Commercial Services
The following local companies have provided services to the Museum.
Access Lincs
The Museum are very grateful to James Selby of Access Lincs who did a brilliant job for us yet again last week. Firstly collecting the Museum's latest acquisition from Debach airfield in Suffolk transporting it up to Linclonshire for the big unveiling at lincs...
Weekend Update: 12th June 2021 – Her Majesty the Queen’s 95th Birthday
First and foremost, the whole of the Museum of RAF Firefighting would like to pass on their best wishes to Her Majesty the Queen on her Official Birthday this weekend. This week we gratefully received the support of G.H By-Products (a.k.a: A. Hughes of Skellingthorpe)...
Museum Ford Transit Repaired by Paint Perfect Motor Group, Lincoln
The unsung hero and faithful steed of the fleet, the Museum's Ford Transit, had started to show some issues and the decision was made to get it serviced and repaired at the same time during our latest move. Having the van off the road for an extended period during...
L & KR Thorpe
Now that the dust has started to settle after the last few weeks of frantic activity following our move from Scunthorpe to Alford, I would like to say a special thanks to L & K R Thorpe Transport. This family owned, independent haulage company which has been in...
J &A Contracting
George and his Friend Jim answered our call for assistance when their company J & A Contracting provided a low-loader free of charge. The team loaded a Royal Navy TACR 1 and the Austin K6 Gas Truck for the move. The winch fitted to the trailer enabled the TACR to...
Harvey Brothers.
Word of mouth certainly worked last week when Tim answered the call for help from fellow lorry drivers to help with the move. Tim, working for Harvey Brothers, safely transported our rare Bedford OY water bowser to Alford. This was a real challenge as the vehicle is a...
Walker Plant.
We are very grateful to Nick from Walker Plant who did a brilliant job for us last week. Given that we have not got room under cover at Alford for all our vehicles, we've had to find alternative storage for some of our more vulnerable vehicles namely our Green...
M-tec Engineering
Jim Moon from M-Tec Engineering kindly offered the use of his plant lorry to help move vehicles. Jim tried to reach the museum on the same day a nasty traffic accident occurred on the A1. This resulted in him being stuck in traffic for nearly six hours which, as his...
Riggall’s Removals
If you thought moving house was a challenge, try moving 52 vehicles and 20,000 museum exhibits! Luckily our new found friends at Riggall's Removals stepped in to offer two of their massive Removal Lorries to help transfer the more delicate objects together with the...
Auto Glass
Autoglass Autoglass help with making and fitting glass to the various Vehicles as they need them, some windows have had to be custom made from templates.
High-Tech Fire & Security
High Tech Fire & Security have been very kind to donate security cameras and Digital Video Recorder to help the Museum secure it’s numerous exhibit pieces within the Museum.
Unit 4A
Beaubridge Business Park
Heath Road
Skegness
Lincs
PE25 3ST
enquires@high-techfireandsecurity.co.uk