OPERATION RESCUE – All is well for this wet and bedraggled corgi, rescued by Bristol firemen from the river mud by the Gaol Ferry, Bristol.  Three firemen took part and the picture shows Fireman Ivor Player who climbed down the…

First Aid Competition – The Order of St. John Grand Priors Trophy first aid competition 1959 was held at the Porchester Halls, London yesterday. Picture shows City and County of Bristol Fire Brigade team. Left to right: R.H.E. Mason (captain)…

Fireman M.Britton (left) and W.Addision (right) hand over the cat they rescued from a derelict building in Temple Street, Bristol, to Supt S.Miles of the R.S.P.C.A. at Bridewell Fire Station.

BRISTOL FIREMEN clear up after a the fire at Barton Hill. In the foreground is the twisted frame of the bed occupied by Mr Stephen Bye who died in the blaze. Evening Post 13th Jan 1960

A YEAR-OLD WEST INDIAN GIRL, Jennifer Coke, died at one o’clock yesterday afternoon in a fire which completely burnt out a room in a top floor flat at 265 Newfoundland Road, St. Paul’s Bristol. Twins Patrick and Sandra Coke, were rescued…