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Truck Muster at Papatoetoe
6 June 2015
Today's display of appliances, old and new, at Papatoetoe
Former Fire Officers Frank Burton and Trevor Thompson with the 1956 Ford
It was spit-and-polish and brass helmets this morning in Old Papatoetoe for the first ever Fire Truck Muster. After parading through local streets some 25 fire appliances, old and new, were on show in the Tavern Lane Car Park. They were a crowd pleaser, particularly the aerial appliances raised aloft. The event, which is hoped to become annual, is organised by Papatoetoe Community Ex-Firefighters Charitable Trust, a group with its headquarters at the old Fire Station in St George Street and comprising some members of the former Papatoetoe Volunteer Fire brigade, established in 1959. One of its first 2 appliances, a 1956 Ford V8, was in today's parade. Our brigade assisted organisers with traffic control and marshalling.
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