Fire Service Response Vehicle

Walking home from my shopping trip to Hyde town centre about a month ago I spotted this vehicle parked in a side street.

It's a Vauxhall Frontera DTi 16V Fire Service Response Vehicle

The logo on the bonnet, and on the rear of the vehicle, says 'Chesham Fire Engine Services' which is apparently a hire company specialising in fire appliances.

The logo on the side of the vehicle says 'Bredbury', which is near Stockport and presumably where they are based.

Bedford J5 Fire Engine

I took this photograph at the Heaton Park, Manchester, in September 1993 at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally organised by the Greater Manchester Transport Society.

It's a 1962 Bedford J5 fire engine, and the programme of the event said this about it:

Bedford J5, 1962 997 LTA

Entered by S.Hodgson & C.D.Ellicott, Hyde

Built to a reduced width for operating along the narrow Devon country lanes.

Memorial Day 2007 - The Vehicles

Yesterday I showed some of the people taking part in the Memorial Day parade in Edgewater Park, New Jersey in 2007. Here are some of the vehicles in the parade which we photographed. I've tried to identify the cars which took part, but may not have been totally accurate.

Plymouth Prowler

1902 Packard Model F

Ford Model A Roadster

Chevrolet Corvette Series 1

Looks like a 1934 Ford

1950 Dodge Coronet