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Bedford QL Army Fire Service
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No: 46418   Contributor:   Year: 2026   Manufacturer: Bedford   Country: United Kingdom
Bedford QL Army Fire Service

Fine restored WW2 fire tender seen at recent Yorkshire military show where conditions resembled the western desert and temperatures hit 31 deg. which is hot for Northern England. Date 08.08.26
Picture added on 21 August 2026 at 07:27
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Unless there are 2 of them this is ex North Riding. It seems many passed from the War dept to the NFS at the end of hostilities.

Added by Neal Glover on 22 August 2026.
When I worked in Kuwait twenty years ago (before really severe global warming was a serious issue) it was routinely in high thirties. We sold cars with outside temperature gauges, and quite often in summer it was impossible to know how hot it was because they only went up to 40 degrees I have wonder how these old Bedford QL lorries would handle the heat nowadays? I am told there are times recently when it tops fifty degrees there!

Added by Rob Johnson on 23 August 2026.
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