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P002 - Edition 1,500 |
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Wiltshire Ambulance |
Prior to the introduction of the provisions of the National
Health Act 1946 ambulances operated from a whole variety of places. They could
be found at local garages, police stations, council owned properties, fire
stations and some were even based at the homes of volunteers. The Act placed the
responsibility of the ambulance service on the local authorities who in these
post-war years experienced many difficulties. The greatest being the shortage of
good quality vehicles, many that were inherited were old and past their best.
Each authority was now responsible for organising the new service, training the
staff and providing the depots. The shortage of new ambulances was acute and
each authority chose manufacturers partly based on delivery times, which due to
steel shortages had lengthened - sometimes up to two years. It was during these
times that the development of the ambulance as we know it today took place. We
release here model P002 with the Wiltshire Ambulance Service livery in our new
Bedford body shell.
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