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British Aerospace Hatfield early 1980's
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No: 25917   Contributor: Dave Gooch   Year: 1980   Manufacturers: Bedford, Ford, Thornycroft   Country: United Kingdom
British Aerospace Hatfield early 1980's

Showing the Fire Service appliances at Hatfield in the early 1980's when I was a Fireman there. The six wheel Range Rover went to Shoreham as far as I know and the Bedford TK was in preservation and saw a picture recently of it rotting in an old shed.
Picture added on 13 November 2010 at 22:42
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The Carmichael Jetranger went to Filton and eventually finished up in The Gambia.
There was a similar looking Thornycroft with BAC at Bournemouth Hurn, but it had a different registration number.
Do you have any pictures of the earlier Bedford at Hatfield?


Added by Bristol Bob on 14 November 2010.
Thanks for information, sorry but I don't have any pictures of the earlier Bedford as it had gone before I was there.

Added by Dave Gooch on 14 November 2010.
Hi Dave, if the Range Rover in this picture was registered NUF 588P, then yes it went to Shoreham Airport in West Sussex.It remained in the yellow livery, but a red strip was applied to both sides.

Added by Pete Matten on 14 November 2010.
Regarding the Range Rover registration this was changed from MNK610P to NUF588P when it went to Shoreham, I don't know why. By putting reg MNK610P on Google various sites confirm this even by a previous owner, plus pictures of it in different colours. I hope this information helps all.

Added by Dave Gooch on 15 November 2010.
I thought that I would also confirm for some unknown reason the registration number change.The appliance was operational at Shoreham for a long time operating with the original reg-MNK610P, but then was re-registered with the reg-NUF588P.
Its funny, I took pictures many years ago of the Rangerover before and after the registration change, and only now its been mensioned have I realised the registration change.

Added by Pete Matten on 16 November 2010.
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