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"New Steam Fire Engine for Hungerford"
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"New Steam Fire Engine for Hungerford"

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"New Steam Fire Engine for Hungerford"
The H.V.F.B. at the new fire station, 1893. On the left is Mr George Platt (Lieutenant) and with his dog is George Cottrell (Captain)
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The H.V.F.B. at the new fire station, 1893. On the left is Mr George Platt (Lieutenant) and with his dog is George Cottrell (Captain)

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The H.V.F.B. at the new fire station, 1893. On the left is Mr George Platt (Lieutenant) and with his dog is George Cottrell (Captain)
The H.V.F.B. with the Town Band outside the fire station, c1910. [Mapson]
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The H.V.F.B. with the Town Band outside the fire station, c1910. [Mapson]

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The H.V.F.B. with the Town Band outside the fire station, c1910. [Mapson]
Firemen and others with fire engine, unknow date (Moya Dixon collection).
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Firemen and others with fire engine, unknow date (Moya Dixon collection).

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Firemen and others with fire engine, unknow date (Moya Dixon collection).
The fire crews with the 2nd World War pump, and the 1891 Merryweather 'Greenwich'.
19400000ca The old fire engines during the war

The fire crews with the 2nd World War pump, and the 1891 Merryweather 'Greenwich'.

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The fire crews with the 2nd World War pump, and the 1891 Merryweather 'Greenwich'.
 
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The Canal Wharf, Apr 2011The Canal Wharf, 2011

Hungerford, England, is a market town of about 5,900 people at the Berkshire / Wiltshire border.
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