Fire Engines Photos

This was not Bedfordshire but Berkshire and Reading. See picture 21046. Hungerford is on the Wilts/Berks border.

Added by Peter Williams on 10 July 2013.

Steve,
PRX 60 was purchased by the then Berkshire & Reading Fire Brigade and allocated to Stn.5 Hungerford , where it spent most of its operational service.
Nice to see the old County and Borough crest on the door, by the way the blue "Acorn" type beacons were mounted just above the windscreen to facilate entry into the old station.
Alan Jones
ex Berks&Reading

P.S.It never served in "Bedfordshire".

Added by Alan Jones on 10 July 2013.

Sorry don't know why I typed Bedfordshire must be the excitement of a new toy!.
Alan do you happen to know what it's radio callsign would have been?
Thanks
Steve

Added by Steve on 11 July 2013.

Steve, Call sign was 105, base Stn was HAF a shared frequency with Berkshire Constabulary (main stn)and Reading Borough Police. I am in contact with people who seved at Stn 5 Hungerford!?

Added by Alan Jones on 13 July 2013.

Hi there, I owned it and restored it 2000, sold it to a fireman in Silsden, North Yorkshire, probably 2001/2002, I'm sure it was converted to gas

Added by Graeme Lamb on 26 July 2014.

Currently advertised for sale as 'Classic Wood Fired Pizza Engine 1958' .mmm

Added by Chalky on 04 December 2014.

Now owned by the wood fired pizza engine and sells food at events and parties. it will be in Nantwich on the 22 May 2016 as part of a doggy day out at the Marina.

Added by Stewart Green on 19 May 2016.

Better than being scrapped I suppose !

Added by Craigw on 25 May 2016.

catering version here

www.flickr.com/photos/iancvt55/51919288858/in/photolist-aewytx-dx6ejG-adCvof-21nieLW-2jaorMX-2n6VVJJ/

Added by Petros on 15 September 2022.

and here

www.ukemergency.co.uk/prx-60-cheshire-fire-brigade-commer-karrier-gamecock/

Added by Petros on 07 January 2025.

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