Sept. 1974 fire at United Reclaim Speke,tyre recyclers, the scene of many large fires. Leyland Beaver/Carm WrL St Helens HDJ 244J to the rear. See picture 22694 for details.
Excellent photo as usual, they had numerous major fires at this site over the years - all over 10 pumps. Did you take any pictures of the actual incident?
Andy no I didn't. The Ford was based at Crosby, a station that transferred from Lancashire to Merseyside in April 1974. And the Leyland from St Helens.
This D Series is one of a relatively small number which were built to carry a wheeled escape, as the vast majority were water tenders or WTL. HCB-Angus made a nice job of integrating the crew cab with the standard factory tilt driver's cab, but they always looked better to my eyes when the whole vehicle was red!
Added by Andy Daley on 09 June 2010.