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The Official
Opening of the
then
new Fire Station
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taken
outside Great
Hyde Hall
Taken on the
occasion of the
opening of the
Sawbridgeworth
Fire Station 4th
April 1906 -
persons count
shows an
attendance of 49. |
The Place, Date
and Event
unknown
Probably with
the presence of
young 'Billy'
Collins this
will be around
1913-1915. From
the fairly large
number of
onlookers this
could be a local
drilling
competition
perhaps. |
Fireman A. J.
Archer c.1905
He was a shop
keeper in
Hoestock Road
which his son
John retained
and eventually
ran as a radio,
television and
electrical
business in the
late 1940's and
in the 1950's |
Great Hyde Hall
1923
Left to Right
back row:
Walter Tarling,
Harry
Taylor, ? ,Jack
Baker,
William
(Bill) White.Centre: ? ,
'Billy' Collins.
Front Row:
Unknown. |
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The original
Shand Mason
Steamer
Bryan Nockolds
leads his crew
in drilling with
picking up water from
a canvas dam on
The Fair Green about
1905. |
The Shand Mason Steamer &
Crew at Great
Hyde Hall
Sometime during
the
period 1908 -
1911. (Dates
established via
the Minute Book
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the President in
his issued
uniform on the
right.) |
Hand written on
the Original (see
copy)
confirms the
year as
1913 but at
Hatfield Heath.
The date
identifies the
Steamer as
the
Merryweather
purchased in
1912. |
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Left - Second
Officer
Walter Stacey
and Right -
Chief Officer
Bryan Nockolds. |
Second
Officer Walter
Stacey
By the
appearance the
appliance in the
background is
the
Dennis Motor
Fire Engine
RN LH 8642 |
High Jets -
Great Hyde Hall
Presumably jets
from a Steamer
but the date or
occasion is
not known. |
More
High Jets -
Great Hyde Hall
Presumably more jets
from a Steamer
but again no date. |
| Photo taken on
the occasion of
Walter Stacey's
retirement 1932. |
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Considerably Later Years |
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Photo taken at
Acton's Farm
- Between High Wych and Widford
in the late
1970's.
Unfortunately
the quality is
not up to the
standard that
would be
expected for the
period but has
been digitally
adjusted to try
to improve it! |
Burton's Mill
Fire 1975
The
mill stood
immediately
adjacent to the
River Stort at
Sawbridgeworth
accessed via a
short road off
of Station Road,
the mill
buildings
themselves being
constructed
almost entirely
of wood and clad
in wood too!
More information
about the mill
and photos in
Photo Gallery 2 |
The Crew in 1986
Left
to Right: Rear
Row - Geoff
Burrell, Peter
Roberts, Andy Ballisat, Dave
Dellow, Gordon
Clarke.
Front Row
- John
Williams, Paul
Burrell, Tony
Kitchener. |
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The
Crew
in
2003
Rear:
Laurence Bradbrook,
David
Devoil,
Colin
Letch,
Richard
Oakley,
Ian
Walker,
Alan
Brett.
Front:
John
Forsyth,
Barry Cutmore,
Tony
Kitchener,
Jason
Brown,
David
Clarke. |
The
Crew
in
2008
Rear:
Simon
Lincoln,
Alan
Brett,
Laurence
Bradbrook,
Adam
Waugh,
Colin
Letch.
Front:
John
Forsyth,
David
Clarke,
Barry Cutmore,
Richard
Oakley.
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Heart
Award
Winners
Retained
Station
Of
The
Year
2013
Sawbridgeworth
gained
a
beacon
status
earlier
in
the
year,
for
a
top
score
in
the
annual
station
audit.
This
coupled
with
the
volume
of
community
fire
safety
completed
during
the
year
won
them
retained
station
of
the
year
at
the
services
annual
Heart
awards. |
The
Crew
in
2017
Rear:
Barry
Cutmore,
David
Clarke,
Laurence
Bradbrook,
John
Lawrence,
Alan
Brett,
Simon
Lincoln,
John
Forsyth,
Chris
Beattie.
Front:
David Devoil,
Robert
Smith,
Vince
Norton,
Tom
Edwards,
James
Bilson,
Matt
Gill. |
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Appliance
Changed -
Fire station
1988
Dennis Fire
Appliance
E808 BMJ replacing
HCB Angus
MMA 655T.
(Photo with
appreciation to
Andy Ballisat
01/01/2021)
More information
on
E808 BMJ |
1989 RHS Richard
Oakley and Andy
Ballisat |
1989 LHS
Tony
Kitchener |
Exercise in Fire
Station Station
yard 1989
Crew front to
back: Richard
Oakley, Barry
Cutmore, Andy
Ballisat, Ian
Walker. Crew
using Lukas
hydraulic
spreaders to
lift car, whilst
simultaneously
packing under
car with timber.
(Wheeled
escape in the
background) |
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Road Traffic
Accident
training 1989
Barry Cutmore
with the hose
reel.
Looks like a
British Leyland
badge on the
car, would
appear the car has
either been
smoked up, or a
small fire set
inside.
It is again at
the fire
station drill
yard. |
Newspaper
Article 16th
June 1989
Concern by
the then Sub
Officer that the
Station may not
be able to
provide fire
cover during
working hours
due to local
employees being
unable to leave
their place of
employment. |
Another
article
in
1972 |
Enlerged
Photo
&
Names |
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"On
Call"
the
firemen
of
Sawbridgeworth
all
have
their
own
jobs
to
do
but,
whist
they
are
going
about
their
daily
tasks,
they
carry
a
small
'bleeper'
in
their
pockets.... |
L/R
Andy
Ballisat;
Gordon
Clark;
John
Williams;
Dave
Dellow;
Paul
Burrell;
David
Burrell;
Jeof
Burrell,
Eddie
French;
Brian
Rochester;
Peter
Roberts. |
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