Brittains Ltd, Fire Brigade, Cheddleton

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Date:1960 - 1969 (c.)

Description:Volunteer members of Brittains Ltd.'s Fire Brigade pose with their fire engine and a trophy. It is possible they had won this award at an annual competition held at the Staffordshire County Show Ground. In 1968 they broke a four-year-old drill record for brigades from manufacturing companiess in the area, beating the Evode and English Electric teams.


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1890s
Brittain's Paper Mills, Cheddleton
Brittain's Paper Mills, Cheddleton

Brittain's Paper Mills with the Caldon Canal in the foreground. A paper mill has ...

1920s
St. John's Ambulance Brigade, Brittain's, Cheddleton
St. John's Ambulance Brigade, Brittain's, Cheddleton

S.A.J. Brittain's Cheddleton Division of the St John's Ambulance Brigade, photographed ...

1970s
Datestone, Brittain's Paper Mill, Cheddleton
Datestone, Brittain's Paper Mill, Cheddleton

Datestone on Brittain's Paper Mill building in Cheddleton which reads 'Brittains ...

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Donor ref:P2023.014.0342 (37/50073)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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