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Second edition (based on the First Edition produced by T MacFarlane in 1985), by Alan Pinnell, 2000 |
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History of the Ambulance Service
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Early Motor Ambulances 1912 - 1939 |
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1912 - 1914 In the 1900s horse drawn vehicles used by such as the Brewery, Hansom cabs and Removals have become motorised. The lack at this early stage of traffic signs it could be said that the Ambulance Corps could have had a busy time, especially when horse transport was still used at this time necessitating horses having to work alongside motor vehicles. In the year 1912, the Corps was interested in purchasing a motor Ambulance, and Councillor H E Reeves an active member of the Corps and also with the Invalid Transport Service was elected Mayor of Northampton. During his year of office his Charity was to provide funds for a motor Ambulance and Northampton Ambulance Corps and Northampton Corporation at a cost of £700.00 jointly purchased this. On
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The vehicle was a NAPIER built by the famous
It is also with interest that Councillor Reeves along with Superintendent Rice of the local
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Special thanks to John Harley and John Drage.
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