Sprout posted:

What a lovely old building 

Yes 

Beautiful old engine 

I remember those uniforms 

Yogi19 posted:

Beautiful old engine 

Yes 

I bet it did no more than 25mph 

Such brave men 

Baz posted:

Such brave men 

Baz posted:

Such brave men 

As they are now 

Looked like the whole city was ablaze 

Sprout posted:

Baz posted:

Such brave men 

As they are now 

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

What a lovely old building 

Yes 

Manchester has  a lot of lovely architecture when you walk outside the main shopping area

Baz posted:

Looked like the whole city was ablaze 

 Hard to even imagine how awful it must have been 

I always remember my mam telling me about some politician (can't remember who) saying all firemen were good for was getting cats out of trees 

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

What a lovely old building 

Yes 

Manchester has  a lot of lovely architecture when you walk outside the main shopping area

One of my neighbours is a retired fireman

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Looked like the whole city was ablaze 

 Hard to even imagine how awful it must have been 

Sprout posted:

I always remember my mam telling me about some politician (can't remember who) saying all firemen were good for was getting cats out of trees 

When I see the bombing in Manchester -it makes me realise my family were in that carnage

I think the concensus of opinion was that the people hoped he needed one soon 

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

What a lovely old building 

Yes 

Manchester has  a lot of lovely architecture when you walk outside the main shopping area

Yes 

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

When I see the bombing in Manchester -it makes me realise my family were in that carnage

wow what a uniform

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

When I see the bombing in Manchester -it makes me realise my family were in that carnage

Wow ...how dodgy was that 

I used to work not far from a fire station and often I walked down the road at dinnertime and they were practicing 

Baz posted:

Wow ...how dodgy was that 

yes

Waders! 

Sprout posted:

I used to work not far from a fire station and often I walked down the road at dinnertime and they were practicing 

Sprout posted:

Waders! 

Literally 

Comradeship is important in all uniformed services

omg remeber that

Oh I remember  that 

 They were trapped behind bars on the windows

Yogi19 posted:

Comradeship is important in all uniformed services

Yes 

Yogi19 posted:

 They were trapped behind bars on the windows

Dreadful 

Yogi19 posted:

Comradeship is important in all uniformed services

yes -great  team work is the  essence

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

 They were trapped behind bars on the windows

Dreadful 

The firemen did well to save so many

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

 They were trapped behind bars on the windows

Dreadful 

yes

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

Waders! 

Literally 

PMSL!!