Bootle Times News

Elaine

Gerry has email but i have lost a lot of my own when i got new lap top but will see him in the next couple of weeks and will PM you.. All the best for 2015 to all the family.Frank.

A belated Happy New Year to all ,

2 Photographs from the MFRS Heritage Centre in Bridle Road .

Happy New Year Joe, great picture!

Happy New Year Joe, and welcome back

Mack

Cheers Elaine and Mack .

Local Chief Fire officers together .

Bootle Fire Brigade at a fire at Gladstone Dock in 1966 .
Thanks to Simon Ryan MFRS .

Photographs of the 3 watches of Bootle Fire Brigade taken just before BFB was amalgamated into the newly formed Merseyside Fire Brigade on the 1st . April 1974 .





Blue Watch

Joe,

Thanks for posting the pictures of the three watches from BFB in 1974 - the men my dad always referred to as "The best little fire brigade in the land", many of whom I remember, and some of whom I had the honour and pleasure to have served with.

Thanks again, and keep the pictures coming!

Robin

Robin.

Was your Dad a ADO with Bootle.

Frank,

Yes, my dad was ADO Tom Royle, who joined BFB in 1946 and served up to his death in 1973.
A Manchester man, who became a true "buck"!
I guess you are ex-BFB , Frank ? Any chance of identifying the crew on the picture of the Gladstone Dock job ? If you can't help, I'll ask my mum next time I'm back in UK! She's 93 now, but still remembers all of "the lads".
Best wishes from Poland,
Robin (ex 1607 MFRS)

Robin. No i am ex Liverpool /Mersyside.But attended many jobs with Bootle.Stood in many times from Westminster Rd then went on to make ups.I remember your Dad. I joined in 1965.I only knew a few of the old Bootle boys as there watches were opp to ours.Keep safe. When you come back to Merseyside Call in to our Heritage Centre in Bridle Rd F&RS HQ.We have lots of Bootle Stuff Photos etc inc 1953 Dennis F8 Pump.in full running order.Be Safe Frank.

Frank,
For sure next time I'm over I'll drop in to Bridle Road.
I've recently been in touch with Peter O'Donnell who was talking to my brother when he donated my dad's 'hard hat' to the Heritage Centre.
Stay safe, and keep on posting!

Robin.

Hornby Dock Fire . ( Thanks to Simon Ryan MFRS )

Fire at the Fuse Firelighter Co , Brasenose Road or Marsh Lane , Bootle area I think , April 29th 1911 .



Fire at a warehouse Effingham Street Bootle . 1950's .



Thanks to Simon Ryan of MFRS .

Thanks to Simon Ryan of MFRS .
Bootle FB cooling cylinders in about 1949 .

Robin.
Thanks for bringing your Mum on Monday to MF&RS Heritage centre .It was great to see you ,glad we had the old Bootle pump in the yard your Dad had had been part of the crew.Best wishes to you both. Frank.

Frank,

It was a great pleasure to visit the MFRS Heritage Centre - very interesting both for myself and my Mum. For the benefit of all Forum members, I will repeat what I said to you and your colleagues on the day. The MFRS Heritage Centre is a fantastic educational resource which should be (and can be) accessed by all schools and other groups / individuals in the area. It is a very interesting means of accessing a part of the history of the Liverpool City Region - you don't have to be especially of a Fire Service background. Best wishes to you and all the other volunteers, I'll be back next time I'm in UK! Robin.

Frank you should be congratuated for a great thread
apart from your fire brigade stories and your photos
these are bootle history and without your input we would not
realize how much the fire service had helped so many people,
i did work at bootle strand road lots of times
used the pole many times bet lots of are forum would have liked to
slide down the pole


if its the same company it was on hawthorne road
thanks again Frank
bobhamo

Bobhamo.
I worked in Liverpool (Merseyside } Did lots of stand ins at Strand Rd.Now i do a couple or more days aweek at the Heritage centre. I had great pleasure to be at Training School on Thursday to see 18 trainee Fire fighters passing out after 26 weeks training.The first course for over 6 years.4 of us dressed in old style fire uniforms with Brass Helmets and of course the old 1953 Dennis F8 Botle Appliance.How times have changed with the training.Frank.

Bobhamo.

I do not put the the pictures on that another Exfirefighter Joe the firebobby.Both of us have worked during our service in the Bootle area.Thanks for your comments.I do a couple or more days a week at the Heritage Centre.I had the great pleasure of attending the Training School on Thursday to see 18 trainee firefighters passing out. 4 of us had old style fire tunics and Brass helmets.We also had the old Bootle 1953 appliance.I worked Liverpool then Merseyside.Thanks for kind remarks, Frank.

Bootle FB in the 1920's .

Pre-war Waterloo and Seaforth FB .

bobhamo

Bob. Love the old pictures.Thanks.

Hi Frank (and Joe Mackenzie and all the other volunteers).

A couple of things from my latest wander through this thread.
1) Gladstone dock 1966, is the young fireman on the left the ever-immaculate Billy Monaghan? Maybe Mick Barton could confirm ?
2) Seeing the photograph of Cecil Monk's funeral brought back memories of my dad's Fire Service funeral, which made our family very proud in the terrible circumstances of his sudden death.

Keep on doing what you're doing!
Best wishes from Poland,

Robin

Thanks for the comments .Robin . Off to New York and New Jersey on Thursday.Frank.

The 1931 Letland Metz Turntable Ladder receiving TLC at the Heritage and Education Centre at MFRS HQ Bridle Road.

Bootle FB's Turntable Ladder in the 1920's .
Photos purchased online by me from Sefton Council .

Great photos Joe
bobhamo

Bob ,I agree , even though my involvement with the Fire Service stretches over 40 years , it is great when you come across photos that are of quality and history .

Superb stuff thank you so much for sharing.

Mack

Thanks very much guys what a wealth of Bootle Fire Service history

Photograph showing Crosby Fire Brigade kindly donated to the MFRS Heritage and Education Centre .