Blackburn’s wartime watchroom staff
Blackburn's Wartime Watchroom Staff
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- 1970’s long service medals
- 1970’s Obituaries for John Wilkins, Richard Taylor and Richard Petty
- 1970s Firemen march against cuts
- Annual Fire Station Dance 1970
- Award for rescue
- Bill Blazes To Success On A Dry Run
- Blackburn Chief Receives Medal For Twenty Years Service
- Blackburn County Borough Fire Brigade Job Application Form.
- Blackburn Deputy Chief John Hinnigan Presents Awards
- Bob France And The Corgi Fire Appliance
- Bubbling Over With Fun
- C.F.O Bill Williams Receives Long Service Medal
- Career Adverts
- Celebration At Blackburn For Annual Trophy Winners
- Chief fire officer heads obituary
- Chief fire officer john wilkins obituary
- Death Of A Fireman
- Death of Ex Chief Fire Officer John Wilkins
- Ex Fire Chief dies A. W. B. Head
- Exploded cylinder
- Fernbank Playgroup Visit Fire Station
- Fire Station Open Day 1970
- Fire station personnel at blackburn 1974
- fireman breaks ankle skiing
- fireman models new fire protection on streets of blackburn
- firemen attempting the three peaks
- Firemen Put Hopes On Wizard Of Oz
- Firemen with one of 6 rescued children
- Firemens Childrens Christmas Party 1970
- First Aid champions again
- First Aid competition winners
- First Raft Race River Ribble
- First time being a duty man
- Harry Bradley Retires
- Hollin Bridge Mill Smoke Spectacular In Blaze
- Hydrant Inspection
- John Hinnigan Moves Up To Deputy Chief
- Kenneth Burrows Promoted
- Long Service Award to Brian Parker
- Long Service Awards 1970’s
- new rates of pay for firemen
- Norman Hewson Award Marks Blaze Rescue
- Open Day 1978
- Power Cuts
- promotions in rank
- Rawtenstall fire station sees red
- Red Watch
- Retirement of Leonard Wilkins
- Retirements of Roland Eccles, Charles Todd and Albert Carter
- Retirements, Frank Kelly and George Thomas
- reward for firemen
- Scottish Open Trout Championship
- Special Appliance Training
- Station commander Norman Halliwell in front of vehicle
- Station Fishing Trip
- Strike 1970s
- The Boy’s Brigade Says thank you
- The First Strike 1976
- White watch before 1974
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John (Jack) Wilkins was my great grandfather. He was a prolific writer and wrote accounts of his many exploits during his career, many of which were documented at the time in the local paper. I still have copies of these stories written in his own hand.
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