When this former Blackpool Borough Station was absorbed into Lancashire County in 1974, the ariel appliance for the Fylde Coast was allocated to South Shore. It subsequently moved to Bispham, when the ISU came here. Latterly it has moved again to Blackpool.
Seen whilst in the training fleet, former Blackpool
Fire Brigade ERF NFV213M spent all its normal working life at South Shore.
[From the M. Hopton collection and reproduced
with permission.]
Bedford KG VFV735V in the station yard.
[Copyright picture ~ K. F. Reid MBE and reproduced
with permission.]
Bedford KG VFV735V was seen at Washington Hall,
21 May 1988.
[Copyright picture ~ K. Howarth and reproduced
with permission.]
Whoops! Mistakes do occasionally happen as
illustrated by the registration number on GFR598W.
[NP collection ~ courtesy A Collier]
Dodge G16 TL GFR598W seen in the station
yard.
[Copyright picture ~ D. Barker-Brown and reproduced
with permission.]
Dodge G16 TL C773OCW was seen in the
station yard,
[Copyright picture ~ D. Barker-Brown and reproduced
with permission.]
Originally based here, Fulton & Wylie bodied E114HCW was still in use at the Fire Service College, 8 September 2007.
Similar appliance E122HCW was seen in the station
yard.
[Copyright picture ~ D. Barker-Brown and reproduced
with permission.]
Presumably at the time of this picture, the
earlier Leyland Freighter had been replaced by H151WCK
[Copyright picture ~ D. Barker-Brown and reproduced
with permission.]
Leyland Freighter H151WCK was seen on the outskirts
of Cardiff, 2 March 2014.
[Copyright picture ~ A. Fish and reproduced
with permission.]
This early picture of ISU L953EFV contrasts
with the one below
and shows the original front bumper layout
(NP collection ~ courtesy KFR)
ISU L953EFV was seen on the station
forecourt, 8 August 2003.
[It left Lancashire 8 June 2007.]
Daf 55 PJ52FMO was seen passing an appliance
from Burnley at an incident in Freckleton, 11 June 2010.
It left South Shore 15 October 2010 for further
use at Earby, replacing the prototype 55 series appliance.
PM168 WX54VSF was seen at Bispham Fire Station, 4 March 2008.
Daf LF PN09PYU was seen at an 12 pump shout on South Promenade, Blackpool, 5 June 2014.
Daf LF Prime Mover PN09KNM was seen with the E.P.U. at a 20 pump incident in Leyland, 1 September 2013.