{"id":61861,"date":"2010-01-10T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61861"},"modified":"2024-05-27T16:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:43:46","slug":"loftus-fire-brigade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61861","title":{"rendered":"Loftus Fire Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scn_0149-a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61860\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.397560975609756;width:830px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scn_0149-a-1.jpg 1400w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scn_0149-a-1-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scn_0149-a-1-418x300.jpg 418w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scn_0149-a-1-150x108.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scn_0149-a-1-400x287.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>This old fire engine is beautiful, we are unsure as to&nbsp;what make it is possibly a Dennis or a Bedford; but it is&nbsp;also long enough ago for the firemen to be carrying the traditional short fire-axe and using wooden ladders.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now \u2013 there are eleven people in the picture and only nine names shown \u2013 shame on the author for not knowing every name!&nbsp; Who are they? and is this the same building as the present Fire Station? Names still to be filled-in include: E. Bannister, B. Warrell, P. White. Standing on running board of engine and believed to be the driver: Fred Gallilee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Left to Right:&nbsp;E. J. Bannister&nbsp;,&nbsp;G. Wallace, Ivan Gallilee, Fire Officer Outhwaite, R. (Miff) Wood, Divisional Officer Winter, Fire Officer ? , Wilf Waite, John (Jack) Andrew.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Craig W. tells us: \u201dThe fire engine is a Dennis probably a \u2018Light Four\u2019 model.\u201d John Preston advised: &#8220;The driver is Fred Gallilee, Ivan Gallilee&#8217;s dad (and my step grandfather).&#8221; M. Flegg (nee Bannister) told the Archive: &#8220;Far left is my father E. J. Bannister.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier, thanks to John Preston for the information regarding Fred Gallilee, also M. Flegg and Craig W. for the updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>This old fire engine is beautiful, we are unsure as to&nbsp;what make it is possibly a Dennis or a Bedford; but it is&nbsp;also long enough ago for the firemen to be carrying the traditional short fire-axe and using wooden ladders.<\/p>\n<p>Now \u2013 there are eleven people in the picture and only nine names shown [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire-service","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61861"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78733,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61861\/revisions\/78733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}