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Isle of Wight Fire Brigades Federation
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    • The Cowes Blitz
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      • 1942 April 28 & May 4/5 - J.S. White's
      • 1942 May 4/5 - Clare Lallow
      • 1942 May 4/5 - Groves and Gutteridge
      • 1942 May 4/5 - Simpson and Rooke
      • 1942 October 2 - Ventnor
      • 1943 January 3 - Shanklin
      • 1943 February 4 - Ryde
      • 1943 February 17 - Shanklin
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      • 1943 April 7 - Newport
      • 1943 June 1 - Niton
      • 1944 May 15 - East Cowes
    • Station 1
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    • The Power of Steam
    • The Osborne Steam Fire Engine
    • Leaders
      • Captain Henry Buckett
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      • Chief Officer Wilfred Harry Bown
      • Chief Officer James Dore
      • Acting Column Officer Hector Percy Scott
      • Captain Sidney Charles Sapsworth
      • Chief Officer Nicholas Henry Thomas Mursell
      • Company Officer Max Heller
      • ARP Officer Sidney Frank Burchell
      • Section Leader Herbert Foss
    • The Origin of The Stop
    • Built to last - Shand Mason engine 1873
    • The Newsham Engine
    • Fire at the Theatre Royal
    • Ryde's Third Fire Station - Official Opening
    • 'A Fire in London' - the story of a painting
    • Greenstreet's Empire
    • Dr Hasting's Cat
    • Overseas Firefighters of the UK
      • In Search of Fire - an LFV fireman's account
    • Gallantry
    • AFS Patrols
    • The Battle of East Cowes
    • Enemy of the People
  • Non-fire service features
    • Research and Experiments - WW2 Civil Defence
    • The Isle of Wight and Operation Sea Lion
    • A Family in Conflict
    • To The Stars - The Incredible Life of Stanley Winther Caws
    • Gun Buster
    • Memorials
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Special features

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The Diary of Colin Weeks

Faces in the Crowd

WW2 Research and Experiments Dept.

Station 1

Fire and Rescue in War

Private and Works Brigades

The Power of Steam

The Osborne Steam Fire Engine

Leaders

The Origin of The Stop

Built to Last

The Shand Mason Engine of 1873

The Newsham Engine

Fire at the Theatre Royal

Ryde's Third Fire Station

'A Fire in London'

The Story of a Painting

Greenstreet's Empire

The Controversy of Dr Hastings' Cat

Overseas Firefighters of the UK

Gallantry

AFS Patrols

The Battle of East Cowes

Enemy of the People

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