Fire Brigade

Booklet entitled Fireman : A Pictorial History of the Fire Service at Marple by John Clark, Sub Officer, Marple 1994.
Paying tribute to all the men and women who served their community and giving history in text and photographs up to 1994.
Proceeds…

Information on Marple Fire Station Open Days : 1. Flyer giving information on 25th Anniversary Celebration Open Day on Sunday 22nd May 1994 with timetable of events2. Photocopy of newspaper article on Open Day : 1950's3. Flyer publicising events at…

Collection of display information on card on the Marple Fire Brigade :
1. Photocopied photograph of the 1950's crew when they took delivery of a brand new Leyland Comet
2. List of nine locations in Marple where Fire Boxes containing appliances…

Newspaper cuttings from various publications covering Marple Fire Station and Firefighters from 1944 onwards. These include :
1944 fire in a wooden weekend bungalow near Cross Lane
1966 journeys of firemen when siren sounds
1990-1999 possible…

Six photocopies of pages from Ronald Herbert Tinsey scrapbook while he was a member of the National Fire Service 1939 - 1945, donated by his daughter.
National Fire Service Certificate of Service, photographs, sketch of "Ronnie" by Jimmy Fox in the…

Colour photograph taken in 1995 of Norman Fraser, MLHS Chairman, at Marple Fire Station.