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IN tits earliest days, Clitheroe fire-fighting was*'a hit ;and miss


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rely on but an old manual engine which carried a big tub containing water sup­ plied from brooks, as the local waterworks had not been built., The 24 firemen turned up in.their own clothes,


by JOHN DOVER


with white waistcoats; strangely being popular dress. In 1865, popular sub­


scription purchased uni­ forms for; the firemen and the' word “Volunteer” was painted on the side of their engine. Drills became more regular and it was


part of the drill for fire­ men to jump off the engine while it was still moving.


engine came to Clitheroe in 1876 and a dinner was held to mark the great occasion. In line with Vic-, torian morality, a fireman would be sacked if caught swearing at a fire.


The first steam fire


Stories about the ser­ vice around 1900 were told


to the “Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times” by fire­ man John Atkinson in 1958.


two horses was kept in Moor L a n e , w h e r e Brown’s picture gallery is ; today. The pump was steam driven and a-fire always laid ready under the boiler with paper, sticks and pieces of coal.


A fire engine driven by


way so that steam was up • by the time the hoses were run out. . Things became, really


The fire was lit on the


advanced in 1926, when Clitheroe obtained a 50 h.p. Merryweather engine . complete with 33ft exten- . sion ladder. Incidents over the years


include the horrendous devastation caused by a German bomb on Chat- bum in the last war. On another occasion, a


heroic firemen down the ages, going in a clockwise direction from top right. Men of the Volunteer


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Brigade who were often called out to deal with mill


- ton chop whiskers, a scene outside the old fire station on Moor Lane.


fires. ; From the days of mut-


who served through the harrowing-days of the last


Firemen and women .


war. The post-war team


fire at a mill where Booths car park now stands is reported to have been watched from all over the Ribble Valley. One of the biggest fires


ready for anything. A more recent picture,


was the old Barrow Print Works blaze which took Clitheroe and other fire­ men 10 hours to control. Call-outs in 1989 num­


bered 237 and in the first quarter of 1990 numbers are 67 up on the same quarter of the previous year. Station officer Alan


with presen t station officer Alan Clarke (back, middle).


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Clarke is delighted with the latest Leyland model r e c en t ly brought to Clitheroe. Special foam can be


added to the water and, he says, the machine is as manoeuvrable as could be hoped for on Ribble Val­ ley ’s narrow country


lanes. Our pictures show the


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THERE will be at least 12 old and new fire engines on display at Clitheroe Fire B r i­ gade’s open day on April 15th. These will range from


the very latest Leyland model to a Leyland F.K. open-sided fire en g in e , which was w id ely used in the 1930s. Of particular interest


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at open days is the Shand Mason steam-o­ perated fire pump dat­ ing from Victorian times, which will also be on view at Booths car park. A sophisticated con­


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trol unit used at major incidents will be open for inspection, along with cutting, lifting and other specialised equip­ ment, including a giant turntable ladder. There will-be games,


rides, hot dogs and ice­ cream to complete what promises to be a great Easter Sunday out for all the family, lasting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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