Old fire engines are cool!

[Dan302]

Spotted today at Hemswell.

[hairnet]

i was gonna ask the question but then saw the sign on the box

[Dan302]

2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

i was gonna ask the question but then saw the sign on the box

I don't think I've ever seen it open (unless the museum is elsewhere and this is just storage)

[Remspoor]

This is the website but no opening times.

https://firemuseum.uk/

Maybe it is on Farcebook which I cannot read.

The page for the museum in TripAdvisor says it is permanently closed.

[Dan302]

I don't know what this is but I love it. Maybe Alvis Stalwart based?

[colnerov]

20 minutes ago, Dan302 said:

I don't know what this is but I love it. Maybe Alvis Stalwart based?

 

 It's an Alvis Salamander Mk6 crash tender from 1956.

[Dan302]

4 minutes ago, colnerov said:

 

 It's an Alvis Salamander Mk6 crash tender from 1956.

That's what I love about this place! 

[Timewaster]

Makes me think of an episode of Bangers and Cash which featured a S1 Land Rover fire engine. 

"Bubbles" suggested it would take so long to get to the fire you would have to put some more wood on it to keep it going until the fire brigade got there.

 

[Blake's Den]

I'll raise you this one 

[lesapandre]

2 hours ago, Dan302 said:

I don't know what this is but I love it. Maybe Alvis Stalwart based?

Straight out of the era of the Avro Vulcan nuclear bomber.

[mintwth]

Another old fire engine

[sierraman]

10 hours ago, Timewaster said:

Makes me think of an episode of Bangers and Cash which featured a S1 Land Rover fire engine. 

"Bubbles" suggested it would take so long to get to the fire you would have to put some more wood on it to keep it going until the fire brigade got there.

 

There was one behind the garages near me, I think they were only intended for small fires usually at things like chemical plants etc.