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Dennis F107 Emergency Tender Newcastle
Recent pictures on this site have shown the Shelvoke ET ETN909W. The Shelvoke was a replacement for the Dennis shown above. This was from a time when men were men and ETs were proper ETs....
Note the single blue light and one set of air horns, but it had bells which would frighten all in its path. Equipped with a hydraulic winch and an onboard generator it was the classis Dennis ET of the day. This picture of the ET leaving Pilgrim Street fire station in the heart of Newcastle shows the Newcastle and Gateshead livery of dark maroon with red lockers and silver pin striping.
I am grateful to Ian Moore for providing the source of this photograph.
Recent pictures on this site have shown the Shelvoke ET ETN909W. The Shelvoke was a replacement for the Dennis shown above. This was from a time when men were men and ETs were proper ETs....
Note the single blue light and one set of air horns, but it had bells which would frighten all in its path. Equipped with a hydraulic winch and an onboard generator it was the classis Dennis ET of the day. This picture of the ET leaving Pilgrim Street fire station in the heart of Newcastle shows the Newcastle and Gateshead livery of dark maroon with red lockers and silver pin striping.
I am grateful to Ian Moore for providing the source of this photograph.
Yes, those were the days ! I was ideally sited for pictures like these back in the 1960s - my teenage years! The above shot was actually taken from my office steps !!!!!
Added by Ian Moore on 10 January 2008.
Added by Ian Moore on 10 January 2008.
I bet it was a choice piece of equipment to drive too, the boys certainly knew how to keep it clean, , , ,
Added by Pavel - Western Australia on 11 January 2008.
Added by Pavel - Western Australia on 11 January 2008.
This thing is an absaloute beast! The Newcastle & Gateshead livery is superb, it would be lovely to see it in this livery again.
Went past Pilgrim Street the other day, how sad to see it closed.
Added by Chris Hall, Teesside. on 27 March 2008.
Went past Pilgrim Street the other day, how sad to see it closed.
Added by Chris Hall, Teesside. on 27 March 2008.
Well its a grand picture, a lovely machine and a classic ET. as for the colour, well owt north of Darlington and taste goes out of the window....
Added by John Stott on 03 March 2009.
Added by John Stott on 03 March 2009.
Contrary to what is so often believed, N&G was not the only brigade to adopt a non-red livery.
Leicestershire & Rutland also used maroon, and on a pre-war basis, so did Thornaby.
Added by Ian Moore on 03 March 2009.
Leicestershire & Rutland also used maroon, and on a pre-war basis, so did Thornaby.
Added by Ian Moore on 03 March 2009.
Ian, Flintshire used maroon to front the Commer VA's and I believe the F7 GDM 507 was as well. Never saw her.
Added by Andrew Middleton on 01 January 2010.
Added by Andrew Middleton on 01 January 2010.
Have very fond memories of London Rd Pre 1974 had a friend on Blue Watch Loved that Firemaster ET and the Albion ST as well I wonder does any body have a colour image of the Auxiliary Vehicles (Workshops) Green Commer Walkthrough or the Mini Vans used by Officers which were replaced by White MK1 Escorts and an Austin Gipsy
Added by Paul Crichton on 08 January 2010.
Added by Paul Crichton on 08 January 2010.
I sat in this vehicle in 1968 as got a guided tour of the appliance room at Pilgrim Street by a family friend who was Station Officer at the time.
Added by Paul Barwick on 03 October 2019.
Added by Paul Barwick on 03 October 2019.
Dennis
Added by Paul Warnock on 09 January 2008.