Merry Weather fire engine, named 'Alderman Pickles', of Todmorden Fire Service, heads a parade of engines. Photo taken in Cragg Vale, probably in the 1920s.
On 13 April 1923 the Todmorden & District News reported:
The horse-drawn fire tender with its crew are photographed on Rochdale Road before joining a procession, about 1905. The man holding the horse is John Hamer Hollinrake who, in 1911, became the Chief Fire Officer.
First Motor Fire Engine - Local officials and visitors from neighbouring towns met at the Fire Station on 30th October 1914 to witness the arrival of the new motor fire engine, delivered by Merryweather & Co. of London. Shortly after 2 o'clock,…