As some of you pointed out at the beginning of the month, the team at the Museum of RAF Firefighting were elated to receive news that Scampton Holdings Ltd – the consortium that we are in partnership with - had been selected by West Lyndsey District Council after...

It’s been a bit quiet on the weekly update front again so we thought it was best to bring people back up to date on the activities we’ve been undertaking around the sites in the past few weeks. Strap yourselves in - there's alot to get through. Following the...

Already we are into February - where has January disappeared to!? After last week's AGM it was decided that the volunteers would have a different day from the normal Saturday museum shenanigans as the lack of personnel meant that it would be risky to be working at two...

The news that Scottish Firefighter, Barry Martin, has passed away from the injuries sustained at the former Jenners building fire in Edinburgh earlier this week has been met with profound sadness by all at the Museum of RAF Firefighting. We would like to send our...

All of the volunteers at the Museum want to start this update by wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2023. It seems ludicrous that there have been no updates on the website since September but here we are two thirds of the way through January. Hopefully this will...

This weekend, of course, was a muted affair after the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II earlier this week. As Families day was rightly cancelled by RAF Waddington as a mark of respect, we had to recover the DP1, WOT-1 and the TACR-2 which had been positioned...

For avid followers of the Museum, some may be thinking where the Queen's Flight Scania has been in all the years that we have been in storage. Well, instead of collecting dust and sitting silent, an opportunity arose for the vehicle to be loaned to Brighton City...

The Museum's Mk 9 made an important trip out today from another one of our storage locations in the county to support the Beckingham Transport Rally. The event brings together a wide range of automobiles of all shapes, sizes and purposes to raise funds for the Lincs...

After everyone’s grass was watered during the week, the Museum Staff were greeted with glorious weather as we all turned up to Scunthorpe for another day of work and preparation for upcoming shows which the Museum are planning to exhibit vehicles and the Mobile...

We hope that this edition of the Bubblewrap Blog finds you all suitably rested and cooler than our volunteers after this weekend! Although its been hot, it’s something that we were all very much looking forward to as we were at the Trolleybus Museum’s Blues and Twos...

This weekend marks the anniversary of the end of Op Banner, the longest continually supported operation in British military history, lasting over 37 years. Op Banner was the British Military operation in Northern Ireland supporting the Royal Ulster Constabulary and...

Firstly, we hope all the Fathers and father figures out there are enjoying Father’s Day today surrounded by loved ones and those who are deployed or are away find another day to celebrate it with their loved ones. Another one of our Volunteers also marked the...

First and foremost, the Museum would like to wish Her Majesty The Queen our sincere congratulations on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee. A truly momentous event marking Seventy Years of unwavering commitment and service to the country and her Armed Forces which...

The ‘Bubblewrap Blog’ has been a touch quiet over the last three weeks, but rest assured the efforts behind the scenes have continued as the Museum and volunteers react to the loss of the storage facility which has been our refuge for the last year. The owners have...

After more than a year of free storage the Museum of RAF Firefighting has been given notice that the main storage area, where the vast majority of the vehicles and artifacts are located, is required for a multi-year business contract. Whilst we are eternally grateful...

Last week a small group of the museum volunteers assembled in the glorious sunshine to continue plugging away at the tasks at both Scunthorpe and the storage area. Although Scunthorpe made significant progress in the inventory work by starting to catalogue the vast...

Today marks 40 years since the Argentine invasion and occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Three days later, on April 5th 1982, Margaret Thatcher gave the order to dispatch a Naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before mounting...

Now that the first part of the weekend has been covered we can now return to normal service and cover this weekend’s activities. With the sun shining, the team turned out in force for the day at Scunthorpe and we had a small catch up with the boss to bring him up to...

You may have noticed that last weekend’s update to the ‘bubble wrap blog’ was missing as the last week’s activities were going to be combined with this weekend as not much had changed… Or so we thought! So, to rectify this, we are doing a double publication today. The...

This week the management and leadership of the museum suffered an outbreak of illness which naturally meant the coffee and tea breaks were much shorter and productivity levels went through the roof. Obviously, those reading this with a high level of scepticism...

It seems that last week’s good turn of weather was not here to stay. Yet again the heavens opened and poured down on the team as we opened the HQ to carry on working at Scunthorpe. This week, as we had a smaller than usual turnout, we decided to focus on preparing the...

With all the storms in full force, 8 volunteers spent most of last week was trying to re-secure the cover that we had previously tied to the MK6 round the back of the HQ whilst trying not to take off with it! Thankfully - and dare we say luckily - there was no damage...

Twelve museum staff braved the elements this week to arrive bright and breezy at the headquarters at Scunthorpe. The makeshift plastic sheet channels which we had attached at the beginning of the year were clearly making the difference as one of the containers was...

The boss was absent this weekend as he was inducting the newest member of the crew – a brand new baby grand daughter who arrived earlier in the month, much to the family’s and the museum volunteer’s delight. That left the rest of the volunteers to fend for themselves...

This weekend started with another freezing cold drive up to Scunthorpe to get the doors open to the Museum and get the heaters on for the volunteers to come and continue with the jobs at hand. One volunteer got the early award for enthusiasm as she made a mammoth...

Saturday started with our volunteers arriving to a thick white layer of frost at Scunthorpe and a bitterly cold day at the office. Once the kettle was boiled and some hot drinks were served to the volunteers, we set to our various areas of work around the museum. By a...

The 9th of January 1941 was the first flight of the Lancaster prototype, BT308 at RAF Ringway, south of Manchester. The prototype, which was a conversion from the unsuccessful, twin-engined Avro Manchester, was unarmed and sported three small vertical fins. Its centre...

As the country plunges itself into festive merriment, fantastic food, meeting family or friends and work for some starts to wind up, it was time for the Fire Museum volunteers to have their last weekend together at Scunthorpe before locking up for the last time in...