Over 20 members of the Fire Brigade Society, led by Dave Smith, were hosted by John Doran (Station Officer), David Hall (Chief Engineer) and John Wilkinson (Adjutant) at the Fire Station to inspect the Queen Eleanor. Read the rest of this entry »
If you had always thought that the course for The Trundle was made up on the day here’s proof positive otherwise. Station Officer Doran (Moley?), PoCO Seddon (Ratty?) and PMC Ward (Badger?) messing about in boats in order to finely tune the first major challenge that would face the teams. Read the rest of this entry »We hope you all had a good time, now prepare yourselves for the Pot Belly Babes….
And here’s a link to some nice photos by Wayne Neal, thanks Wayne.
http://www.nomadicmonkimages.com/2010-GVFB%20Beer%20Festival%20and%20Trundle.php
11 Firemen and families sampled the delights of fabulous German hospitality, visited the spectacular town of Cochem on the Mosel, nightclubs in Koblenz (younger travellers), enjoyed a barbeque by the Rhine and the spectacle of the “Rhine in Flames” fireworks. We also toured the site of next years National Garden Show at Koblenz, which will be well worth visiting.
Some photos of this year’s trip to Lahnstein … please send more, especially of fireworks
Held on Friday 16th July, the 2010 GVFB Clay Pigeon Shooting Competition saw a large field battle for the honour of being GVFB Top Gun. The eventual individual winner was Fireman Groome and Tresham Section took the Section Prize.
Thanks go to Fireman Plumb for his work in organising the event and to his team for setting up and packing away the equipment on the evening.





