Dennis Light 6 BXJ500 was based at Great Jackson
Street and dated back to 1935.
[Copyright picture ~ the late J. Hain and
reproduced with permission.]
Dennis F12 Pump Escape MNE556 which carries
very rare bodywork by Cocker of Southport.
[Copyright picture ~ Stuart Wilkinson and
reproduced with permission.]
Albion Chieftain Pump Escape JVU594F was originally
based at Great Jackson Street Fire Station in Hulme.
[Copyright picture ~ Satis and reproduced
with permission.]
Similar appliance JVU595F was based at Moss
Side from new.
[Copyright picture ~ the late G. V. Rothwell
and reproduced with permission.]
Also dating back to Manchester Fire Brigade
days is PVR927J seen at a house fire in Moss Side in 1972.
[NOTE: This appliance was subsequently re-registered
as TND74K]
(Copyright photograph ~ Phil Ingham and reproduced
by permission)
ERF HPV TXJ647K still carrying the yellow booms
from Manchester City days.
[NP collection ~ courtesy A Collier]
PBA862R ran from 1977 until 1992 with GMC.
It is seen here in 1980 ready to join the
Lord Mayor's Parade through the City Centre.
Another shot of ERF HP PBA862R in the station
yard.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Dennis RS 131s EVM943T & EVM944T were both
photographed in the station yard.
[Copyright pictures ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Dennis SS ADB192Y was seen in the station yard.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Sister appliance ADB193Y dating back to 1983
was een on the station forecourt.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
Both Dodge G13s C753 & C754DNF are seen
at in Manchester City Centre
after a large fire there in the late 1980's.
Dodge C753DNF was seen on Mount Street, with
the Midland Hotel forming the backdrop.
[Copyright picture ~ P. Warnock and reproduced
with permission.]
Another picture of Dodge C754DNF just before
it was replaced by a Leyland Freighter.
[Copyright photograph Iain Kitchen and reproduced
with permission.]
Dodge HPV F674GNC was seen on the station forecourt.
[Copyright photograph Iain Kitchen and reproduced
with permission.]
Two shots of Leyland Freighter H383FBA, one
of the first pumps to carry the darker red livery.
[Copyright photograph Iain Kitchen and reproduced
with permission.]
Also based here was Leyland Freighter H384FBA
and seen in the station yard.
[Copyright picture ~ the late Alan Gartside
and reproduced with permission.]
S296 RVM was seen at a large fire in the Cheetham area of Manchester, 3 July 2006.
Seen in more picturesque surroundings than
normal, appliance S297RVM
had just arrived on the moors north of Bolton
on Make Pumps 20, 15 April 2003.
Although in the reserve fleet, this picture
of V474EBA is included as a reminder of its original allocation.
[NP collection ~ courtesy A. Collier.]
Volvo MH04FJD was seen at an incident in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, 28 Janaury 2019.
Sister appliance PN08UWZ was seen at an incident in Manchester City Centre, 18 Janaury 2012.
Volvo PN57AOU was seen in Wigan during a 15 pump fire, 14 June 2015.
Volvo PO11AVC was seen at an incident on Saddleworth Moor, 19 April 2018.
Volvo FLL PF08OZA was seen arriving at a large fire in Irlam, 23 June 2018.
Volvo PF08OZA hard at work at the Christie Hospital fire in Withington, 26 April 2017.