Category Archives: NFS Nottingham
The Princess Royal unveils the Memorial to Nottinghamshire Firefighters
The memorial is to all firemen, ARP wardens, Civil Defence, Fire Watchers and more recent Firefighters from Nottinghamshire who died in the line of duty. Obviously most died during WW2, but there were a few since. I had been invited … Continue reading
The Princess Royal to unveil the new Notts Firefighters Memorial
Rather excited about meeting the Princess Royal in a few weeks time. I have been invited to represent the wartime National Fire Service on the guard of honour, and to provide a wartime Turntable Ladder as one of the three … Continue reading
NFS display at Nottingham mentioned in NFRS magazine
Our display at Nottingham Central Fire Station in May got a good mention in the summer edition of ‘Response’, the quarterly magazine of the Notts Fire and Rescue service. See page 10 of www.notts-fire.gov.uk/Documents/Response_Summer_2011.pdf
Firefighters Memorial Appeal committee meeting
I have just got back from the Notts Firefighters Memorial Appeal committee meeting, and a number of interesting things arose: Feedback from the Nottingham Open Day was extremely good. The Lord Mayor apparently said that of all the events he … Continue reading
More photos of Nottingham – Designcat
These lovely photos were taken by Julie Green, of Designcat Photography, and are reproduced here with permission. Copyright rests with Designcat.
Article for FSPG magazine
1940s Open Day in Nottingham An air raid siren sounded in the centre of a busy city centre on a Saturday morning, in the Old Market Square with shoppers passing by. It was Nottingham on Saturday 7th May, exactly 70 years … Continue reading
Article in Nottingham Evening Post, 9th May
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Nottingham-remembers-Blitz-70-years/article-3534091-detail/article.html
Photos of NFS at Nottingham Fire Station Open Day
The photos on this page are from David and Frances Moore, Dan Walker, Rob Leese. Many thanks. The video was taken by firefighter John Adams from the top of the Aerial Platform.
Article in Newark Advertiser
http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/view.asp?id=71cf7eed-c7aa-102e-a160-5245621c65a9
Saturday Timings for Old Market Square display
09:00 Re-enactors arrive at Central Fire Station 09:15 Briefing 09:30 Ensure everything is ready 09:45 Doors open to public 09:50 Air raid siren sounds in Fire Station – crews on alert 09:55 Bells go down – all vehicles turn out. … Continue reading