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===The Early Years of HVFB=== |
===The Early Years of HVFB=== |
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[[File:RE_FS_5.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Subscription list May 1894.]] |
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The newly formed brigade was able to take advantage of the new accommodation in Peploe Street, with the hose reel cart moving there from the police station on Hoole Road. The Council provided a house next door, linked to Williams Terrace, initially for its surveyor Charles Atkin, which meant that he was on the spot should a turnout be required. Alfred Catherall, the foreman of the Council, also a volunteer fireman who became Superintendent of HVFB, succeeded him in living there. |
The newly formed brigade was able to take advantage of the new accommodation in Peploe Street, with the hose reel cart moving there from the police station on Hoole Road. The Council provided a house next door, linked to Williams Terrace, initially for its surveyor Charles Atkin, which meant that he was on the spot should a turnout be required. Alfred Catherall, the foreman of the Council, also a volunteer fireman who became Superintendent of HVFB, succeeded him in living there. |
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