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Neil Wallington

Past Master Colin

Livett

Liveryman Nick Clarkson

Graham Scott

Upper Warden Viv

Jones

: Editor of

the

Salamander Newsletter

: Deputy Editor

: Web-site Manager

:

(The Marketing Partnership,

www.marketp.co.uk

): Salamander Design

(Vimpex,

www.vimpex.co.uk)

:

Salamander

Sponsorship

and Distribution

LIVERYMAN

HARRY PAVIOUR

THE MASSEY

SHAW & MARINE

VESSELS

PRESERVATION

SOCIETY

Harry's

current project

is writing

the draft

Guide

for

Fire Risk Assessment

for Equine

Premises

,

for

the Government's

risk

assessment based

fire

safety

legislation which

came

into

effect on

1 0ctober 2006. He

is

also

in

the process of

writing

a book

in

layman's

terms on

the

understanding

and

application of

the

new

fire

It

is with

pleasure

that

all

safety order

for

the

equine

industry.

members of

the Company will

The

next

edition of

Salamader will

feature

a

review of Harry's

new book which

has been

join

in

congratulations

to

extremely well

received

throughout

the British

Liveryman Harry

Paviour on

his

equine

establishment.

recent

election

as

a Councillor

with Cotswold District Council.

However,

apart

from

his

distinguished

fire

service

background, Harry

is

a

pretty

active

person

in

a

range of other

disciplines.

Harry

joined East

Sussex

Fire Brigade

in 1962,

subsequently

serving

through

the

ranks

in

London, Kent,

at

the

Fire

Service College,

in

North Wales

and

as

a

regional

Staff Officer

for

the whole of

the Principality. After

'retiring'

in

The Massey

Shaw & Marine Vessels Preservation

1992, Harry became

involved

in

various

Fire

Society

is

a

charity

that

has

in

its

care

the

historic

Safety, Emergency Planning

and

Safety & Health

former London

Fire Brigade

fireboat

Massey

appointments before

returning

to

the

Fire

Shaw

.

Service College

in 2001

as

a

Fire Risk Assessor

Named

after

the Brigade's

long-serving Victorian

and Uniformed

Instructor.

Chief Officer,

the

Massey

Shaw

was built

in 1935

At

that

time

his

interest

in

the

risk

assessment

and

entered

service

in

the River Thames Division

world

took

him

into

various

commercial

of

the London

Fire Brigade.

She became

famous

organizations, particularly

the

equine world,

as one of

the

'Little

Ships'

that went

to Dunkirk

in

where

he was

appointed

Fire Advisor

to

the

May 1940 when

the London

fireboat made

three

British Horse

Society.

round

trips

to

successfully

evacuate over 160

troops

from

the beaches.

Massey

Shaw

was

finally

Harry

is

the

author of

the

recently published

taken out of

service

in 1971.

British Horse

Society's

technical

reference book,

Guidelines

for

Fire

Safety

Standards

for Equine

and

The

next

edition of

Salamander will

feature

the

Agricultural Establishments

which was published

work of

the Preservation

Society

and

its

and

launched

at

the National Equine

event

held

particular

role with

Massey

Shaw

.

at

the National Agricultural College,

Warwickshire. To demonstrate

the book's

standing

in

the

equine world,

the

Foreword was

written

and

signed by Her Royal Highness,

the

Princess Royal.

London

Fireboat

Massey

Shaw

passes

the Palace of

Westminster on

its way

back

to

its Lambeth base.

8 August 1949.

Picture

courtesy of

London

Fire Brigade.