Fire Brigade and Motorised Engine

The latest addition to the Chesterford Fire Brigade, a motorised version still commanded by Arthur Halls. On 30th May1944 it was used at Chesterford Park when a munitions dump exploded (see IR4 Disaster at the Park, by Janet Clark, available for purchase from the...

Fire Brigade – Manual Fire Engine

In 1931, Mr Arthur Halls was Section Leader of the Chesterford Fire Brigade. The manual engine was an improvement on the old steam engine. It was kept at the Old Engine House on St John’s Cross, opposite the shop and would have been pulled by four horses from...

Fire Brigade – Steam Engine

In 1887 a Fire Engine Fund was set up in reaction to a spate of field fires. This photo is of Henry Kings’ steam fire engine in 1904, the first fire engine with a crew of unpaid volunteers, pulled manually and kept primarily at the Mill. Colonel Stanley was 1st...