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Fire Brigade 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebration 1897 going over Totnes bridge into Fore Street. Totnes Corporation Fire Brigade headed by Captain Butler on horseback. Engine canopied in red, white & blue. Messrs R,Blight & A.Tucker in charge of strawberry roan horses which drew it. Members of brigade in attendance were J.Heath, O.Heath, W.Seaford, S.Hawkins, A.Welch, J.Horswill, G.Jarvis, F.Southcott, W,Eden & S,Brown. From the Edward Windeatt Collection and lent for scanning from Devon Records Office.