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Dave Wilson
The author in his dotage aged at around sixty years of age.
(I used to be much younger once upon a time!)
     
  I served in the fire service for twenty seven years. All of them riding the Red Engines, and out of some of the busiest fire stations in the land. I also served for just under three years in a large county brigade, where I experienced the joys and frustrations of the retained side of brigade life.  
     
  During this time I amassed a wealth of tales and stories to tell, so much so they filled three complete books, almost a thousand pages.  
     
  I continue to write, and in due course my new scribbling's will appear on this site.  
  I tell of humour and drama, but it would seem that I excel at the humorous side of writing, so that in some of my stories you will not be quite sure whether to laugh or to cry.  
  The last seventeen years of my career were spent as a rider station officer at Hammersmith fire station in west London, and many of my tales are told of this period.  
     
  A collection of the works of Dave Wilson, author of three autobiographical/anecdotal books on his 27 years in the fire service, are all available for free download from this website.
Just click on one of the books below for the rear cover review or download the full book for offline reading.


 
   
  If you would like to obtain hard copies of Daves books. these can be obtained from Jeremy Mills publishers priced at £9.99. Their website below. http://www.bgusrv.co.uk/sites/jmp/shop/fsindex.html  
             
  TO RIDE A RED ENGINE   FOR WHOM THE BELLS RING   NINE WEEKS AT HAMMERSMITH  
             
  If you have enjoyed reading these tales, I would value your comments in my guestbook.  
 
 Below are some of my hitherto unpublished stories, which will be updated from time to time.
 
STANDING BY
THE SWINGING KINGS ROAD
THE BUCKET GAG
THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE
GET FROM UNDER
A SOHO BASEMENT
BOAT RACE AT THE BUILDERS ARMS
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
LAUGH I NEARLY FELL OF MY BIKE
CENTRAL EATING
THINGS THAT GO CRASH
TO DRIVE A RED ENGINE
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
newFOUR MEN WENT TO FISH
newA MUSICAL INTERLUDE
newTHE CHURCH BELLS
 
 
     
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