Fire Engines Photos

I don't know how your name is shown against this one, Barrie, I submitted it as normal (I think !)

Added by Ian Moore on 22 September 2008.

Another brilliant picture Ian. Its good to see this
one went into presevation, and is still around. Pete M.

Added by Pete Matten on 22 September 2008.

Hi Ian, I am afraid you did not enter your name, nor the description. So I did some thinking and came up with Barrie (as his name is against another similar contribution. Just shows you that thinking alone isn't enough :)
I'll change this from Barrie to Ian just now

Added by Marcel Gommers on 22 September 2008.

Hi Marcel,
Not sure what happened here. My name normally goes in on messages by default, and the description is exactly that which appears.
Oh what it is to be in the hands of computers !!

Added by Ian Moore on 22 September 2008.

I'm interested in some of the comments here. Does the existence of a flange on an AEC machine always indicate that it is a Maudslay? And other than the smaller proportion are there other identifying characteristics? I encounterd only one Maudslay during my travels in the UK, and that was at the training station in Edinburgh where extrication from a crashed car was being demonstration for a amall group. This particular Maudslay looked as if it was built to compete with the Dennis F8 (and other European 8 class machines) rather than larger classes, so maybe the AEC-Maudslays are considerably smaller. Does anyone know how many straight Maudslay fire trucks were built and when built, and where they served? I have a vague recollection of a firefighter saying that it was somehow connected with Morris, possibly their chassis. We learn something new everyday thanks to those who are really keen obervers.

Added by Bob Graham on 22 September 2008.

Hi Ian,
Thanks for posting this AEC-Maudslay, and you might be interested in the one I've posted picture 11747 which is a Maudslay from Edinburgh. I've also discovered in archives that some of the earlier AECs were actually Maudslays including the much photographed London ET. Do you have a record of just how many were actually built under the Maudslay name, or where other trucks of this mfg served?
Also, is there a book available in the UK concerning 100 years of Dennis Brothers. Thanks very much for any information you may be able to share.

Bob Graham

Added by Bob Graham on 21 October 2008.

I use to work on this vehicle when I was mobile mechanic for wyf service.

Added by D R Exley on 19 October 2013.

Does anybody know if this appliance is still around? Thanks

Added by Gordon Smith on 19 October 2013.

Thanks thats another good photo I wish I was camera mad when I was younger there were plenty of old fire engines still been used just after change over there was a white long nosed Commer hose layer (at knottingley) a short w/base Bedford diesel (at Dewsbury) a yellow -green godes type (at South Elmsall) and believe it or not as I started at Wakefield F/S a green godess (in red was front line appliance but was taken off to be used as spare I often wonder what happened to them- and going back to chd 66 was on shows up to few years ago

Added by D R Exley on 19 October 2013.

Yes Gordon.....it was at Rochdale Fire Museum about three years ago


Added by Barrie Green on 19 October 2013.

Thanks Barrie, I was told that she had been restored again and was seen at the back of Dewsbury Fire Station but that was a couple of years ago.

Added by Gordon Smith on 20 October 2013.

Gordon I put a photo on at the time (2008), picture 10779

Added by Barrie Green on 20 October 2013.

Thanks Barrie

Added by Gordon Smith on 21 October 2013.

How much would this be worth?

Added by Ken addams on 21 January 2019.

This is my uncles fire engine

Added by on 14 July 2019.

Any idea where it is now

Added by Ken addams on 19 July 2019.

It's in his possession still

Added by on 04 August 2019.

As the other ex Dewsbury Maudslay Merlin / Merryweather AHD971 that was preserved, is untaxed since November 1993, I assume that it's no more. Are there any other Maudslay appliances that survive and who owns this one please?

Added by Simon Rowley on 10 December 2023.

Reading all the above, I do get confused as to who actually built this vehicle, all this AEC/Maudslay thing. We have AEC, Maudslay, Merryweather, Mercury and Merlin all mentioned above. Maybe I'm easily confused. Who built the chassis? Who built the body? And how exactly do you identify what exactly it is? In the meantime I'll call it an AEC Maudslay Merryweather Marquis Merlin ;}

Editor says
Chassis: Maudslay but was part of AEC
model name: Mercury (Merlin refers to a different picture on this site)
body: Merryweather



Added by Steve on 11 December 2023.

Thank you Ed. But how do you tell at a glance whether it's an AEC or Maudslay chassis?

Ed: was there a slight badge differences. Hopefully the experts will say. Maudslay were made in Alcester but AEC took them over I think at this time.

Added by Steve on 13 December 2023.

Regarding badges, they were indeed different. Unfortunately this didn’t help when it came to the Merryweather fire appliances, because Merryweather fitted their own badges to their fire appliances, replacing the original chassis manufacturer ones! Some commentators have mentioned that the AEC and Maudslay chassis had different wheelbase dimensions, but its not clear that this difference would be clear “ at a glance”.

Added by Rob Johnson on 13 December 2023.

Give me Dennis any day. F7, F8, F12. Mind you, was the Leeds Dennis/Metz TL An F17 or F 14? ;)

Added by Steve on 13 December 2023.

for more on the Maudslay/AEC issue see picture 13492

Added by Petros on 16 December 2023.

I believe my father, Keith Padgett, would have been a driver of this vehicle. He was a fireman at Dewsbury and drove most of them through the 60s, 70s and possibly early ‘80s. I was allowed to go in all of the fire engines at Dewsbury as a kid in the ‘70s, which was magical.

Added by Neil Padgett on 02 January 2025.

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