Category Archives: Beresford Stork Trailer Pump
Kelham Island 1940s Weekend photos
Photos from Mick Hill.
Lowdham Floods 23 July 2013
Following extreme rain on 23rd July, Lowdham suffered a number of flooded houses. Possibly more than an inch of rain fell in half an hour over wide areas of Nottinghamshire. Lowdham, Thurgarton and Southwell were badly affected. It was different … Continue reading
Derby Fire Show
A substantial NFS and AFS contingent made its way to Derby Fire Show on the weekend of 15/16 June. Unfortunately the Fordson broke down whilst in a convoy from Lowdham to Derby. However, in the AFS contingent we had 5 … Continue reading
Air raids on Quorn station – disaster averted
The National Fire Service successfully responded to the Air Raids over Quorn Station on the Great Central main line over the weekend, putting out fires in the railway goods yard caused by a stick of HE bombs dropped by a … Continue reading
Make pumps two – Lowdham floods again
Its been a busy week on the pumping side of things. With all this wet weather, Lowdham has flooded a couple of times recently. Last week, John and I did some commissioning on the Beresford pump that we have had … Continue reading
New uniforms acquired at Sheffield today
Had a lovely time at the Sheffield Fire and Police Museum memorabilia sale today. The NFS re-enacting group in the South East (Heroes with Grimy Faces) had some surplus tunics, including three in large, with trousers. I also picked up … Continue reading
Winter restoration projects – Michael’s pump trailer
Today Dan, James, Michael and I worked on the pump trailer. The idea is to adapt a red Coventry Climax trailer to carry one of our Beresford Stork pumps. So it has had new tyres, a serious wire-brush all over, … Continue reading