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LVP118 Bedford SB/Wilsdon PE Birmingham
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No: 41564   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1978   Manufacturer: Bedford   Country: United Kingdom
LVP118 Bedford SB/Wilsdon PE Birmingham

1970s This style is a personal favourite. I believe this may have been preserved at The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Trust museum (BMMOT) Wythall. Taff Madsen has posted a number of Birmingham appliances on this site including SBs. Compare with a Cambridgeshire example of the same type my picture 22239 where you get a good view of the rear and the curvy lines. Cambs had 4 of these SB Wilsdon. One was preserved at Weedon.

See also picture 38397.

Late Alastair Collins collection - used with permission.
Picture added on 09 March 2020 at 19:05
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One of the Cambridgeshire units was stationed in the city itself. I saw it out and about on several occasions, most often responding almost every day to malfunctioning automatic fire alarms at Addenbrookes Hospital, which had one of the early systems in the 1960s.

It did not carry an escape, as the station also had a Dennis F12 on its roster, but as the hose reel was installed above the rear mounted Dennis No 2 pump, I imagine it must have been a bit of a hassle to get at it with an escape ladder in place...

Added by Rob Johnson on 11 March 2020.
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