Padiham Fire Brigade, Padiham

iBase ID

309343

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-R4-1-1

Title

Padiham Fire Brigade, Padiham

Place

Padiham

Personal names

W.J. Holgate, J. Gregson, W. Taylor, R. Bradshaw, Joseph Holland, Albert Helm, George Ellis, Job Pollard, Henry Dewhurst, Edward Cronshaw, J.H. Robinson, Starkie Robinson, Jospeh Smith, R. Alexander, Richard Atkinson, Thomas Swarbrick, James Robinson

General notes

Padiham's first fire brigade formed in 1859. By 1888 it had been housed in various locations around the town before settling on this site at the old Gas Works. Here some former cottages were converted in to a fire station which included a recreation area for the fifteen men of Padiham Fire Brigade.

Their first fire engine was purchased in the same year. This was replaced eleven years later by the horse drawn, steam powered pump pictured on the left, which was named 'The Brun'. By 1914 it was decided that in order to adequately cope with an increasing workload, a motorised fire engine was required. This came in the form of the Leyland engine pictured on the right. During testing in the July of 1914, local councillor and chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee, Mr W. J. Holgate named it 'The Fire Queen'. The names of the other men in the photograph have been listed in no particular order.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

c1914

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Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

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