Newspaper cutting giving details about Squire Abbs, whose first name was actually Soames. Before setting up his own business he was in charge of John White's garage on the site which later became Massey & Bridges.
The new fire engine was purchased from the Lowestoft Brigade in April 1931 when Captain Thirtle and the Lowestoft Firemen gave a demonstration of what it could do to a crowd of 1000 in Reepham Market Place. Afterward they were entertained to dinner…
Taken outside the Fire Station, now Thurloe House and originally the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Dereham Road.Top L to R:Laddie Neale, George Wilkerson, Herbert VardigansGeorge Goodbury, Bob Fuller, Lenny WardBottom L to R:Herbert Fuller, Dick…