Article from Evening Telegraph 1965 transcribed by Sally CraneDisaster hit a local farmer, Mr. Oliver Perkins , when a hundred tons of hay and straw were destroyed in a fire at Church Lane Farm, Burton Latimer, last night. Police are making exhaustive inquiries, and...
Article from Kettering Evening Telegraph dated 17 July 1995Fire crews from Kettering and Burton Latimer were called to a fire at The Rectory in Burton Latimer last night. Firefighters say the blaze started in the bedroom of the Rev John Simmons' teenage son at 9.20 pm...
John Meads 2018After the Coffee House fire in August 1909, Burton Latimer Parish Council was contacted by an agent representing the occupants of a neighbouring property who were claiming for damage done by the brigade by allowing a hose pipe to flood their bedroom...
Articles from Evening Telegraph March 1939Mr Tom DickensA stack of straw and some farm buildings at Station Hill Farm Burton Latimer, were destroyed by fire in the early hours of today (Saturday). The outbreak was first noticed by Mr T Dickens of 63 Alexandra Street,...
The Birmingham Fire Office plaque whichwould be fixed to any property insuredby the company. Note how Mr. Hester,the company's Northampton agent,used this fire to draw attention to hiscompany in the local press.Northampton Mercury 3 November 1849 INCENDIARY FIRE On...
John Meads 2016 Abbott's Mill also known as Burton Mills on the RiverIse in Finedon Road. It was destroyed by fire in 1936 Northampton Mercury 20 September 1856 FIRE NEAR BURTON LATTIMEROn Friday afternoon last, at about three o’clock, a fire broke out in the...
Kettering Evening Telegraph 28th September 1983 Blaze aftermath - a foreman inspects the burned out cars Blazing petrol hampered firemen as they fought a blaze in a car showroom at Burton Latimer today. The petrol, pouring from the burned fuel-lines, intensified the...
Article from Northants Evening Telegraph 14 March 1957The newspaper photo of Jennifer Cooper accompaning this articleFiremen, drivers and workmen laboured for two hours last night driving and pulling out burning lorries from a blazing garage at Burton Latimer. If it...
Article taken from local newspaper dated 1951.When fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning at a garage in Church Street , Burton Latimer, owned by the Rector, Reverend R W Sharpley, sparks also set alight the thatched roof of a shop owned by Mr C E...
A parade in Church Street, probably during the First World War. The man on horseback is probably Tom Norton who supplied the horses that pulled the engine. He was a baker and confectioner who also hired out brakes (carriages) The occasion could be a military funeral...
Article from Mercury & Herald, 14 February 1958 transcribed by Margaret CraddockWhen the fire siren wails out over Burton Latimer, eight employees scattered throughout factories in the Coles Group immediately “down tools” and hurry to the Fire Station. One of the...
Text transcribed from original book by Janet & John Meads— RULES —1.—This brigade shall be called the BURTON LATIMER FIRE BRIGADE, and shall consist of twelve efficient Members including Officers: the Officers to be Captain, Lieutenant, Engineer, and Secretary....
Article taken from an original newspaper cutting dated c1908, transcribed by Sarah Gilbert.The members of the Burton Latimer Fire Brigade had their inspection and sports on Saturday. The weather was all that could be desired for such an occasion, and everything passed...
Article by Les Allen, Burton Latimer Sub-Officer, Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service - 1997Additions by Janet & John Meads - 2006, and Ken Hartill, 2011 An early engine in front of Burton Latimer Hall c1905 In 1707, an Act of Parliament was passed which...
Article from Kettering Evening Telegraph dated 14 December 1995A pensioner died in a house blaze last night, caused by a faulty gas fire. (Editor's note: the pensioner was later identified as Noel Lewis) Mr Lewis, who lived alone, was found in the kitchen of his home...
Article from a local evening newspaper dated Saturday December 30th 1967 Residents of a row of cottages in Bakehouse Lane, Burton Latimer, fled from their homes for safety last night when fire broke out in two empty cottages. While firemen fought the blaze, which...
Kettering Evening Telegraph 26th August 1983 Smoke rises from the factory on Bakehouse Lane People had to flee their homes when fire swept through the top floor of a three-storey disused factory in Burton Latimer yesterday afternoon. Half a dozen people living around...
Article by Les Allen, Burton Latimer Sub-Officer, Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service. Burton Latimer Fire Brigade at 'The Poplars' early 20th century The first documented fire appliance based at Burton Latimer was a horse-drawn manual appliance built by Shand,...
Source: Burton Latimer Heritage Society: Emergency Services 1900-2000.Burton Latimer Fire Brigade - 1910/20'sThis Shand Mason manual pump engine was one of two used by the Burton Latimer Fire Brigade between 1901 and 1927. The third seated man may be Jack Bugby and...
Article from the Northampton Mercury dated Friday August 20th 1926The Pavilion was situated towards the top end of the High Street, in the area behind what is now Coral bookmakersCaptain Waters, Chief of Burton latimer Fire Brigade near the scene of the fire. The...
John Meads 2018The Coffee Tavern in the High Street, a hundred yardsaway from the Fire Station in Duke StreetExciting Scenes in Burton Latimer Northampton Daily Echo 4 August 1909 "In the early hours of this (Wednesday) morning an alarming outbreak of fire occurred at...
Extract from Northampton Mercury 21 February 1913A serious fire occurred at Burton Latimer on Monday night, when damage to the extent of over £3,000 was caused at the factory of Messrs Ward Bros Clothing Co. The building, which is adjacent to the main street,...
Article from the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph dated Tuesday November 13th 1973, transcribed by Raylee Burton.Main picture: Flames rip through the roof of the barn at Burton Latimer.Inset: Firemen emerge from the blackened building at FinedonPolice are trying to...
Article from Mercury & Herald, 14 February 1958 transcribed by Margaret Craddock.When the fire siren wails out over Burton Latimer, eight employees scattered throughout factories in the Coles Group immediately “down tools” and hurry to the Fire Station. One of the...
An interview on 5 December 2011 with Gerald Baish recorded and presented by Margaret Craddock I was born 4 December 1929 near enough on the spot where we are sitting now at the Heritage Centre. It was in a yard at the back of High Causeway called Wallis’ Yard. I...