Green Goddess is now a Limo
There are fire engine limos and there are ‘green’ - environmentally friendly – limos; now there is a limo which is both! Looking for hire limo for a wedding or other special event, but want something different?
More commonly known as makeshift fire engines the ‘Green Goddess’ is the colloquial name for the Bedford RLHZ Self Propelled Pump, a fire engine used originally by the Auxiliary Fire Service and latterly by the British Armed Forces. These green-painted vehicles were built between 1953 and 1956 for the Auxiliary Fire Service.
Now one Green Goddess has been given a new lease on life. It has been turned into a limousine! Lee Russell, 40, of Holywell, Cambridgeshire, paid £1,500 for the 51-year-old military vehicle in November. Since then, he has spent £5,500 installing disco lights, two champagne bars, oak flooring and comfortable seats – to replace the four seater crew bench -so it can be hired out for parties, weddings and special occasions.
The Green Goddess machines were not primarily fire engines; they are more correctly titled ‘self propelled pumps’, some were two-wheel drive and others in four-wheel drive form. Their main role was to pump huge quantities of water, from lakes, rivers, canals and other sources into cities in case of a nuclear attack.
Prior to their disbandment, the Auxiliary Fire Service used the Green Goddess extensively in support of the local Fire Services throughout the UK. They provided additional water delivery and fire fighting capability at times when the regular Fire Brigades had a major incident to contain.
The ability to relay large quantities of water over considerable distances was invaluable in some more remote locations or where the incident required more water than local water systems could provide. Most UK Boroughs had an Auxiliary Fire Service detachment housed alongside the regular Brigade equipments.
Theses machines could be used in a relay system over a number of miles, with Green Goddesses at regular intervals to boost the water pressure. But for one Green Goddess the only relaying she will be doing is taking passengers to and from parties, weddings and other special events.
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