[quote name='edburke' post='114272' date='Jun 1 2007, 21:55 ']It's the distinct lack of the "Brighton Gold Leaf" that all of the companies out there used to have.
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That was DFC Ellis's pride, doing the Gold Leaf on all the new apparatus when it came into service. He's been retired for quite a few years now, but still lives over in Brighton Center and his son, Patrick, is the Captain of Tower Ladder 3.
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
[quote name='edburke' post='114272' date='Jun 1 2007, 20:55 ']It's the distinct lack of the "Brighton Gold Leaf" that all of the companies out there used to have.
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Yeah that would certainly help! And Skip, Chief Ellis sure was on to a great idea there!
-Ted Pendergast
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
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[quote name='efin98' post='115501' date='Jun 4 2007, 00:00 ']Chief of Department MacCurtain's Ford Five Hundred...[/quote]
Are you sure that's MacCurtain's car? I'd swear I saw it in the driveway of Commissioner Fraser a couple of Sundays ago.
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
[quote name='Skip Olson BFD L14' post='115658' date='Jun 4 2007, 12:29 ']Are you sure that's MacCurtain's car? I'd swear I saw it in the driveway of Commissioner Fraser a couple of Sundays ago.[/quote]
Inside was hanging a BFD uniform jacket with 5 gold stripes on the sleeves, I don't believe I've ever seen the commissioner wear a BFD jacket but the chief has...I am assuming it's his unless someone in the know says otherwise
This is Ladder 2's old piece. When they got the TL, this was reassigned to Ladder 21. Ladder 2 is now using a spare until the new E\-One Rearmounts arrive in the fall.
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.