1953 Bedford S-Type Pantechnicon converted from fire hose carrier

1953 Bedford S-Type in Mrs Biggs, Mini-Series, 2012 Ep. 3

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1953 Bedford S-Type Pantechnicon converted from fire hose carrier

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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dsl ◊ 2019-02-19 18:29	NYR 947 ✓ Taxed Tax due: 01 January 2020 MOT No results returned Vehicle make: BEDFORD Date of first registration: September 1955 Year of manufacture: 1955 Cylinder capacity (cc): 1595 cc Fuel type: PETROL Export marker: No Vehicle status: Tax not due Vehicle colour: BLACK 1955 Bedford SLC pantechnicon NYR947 - originally an NFS hose carrier or Originally J15 with Bedford Fire Service NYR series was London, Sept 1953 onwards (no end date listed), "allocated to Gov't Departments". /v001197366.html , /vehicle_504333-Bedford-S-Type-1955.html , /vehicle_1302815-Bedford-1955.html -- Last edit: 2019-10-02 00:12:37
Sunbar ◊ 2019-02-19 20:26	A Bedford S-type Hose Carrier would have been with a county fire brigade (or other regional authority) not the National Fire Service. "After the war, the NFS continued while discussion were held over the structure of Britain's fire services before eventually being disbanded in 1948." Bedfordshire (not Bedford) Fire Brigade was re-created in 1947 after the disbanding of the National Fire Service. Link to "www.london-fire.gov.uk" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service
Sunbar ◊ 2019-10-02 15:11	More information found NYR 947 was originally a 1953 Bedford SHZ water tender with a 'Windover' body originally (possibly spelling error for Wendover as the location of MoD units in Oxfordshire). Similar NYR 824 here https://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p885293724/h3a804b72#h3c68631f showing what it probably originally looked like as an AFS vehicle serving in a Civil Defence role until it was disbanded in 1968. After this it was possibly held in reserve, like a lot of other Civil Defence vehicles, until sold in 1976. -- Last edit: 2019-10-03 14:44:49

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◊ 2019-02-19 18:29

NYR 947
✓ Taxed Tax due: 01 January 2020
MOT No results returned
Vehicle make: BEDFORD
Date of first registration: September 1955
Year of manufacture: 1955
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1595 cc
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Tax not due
Vehicle colour: BLACK

1955 Bedford SLC pantechnicon NYR947 - originally an NFS hose carrier or Originally J15 with Bedford Fire Service

NYR series was London, Sept 1953 onwards (no end date listed), "allocated to Gov't Departments".

/v001197366.html , /vehicle_504333-Bedford-S-Type-1955.html , /vehicle_1302815-Bedford-1955.html

-- Last edit: 2019-10-02 00:12:37

Sunbar

◊ 2019-02-19 20:26

A Bedford S-type Hose Carrier would have been with a county fire brigade (or other regional authority) not the National Fire Service.

"After the war, the NFS continued while discussion were held over the structure of Britain's fire services before eventually being disbanded in 1948." Bedfordshire (not Bedford) Fire Brigade was re-created in 1947 after the disbanding of the National Fire Service.

Link to "www.london-fire.gov.uk"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service

Sunbar

◊ 2019-10-02 15:11

More information found NYR 947 was originally a 1953 Bedford SHZ water tender with a 'Windover' body originally (possibly spelling error for Wendover as the location of MoD units in Oxfordshire).

Similar NYR 824 here https://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p885293724/h3a804b72#h3c68631f showing what it probably originally looked like as an AFS vehicle serving in a Civil Defence role until it was disbanded in 1968. After this it was possibly held in reserve, like a lot of other Civil Defence vehicles, until sold in 1976.

-- Last edit: 2019-10-03 14:44:49

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1953 Bedford S-Type Pantechnicon converted from fire hose carrier

1953 Bedford S-Type in Mrs Biggs, Mini-Series, 2012 Ep. 3

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