B593NPL Dennis F127 Camiva EPA30 TL Merseyside not London
At a later date this was put into London FB livery by a TV company for the funeral of Recall in "London's Burning" and kept this registration.
This is confusing as London FB did have three similar Camivas of its own in real life.
E870JYV
E869JYV
E868JYV
It was Dennis/Camiva demonstrator, and had a shorter wheelbase than London machines.
This Merseyside appliance also had a cage mounted at the ladder head, it was severely damaged in a contretamps with a "Fareway" Leyland Olympian double decker rear in Central Liverpool. Widely seen as a fairly underpowered appliance.
It was bought by Merseyside to replace C3-Tango, Canning Place's A54KHC Dennis DFD133 with the short lived XRL30 Ladder which was Merryweather's attempt to re-enter the UK ladder market.
It is preserved by Ron Bradley in livery of LFB as E463 Shadbrook TL as it was used on Londons Burning.
Camiva ladders were not a great success in the UK and were soon phased out.
from a brigade postcard
B593NPL Dennis F127 Camiva EPA30 TL Merseyside not London
At a later date this was put into London FB livery by a TV company for the funeral of Recall in "London's Burning" and kept this registration.
This is confusing as London FB did have three similar Camivas of its own in real life.
E870JYV
E869JYV
E868JYV
It was Dennis/Camiva demonstrator, and had a shorter wheelbase than London machines.
This Merseyside appliance also had a cage mounted at the ladder head, it was severely damaged in a contretamps with a "Fareway" Leyland Olympian double decker rear in Central Liverpool. Widely seen as a fairly underpowered appliance.
It was bought by Merseyside to replace C3-Tango, Canning Place's A54KHC Dennis DFD133 with the short lived XRL30 Ladder which was Merryweather's attempt to re-enter the UK ladder market.
It is preserved by Ron Bradley in livery of LFB as E463 Shadbrook TL as it was used on Londons Burning.
Camiva ladders were not a great success in the UK and were soon phased out.
from a brigade postcard