HCB-Angus: Fire Engine Builders (Signed)

Fisher, Aidan

ISBN 10: 144560535X / ISBN 13: 9781445605357

Published by Amberly, Stroud, UK, 2012

About this Item

One of an edition limited to 750 copies. 126pp, illustrated throughout mainly in black and white. Pictorial light card covers. Signed by the author on a paper slip pasted to the half-title page. 8vo. Very light wear to covers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Seller Inventory # 025603

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HCB-Angus: Fire Engine Builders (Signed)
• Publisher: Amberly, Stroud, UK
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144560535X
• ISBN 13: 9781445605357
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: N/A
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transportation
  • Culture and Society

About this title

Synopsis

HCB Angus produced 6,500 fire engines for fire services from across the UK and all over the world at their Southampton factory. The author discusses the history of the company and its forebears from their first involvement with building fire engines in 1933 until the completion of the last orders before closure on 24 June 1994. Orders came in from fire services from Pakistan to the Falkland Islands as well as the UK fire brigades, the Ministry of Defence, and oil and chemical companies around the world. HCB's keen interest in crew safety even earned them a place on the BBC's Blue Peter. Aidan Fisher has had exclusive access to the archive of photographs, technical papers and brochures preserved by the company until its closure and has used it to produce this complete account of the company and its products, a testament to the skills and craftsmanship of the company's workers. Aidan, a member of the Fire Service Preservation Group, lives in Manchester.

About the Author

Born in Liverpool and now resident in Manchester with a background in engineering. He trained as a teacher of Design and Technology and taught in comprehensive schools for 40 years. Always had an interest in preservation and started to restore internal combustion engines but moved on the commercial vehicles and then fire appliances. This in turn led to an involvement with HCB -Angus and the creation of an archive of their activities. The closure of the company in 1993 lead to this becoming more important so as not to lose the historical record. The author has owned four fire appliances, all built by HCB Angus.