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During a recent conversation on the 21st October 2016 with reference to Ambulance equipment a retired member of the Ambulance Service, relayed this very short but sad memory of 50 years ago “myself and two other drivers were on duty, when at about 11am the call came in for crews to go to the disaster site. So with the duty officer we loaded a motor with the emergency response kit. On the way we heard over the radio that Ross and Bromyard motors were also travelling.<\/p>\n
We arrived about 1400hrs and directed to different rescue locations. We were stood down late the next day to return home, but not before being stopped at the top of the valley by a young Female Police Officer sobbing her heart out and asking why we were leaving the valley, we had to tell her that there was no patients alive to move to hospital, she collapsed into our arms. Behind closed doors in our Ambulance we all broke down and cried like never before, we later had a debrief and counselling, but to this day we never mentioned it at home or work again”<\/p>\n
Gunny is one of the AHS volunteers, in his car boot he can always find the item we are looking for:<\/p>\n
Twice a week we gather, our vehicles to restore.
\nGunny comes on Tuesday. Now who could ask for more?
\nDressed in baggy overalls and a cap worn like a bonnet.
\nA battered old green gilet with EMAS written on it.
\nHis hearing is exceptional, he does not miss a sound.
\nHe’s a mighty pocket rocket who’s built close to the ground.
\nI’m going to tell a secret and will seek rewards.
\nI’m told he has a ladder for painting skirting boards.
\nWhen one of us is working and needs a tool to suit.
\nGunny calls out loud and clear, “I’ve got one in my boot”.
\nHe’s an artist with the fibre glass, no dents too big to fill.
\nHe brought some paint from his car boot, it’s special stuff he whispered.
\nBut when Jack sprayed some paint on it, the whole lot boiled and blistered.
\nNo jobs too big. No task’s to hard he never tries to shirk.
\nHe gives us frequent updates and makes us view his work.
\nI know that he will seek revenge, when this story has been told.
\nBut I really do admire this man, who has a heart of gold.
\nSo if you’re ever looking, for a tool or parachute.
\nHave a word with Gunny for he will have one in his boot.<\/p>\n
As the NHS in 1948 began to merge Ambulance Services into local authority services, an audit was taken of available vehicles and where they originated from. \u00a0This copy of an original document stems from Nottinghamshire County Council take over of the\u00a0Retford pre 1948 private ambulances. Our chairman and founder Jack C on what was thought to be a mercy mission at the 999 show. It turned out to be an emergency response to the 999 catering tent tea bar! Shauny the resident sheep, escaped from his field today and proceeded to head butt Chairman Jack (Captain Mainwaring) and our resident fire raiser Bob Street. Being an experienced shepherd, Bob proceeded to coax the rather large errant sheep back to his field armed only with words of encouragement and a plastic bucket to protect his nether regions, he succeeded in his task. However Shauny was about to exact his revenge. Whilst the group members were employed elsewhere Shauny once again escaped from his field and raided the refreshments area, and nicked all the biscuits after head butting the biscuit tin. He then retreated back to his field and rested in a shaded spot completely crackered.<\/p>\n Robin Concah joined the Notinghamshire Ambulance Service at Retford in 1968 and later transferred to Whitby Ambulance Station in North Yorkshire. Now retired he is living in Devon.<\/p>\n When I was a proud young man I arrived at the base in Mansfield Bill drove to our first pick up, He knew if a child had been fitting We had children wearing helmets, Bill drove that ambulance vehicle In the queue for prestige and glamour For 40 hours 40 men in relays kept alive by artificial respiration a 31 year old member of a Rugby Football Club in Keswick, who had broken his neck. Flixborough Chemical Works Disaster 1st June 1974 Aberfan Disaster 21st October 1966 During a recent conversation on the 21st October 2016 with reference to Ambulance equipment a retired member of the Ambulance Service, relayed this very short but sad memory of 50 years ago “myself and two other drivers were on duty, when at about … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":549,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-admin","post-445"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/445\/revisions\/1125"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambulanceheritagesociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a><\/p>\n999 Mercy Mission<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nOvine mischief at the barn today<\/h2>\n
[By kind permission of Malcom Tomlinson director AHS]<\/h6>\n
2015: Poem by Robin Concah<\/h2>\n
Ambulance Services<\/h3>\n
\nOf success in this and that
\nAn extra shift went begging
\nTaking children there and back.<\/p>\n
\nAnd met the man who knew,
\nNot only where we were going
\nBut how to be one of the few.<\/p>\n
\nExplaining my tasks for the day,
\nHe cared about each of our charges
\nKnowing how, when and what to say.<\/p>\n
\nWithout any prompting from mum,
\nBill joked with those downhearted,
\nWhile comforting those feeling numb.<\/p>\n
\nHeld rigidly in their seats
\nOne lay stiff and callipered
\nTo sit, an impossible feat.<\/p>\n
\nAs he might chauffeur the queen,
\nMyself in the company of heroes
\nLearned a lesson supreme.<\/p>\n
\nNot everyone there wins a prize,
\nBut all of those children were loved
\nSo they smiled and danced with their eyes.<\/p>\n1923: 40 Hour resuscitation<\/h2>\n
\nThe doctor attending said that to keep someone alive for 40 hours until his death was unique in the annals of medical history. \u00a0The team included members of the local St. John Ambulance [training of all Ambulance staff before the late 1960\u2019s when Millar Training at Regional Ambulance Centres came into being was undertaken by St. John, Red Cross and St Andrews Ambulance] This edited article was provided by Malcolm Tomlinson a Director of AHS whose late relative\u00a0Mr Postlethwaite was the subject of this rescue.<\/p>\nSource: The Daily Mail<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"