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Its a 1970 Bedford/SB-HCB Angus delivered to the Lindsey County Fire Brigade, Lincolnshire in 1970, later tranferring to the Humberside Fire Brigade in 1974 and was stationed at Pelham Road, Immingham.

Added by Pete Matten on 27 June 2011.

It also looked strangely DENNIS like with stripework albeit from the front.


Added by Gary Simpson on 27 June 2011.

wasn't it re registered after it was discovered that another vehicle had the same plates or was that the Scunthorpe one

Added by Glenn Ramsden on 28 June 2011.

Excellent memory, Glenn - it was this one - and it was originally NFU 438F.

Added by Ian Moore on 29 June 2011.

I thought the same Ian and Glenn thanks for confirming this - Scunthorpes BBE 157B was very similar although Imminghams later had the small side lockers boxed in for some reason ( denoted by the newer looking panel of aluminium in this pic)- See a picture 27538 of Scunthorpes on this site at the 1974 Flixborough incident !

Added by Rick Loudon on 29 June 2011.

The Vehicle was modified my members of Green Watch C.4 Immingham hence the altered appearance it was opened up in the back to facilitate its new role ET / command unit. Previously it had been used for RTAs only

Added by Michael.A.Gorbutt on 06 September 2011.

The "F" suffix means it was a 1967 registration, but it looks very old-fashioned even for a 1967 ET. Bedford had been building TKs for years by then and the HCB_Angus TK ET was already in service in other brigades.

Added by Rob Johnson on 24 August 2014.

This was built on the SB chassis usually only used for coaches/buses hence the non factory front or tinwork , had it been on the TK it would have had the chassis scuttle which gave the factory look of most appliances of this type , I daresay that in 1967 it looked fine but it hasnt aged as well as some

Added by Alan Mcfarlane Ramsay on 31 August 2014.

Although Rick Loudon will correct me, I was always told that this vehicle was the sister to Scunthorpe’s BBE157B, but Louth vehicle licensing office made an error and gave this BBE156B which had already been used. The error wasn’t noticed until J plates were used

Added by Nigel Clapham on 29 December 2022.

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