A Paddock Wood Fire Engine.

Acknowledged as not strictly our copyright: Obtained from a sales brochure by the late Charlie Willard.

It was a great surprise when the late Charlie Willard, a well known local resident with a keen interest in heritage found details of the original Dennis Turbine Fire Engine, AR5232 from Paddock Wood being up for sale. Sadly Heritage Paddock Wood could not afford to buy it (!) but here, from the old pictures you see it in use and some of its crews of Firemen.

Firemen pictured with AR5232 outside the original Springetts Garage which became the well known Evernden Cycles on Maidstone Road ©

Fire engine AR5232 photographed with its crew ©

As previous picture acknowledged this is not strictly HPW copyright. Taken from sales particulars by the late Charlie Willard

With reference to Arnolds of East Peckham mentioned in the paper above. It was a Benz based Arnold Motor carriage that was responsible for the first speeding fine in the country.