Historic Photos

Newbury Bedfords 1965 In reply to Alan Jones request for more of Berks and Reading here are shots I took at Newbury in 196...

Royal Berks and Reading 1965 This "against the sun" shot shows the layout of These Bedford/HCB appliances. In this case P/WrT GRX...

More Berks and Reading (1965) I saw this Royal Baerks and Reading "A" type WrT FRX 323 just as it was retired from Newbury in 1965...

Bedford Saxon Rhayader Fire Station I took this photo at Rhayader Fire Station's open day in about 1991/1992. Rhayader was a part of Pow...

Bedford RL - DN3355 This 1965 RL was originally an NZ Army truck before being converted into a water tanker for the Selw...

New Zealand Bedford RL This is the third of three 1965 ex NZ Army RL Bedfords put into service by the Selwyn Plantation Boa...

New Zealand Bedford The origins of this 1960 RL model are unclear. It ended up with the Little River volunteer fire bri...

New Zealand Bedfords - DI9251 Showing typical Kiwi ingenuity, this 1970 TK was converted by the Mayfield fire party into a tanker ...

New Zealand Bedford - DK7621 With relatively unusual Wormald bodywork & a Climax pump, this 1966 TK model served a number of Sout...

New Zealand Bedfords - GF6264 This 1970 TK was fitted out as a tanker and served the Hinds rural fire party near Ashburton. It ha...

New Zealand Commers - JD8852 One of many RG13 models to serve with New Zealand brigades, this 1978 example built by Mills Tui has...

New Zealand Commers - IT7706 This 1978 RG13 model was build by Mills Tui as a hoselayer and served its entire operational life in...

Fire Engines Photos