Page 2 - October 2023

THE SALAMANDER
The Worshipful Company
of Firefighters
The Wax Chandlers’ Hall, 6 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AD
FOUNDER
Gerry Clarkson CBE, OStJ, QFSM
In this month’s Salamander
Anne Isaacs Newsletter Editor
Max Dissanayake Newsletter Editor
Opening Ceremony of the new Tower LifeBoat Station
Christening of the Fireboats Massey Shaw Fireboat Visits `MurkeyClerky’ Visit - Clerkenwell `Pie & Pint’ Ye Olde Watling `Ashes to Ashes’ Lambeth Walk One from the Vaults
History & Heritage
The Bombing of Soho Fire Station Comany Diary
Cover Image from left to right:
Page 2 - 3 Pages 3 - 4 Pages 5 - 6 Page 6 Page 7
Page 7 - 8 Page 9
Page 10 Page 10-12
Page 12-16
Welcome to the 3rd Edition of your New Newsletter
In this, a Special Aquatic Edition the spotlight, of serendipity, falls on all things Fireboat and Lifeboat – on the Thames at Lambeth and at the Tower and across the sea of time, on Dunkirk.
These are choppy waters for a Modern Livery Company like ours. Costs skyrocket and staying afloat and solvent is a challenge. Membership engagement and sustained growth and evolution may well be the way forward, to calmer, more temperate waters.
This edition celebrates the courage and endeavour of cutting-edge contemporary rescue mariners and riverine firefighters, as well as delving back in time to their predecessors – the fireboats that fought vast warehouse fires on the Thames and rescued desperate, stranded troops from Dunkirk.
As Remembrance Sunday hoves into view, our History & Heritage Section remembers past heroes, one of them a Liveryman of this Company, that gave their all during the dark days of the Blitz.
Please contact us:
Anne Isaacs AnneIsaacs8@outlook.com
Max Dissanayake maxdissanayake1@gmail.com
Little Peter András operating the main 3.5 - inch calibre monitor aboard the Massey Shaw Fireboat, assisted by Liveryman Dr. Peter Mansi, his Grandfather, and Bill Scott, Massey Shaw crew, at the WCoFF Massey Shaw visit on 26th August 2023.
Picture by: Liveryman Max Dissanayake
Page 1