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Collapse D6258 - Eric Hare of Derby and Matlock Bath, member of the National Fire Service - 1942-1946

D6258 - Eric Hare of Derby and Matlock Bath, member of the National Fire Service - 1942-1946

Expand 1 - Photographs - [c1943]

1 - Photographs - [c1943]

Collapse 2 - Satirical cartoons about the National Fire Service by C H Burton - 1942-1944

2 - Satirical cartoons about the National Fire Service by C H Burton - 1942-1944

1 - Cartoon of a volunteer rushing to the Reinforcements office carrying a 'Manual of Fireship', with caption "Get crackin' Eisenhower" - 22 Jan 1944

2 - Cartoon containing a double-decker bus, whose back wheels are a-blaze, with banners stating: "Is your journey necessary?" and "Britain shall not burn", being attended to be three Fire Service officers. Contains the caption "Lull-period attendance - 1&1/2 qpm required" - 21 Nov 1942

3 - Cartoon of a group of toddlers playing in and around a Static Water basin, with four of them attacking the pump and and National Fire Service Officer. With caption "Little children didn't orter 'muck about' with static water" - 17 Nov 1942

4-5 - Cartoon of a National Fire Service lorry being pushed through the snow while a series of buckets on a conveyor belt carry the snow into vat behind the cabin which has a fire underneath it, converting the snow into water. With caption "The 'watermen' try another experiment" - Jan 1942

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