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INSPECTION DAY PRESTON CIRCUS

Five fire engines, and their crews, lined up for what was probably an annual event. The year is not known but there are many clues, which suggest that it was in the middle 1920’s. First of all, the solid tyres of most engines, the early registration numbers, the bemedalled firemen, and the cinema advertisement of Sybil Thorndyke in “The Lady of the Camellias. The tramlines of the Beaconsfield route ran directly in front of the Station.

Image Reference: JG_10a_126.tif
Date: 1920s
Image Details: Copy
Size of Original: 257x165
Place: Brighton
Additional Information: "The Lady of the Camellias was released in 1922, so most likely that this is the year

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