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| Photographer / Copyright: John Marshall Images should not be reused without permission. Date added to site:22/01/12 | ||
| Details: The 1970s/1980s equivalent of the present-day Emergency Response Unit was a small fleet of Ford trucks painted in overall red. As well as several D-series lorries (such as 2199F), three rather stretched Ford A0609 box trucks were also used. Numbered 2135F to 2137F, they were allocated at times to Whitechapel, Ealing Common, Lillie Bridge and Baker Street. At Baker Street, the vehicles were parked in the open, right in front of the station entrance. Therefore it is not surprising that most of the photos of these vehicles were taken there. 2136F was found parked (rather haphazardly) on 20th September 1979. Although 5 months old, it had yet to gain the front-mounted LT Emergency sign (as seen on similar 2135F). I saw this vehicle here in 1983 (when I was 11 years old), while I caught the other pair at Stockwell Garage during my numerous visits there (oh, to have had a camera back then...!). By the way, 2138F was also a red Ford A0609 box truck, with a slightly shorter cab. I hope to publish a photo of this soon. | ||
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