Finally some Soho footage of A781 TYO. The only LFB SS to be fitted with wailer sirens rather than two tones and the only one currently in preservation. EDIT: A781 TYO is currently the only fully restored LFB SS, however the North East Emergency Vehicle Society are currently restoring NYV 705Y and NYV 729Y using parts from NYV 700Y. 700 is intact but is not in a great way so she is being broken to help get 705+729, which are both in much better nick, to pristine condition. Also interesting, in this, A781 TYO is the pump ladder with A795 TYO as the pump, as I assumed it was throughout the late 80s and very early 90s. In your other Soho videos, mind, 795 is the pump ladder with 781 nowhere to be seen despite the fact she was the Soho PL in 1987 and at least into the mid 90s, so maybe she was in the workshop on the days you'd filmed the station, where 795 had been 'promoted' or however you describe it.

Lighting was shocking in those days but the sirens were always better.

This is what the London I came to for work from Ireland in the 80's still looks like in my mind. Was like another world from small village I'm originally from. Hard work, good people by and large and great craic.

I haven't seen a HP in years, good old days with the two tone siren

Give the mate who put you up to this a high five for me will you? Love the roar of the V8 mixed with the siren. I grew up with Aussie built Internationals with petrol V8s roaring with a loud siren, so this is so relatable.

Thanks for posting. As featured in the first Londons Burning episodes. This was the London I remember , having worked in the Big Smoke for a short while. Later , lugging heavy Army & personal kit , from Aldershot - Waterloo , then to Kings Cross , via the tube , then home. Good job we were Para fit , often the only way back up was the lenghty flights of stairs.

Thank you for cool old videos!

Only just discovered your channel my friend, brilliant!!! Straight back to my teens growing up in the area😊

Brilliant video, does look odd looking back at no reflector strips, chevrons etc on the back of any of the engines, a few years to go until they were introduced.

I remember the part time fire stations in the uk back then. I remember out playing in the street and hearing the air raid siren. Blasted for around two minutes before lowering down and fading out.

Drove that one when it first came. Playing with the wailers - so much fun. Got bollocked by a PC for doing an extended siren test at change of watch with the bay doors open. Public relations we called it

Great weather too 😊👍

They are like the dirtiest pollution, loudest things ever, you have to love it! 😂🚒🚒🚒🚒

London's burning anyone? :)

Awesome clips :O

Listen to those beautiful Perkins V8 engines!

Which lfb siren iw your favourite, the electronic Woodway commander 3 or the two-tone horns?

Is thus the same soho that responded to the kings cross fire 1987 and lost staition officer Colin j townley

Close call at 4:43 did the bus driver even check his offside mirror ?

1:49 I like those yelps and two tones!

Great video of the good old dennis's! One question was it filmed around 1989?

Fair play to them. Must have large underpants to drive round London at that speed, even back then.

00:34 - Flashback seeing the old Mercury phonebox!

Very interesting targa top Mini cabriolet there behind the Kentish Bus Olympian 2:19

I'm guessing mid-late 89 as they changed the callsigns that year?

Do you have any of the dodge pumps turning out

Never seen a Shelvoke SPV HP before!

Busier than a knocking shop door

The wail/yelp invasion had just begun than.

Proper appliances. Not like the shit we have nowadays.

Convenient location, but a ******** to get in & out of, there.

Driving standards haven't improved much have they...?