Bay Harbour: October 11, 2023

Bay Harbour News Wednesday October 11 2023
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Brigade’s anniversary book
‘a fascinating timeline’
In the lead-up to its
150th anniversary
celebration over Labour
weekend, the Lyttelton
Volunteer Fire Brigade
looks back at its past in
a regular column
THIS IS the distinctive ‘blue,
brass and red’ cover of the
Lyttelton Volunteer Fire
Brigade’s 150th anniversary
book, which will be released in
time for the celebrations over
Labour weekend.
It has 200 pages of historical
stories and photographs and
was written and edited by brigade
member Glen Walker with
assistance from Jack Montgomery
and Rod Twist. Lyttelton’s
own Leon White Design pulled
everything together to create
a fascinating timeline that’s as
much a history of Lyttelton as
it is about the fire brigade itself.
When you wrap all the facts,
figures and a few giggles up together
– what a history it’s been.
The book could easily have been
twice the size.
Our 150th celebrations
start with a meet and greet on
Friday, October 20. There’s a
static display of old and new
fire appliances on Saturday,
between 10am-2pm, followed
that evening by a formal
dinner in a marquee in the
station car park. On Sunday,
a morning of remembrance
and reflection will be followed
by a farewell barbecue.
Books produced for
the 100th and 125th
anniversaries are still in
circulation – this latest
edition should be around in
2048 when the next 25-year
chapter will be written about
the Lyttelton Volunteer Fire
Brigade.
Registrations for the
150th anniversary
celebrations of the
Lyttelton Volunteer
Fire Brigade are open
now. If you’re a past
brigade member, know
someone who is, or
just want to celebrate
the occasion with
them, please email
LVFB150th@gmail.
com with your details
and you’ll be sent the
registration link.
READY FOR PRINT: The cover of the Lyttelton Volunteer
Fire Brigade’s 150th anniversary book is a distinctive ‘blue,
brass and red’.
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