Fire Engines Photos

Hi Barry,I vote this picture 'THE PICTURE OF THE MONTH'.Brilliant settings with that lovely old
cottage behind,typical village scenery from an early period,the horses are ready,firemen fully kitted out in their polished brass helmets,we now just need that boiler to be lite and a buff of smoke and we'd really beleave we were stepping
back to a golden era.'The age of the steamer'.

Added by Pete Matten on 14 March 2009.

Funny you should say that Pete...It was not possible to light the firebox due to time constraints (we borrowed the horses) I took with me a smoke generator which we use to educate schoolkids but unfortunatly there was no way of making it look realistic....the cottage is in fact a village pub (which we retired to for lunch after the shoot. Thanks for you comments..very much appreciated

Pete please contact me by email [email protected]

Added by Barrie Green on 14 March 2009.

Hi excellent,and just to think if he was a fireman from that period he'd need that bread as a crude filter for the smoke.LoL

Added by Grant Melville on 14 March 2009.

Long beards were in pre-SCBA (Breathing Apparatus)days - I understand - for crude smoke-filters. The fireman would stuff his whiskers into his mouth, and breath through them. The whiskers would have to be quite long (just experimented with mine) to reach the mouth....

Agree with Pete - this is a terrific period shot of the steamer.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 17 July 2009.

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