Fire Engines Photos

The “New World” designation was adopted in England to describe this kind of open full width bodywork on units built in the 1930s and 1940s. These had longitudinal interior rear seating, and seemed to look a bit more like North American fire trucks than the Braidwood style. In reality they were not that similar to American fire trucks of the same vintage. They had almost universally mid or front mounted pumps, hose beds in the rear, ladders and hard suction hoses hung on the sides, with the crew either most often standing on the rear step or sometimes sitting in a canopy cab, if the truck was a Seagrave.

Although it was much safer for the crew to sit inside, the New World style was not all that common in its day, presumably once again because it was a bit more expensive to manufacture than a Braidwood. Although some had mid mounted pumps, many still had rear mounts, which often did not make crew access and agrees any easier….

Added by Rob Johnson on 01 December 2022.

Hi Stennard here I owned HOB561 for many years and would love to see her again.

Added by Stennard Harrison on 24 September 2023.

My dad worked at Cadburys and is photographed in the drivers seat of this fine engineering marvel. Do you know where it is today?

Added by Ian Taylor on 01 January 2024.

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