Some more fascinating photos of the Marlow fire brigade from years gone by
Following on from last week’s column, here are a few more Marlow Fire Brigade memories, carrying on through the last Century. The funeral of Fire Chief Sidney Chalk in 1938 brought a parade by several local Brigades, and they are seen, in the first picture, marching up Trinity Road en-route for the cemetery. Sidney’s son Cyril, well remembered by many in Marlow, took over the family High Street hardware store at this date, after an early career in the cinema industry. Then follow two pictures in the period of World War Two outside the Cambridge Road Fire Station. Some well known n...
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