safety at fire stations;
- arson attack at Bedford Modern School*;
- second arson attack at 27 Spenser Road, Bedford*;
- fire at Tenby Drive, Luton*;
- fatal fire at 221 Waulud’s Bank Drive, Marsh Farm, Luton [see FSD/RR 1/279]*;
- CFO Haley’s belief that FS personnel wearing spectacles should not be fire fighters*;
- suspension of fire safety inspections in schools due to shortage of staff;
- murder of former fireman by another former fireman who then committed suicide, due to marital difficulties, Luton*;
- threatened one day strikes over pension contributions [rejected by FBU];
- lightning strikes at Falcon Avenue, Bedford and Three Horse Shoes PH, Kempston West End*;
- woman cyclist killed in collision with Bedford station fire engine answering a false emergency call*;
- collision between two trains at Luton Station*;
- plea by Leighton Buzzard firemen to be called out in an emergency following a number of incidents when they were not;
- fire at SBDC old peoples’ flats, Knights Close, Eaton Bray*;
- commendations for bravery of seven firemen fighting the fire at Top Rank Club, Mill Street, Luton*;
- arson by prisoner inside H.M.Prison, Bedford;
- charge of driving without due care and attention admitted by driver of fire engine which went through red traffic lights and struck a car in Luton, lenient attitude of magistrates;
- fatal air crash of Tiger Moth at Cranfield during Popular Flying Association international rally*.
Level of description
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