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| Back Wellington Street, Fire Engine (Morley) (1 comment) |
 | c1921. In 1921 Morley Corporation which had taken charge of Morley Fire Brigade early in the century decided to invest in two new fire engines to replace the machines that had been so hard worked during the First World War. The most expensive of the two was the Leyland machine shown here outside the Fire Station in Back Wellington Street behind Morley Town Hall. It cost about £1600 and with its powerful engine could attain a good speed; the driver, Willie Whiteley, earned a reputation for this. However, the solid tyres made it rough going. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.
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| Back Wellington Street, Fire Engine (Morley) |
| c1921. One of two new fire engines bought in 1921 by the Morley Corporation Fire Brigade was this Dennis fire engine, photographed outside the fire station, behind the Town Hall, from Albion Street. The machine was not as powerful as the other new machine, the Leyland, for pumping water but was equipped with an effective escape ladder, found to be very necessary for rescuing mill workers from the third and fourth storeys of blazing buildings. Several of the Morley Town Councillors are seated on the back of this engine and the gentleman at the steering wheel in fire servive uniform is the Mayor Of Morley, Ald. H. H. Watson. who occupied that position from November 1919 to November 1922. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.
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| Corporation Street, Fire Station (Morley) (1 comment) |
 | July 1965. View of Morley Fire Station on Corporation Street, with fire engines parked outside. The mill chimney of Field Mills can be seen in the background. The Morley fire brigade was originally set up in 1872 by the Morley Mutual Fire Service to safeguard mills from fire and used premises in Peel Street. In 1902 Morley Council took over the running of the service and new premises in Wellington Street were completed in 1906; these were used until 1940 when transferred to Wesley Street where an auxiliary fire service had been set up 2 years previously. In 1948 Morley Fire Brigade became part of the West Riding County Fire Authority, who built the new fire station, as shown here, in 1964. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.
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| Fire engine, Southern Fire Station, Dewsbury Road (Beeston) |
| 1966.
View outside the Southern Fire Station on Middleton Crescent, Dewsbury Road showing a Merryweather 100ft turntable ladder. This was purchased in 1938 and was fitted on a Leyland chassis.
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| Fire station, Dewsbury Road (Beeston) |
| 1964.
View of Leeds City Fire Brigade Southern Station on Middleton Crescent, Dewsbury Road. This was one of the five fire stations established for the city in 1948 when Leeds City Fire Brigade resumed their responsibilities after the war.
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