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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

Strutt family of Belper

Strutt family of Belper

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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