The following information about TOC H and the Auxiliary Fire Service was supplied by Mr Douglas Porteous.
TOC H
This was started in Codsall after the First World War. One or two of the people who had been in the War involved others who they thought would be interested. Mr Trench asked me if I would join. Jack Barley was also in the group. We were just people interested in doing anything we could to clear up the village after the war, for instance we spent a lot of time clearing up the Churchyard. There were two groups in Codsall, one at Dam Mill and another at Palmers Cross. We met in Trench�s garden in Lansdowne Avenue. He had a hut and we met in there. Then Hilda and I had a hut in our garden in Elliotts Lane so Number 2 group met there, because the numbers had grown so much that we needed to split up. We would do anything for anybody.
CODSALL AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE
From left:
J Garvey
D J Porteous
C Bickley
Bill Jackson
H Fellowes
I M Porteous
