Two fire engines from the 1930s have been donated to a museum. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service said it had handed over the vehicles, built in 1934 and 1937, to Beamish Museum in County Durham.

The engine bears the date 1774. This engine would have been pushed to a fire. The leather hose was attached to the top and sevral men would have need to take turns pumping the handles, whilst a ...

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This brightly painted fire engine was manufactured by Tilley of Blackfriars Road, London in the early Victorian period. The first fire engines were usually provided by voluntary bodies or ...