Fred Spall’s motorbike ambulance at Chelmsford carnival. Fred is driving, his wife Olive is a nurse, Peter (on left with bandage) and Stanley (on right) are in the ambulance. A note in the East Anglian Daily Times on 18 August 1939 said ‘Mr Frederick Spall, proprietor of a small garage at Rivenhall near Witham, has completed the construction of a motor cycle combination which he believes will, if taken up, form a valuable contribution to air raid precautions. The entire cost of construction was less than £7’.

Ref	M2041
Date taken	1939
Source	Peter Spall, 7a Woodland Way, Wivenhoe, Colchester. CO7 9AP Fred’s son.