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1981 Boughton House - Eleanor Christening |
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| The above is a copy of the original Fire Tender purchase note. Lucifer (the goat) was the official Brigade mascot. |
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| The minutes of the first Annual General Meeting of the
Brigade on Friday, 30th January 1981 records the acquisition of a T80
Thorneycroft Fire Tender built in 1953 with an eight cylinder in-line
engine, 6.516 litres capacity with a tank holding 450 gallons of water, four
outlets, searchlight and bell. It would seat twelve men with four others as
perchers.
The engine was christened "Queen Eleanor" on 7th June 1981 and the cuttings below, from the local paper of the time records the event. |
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