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Old Flames: Retired Cardiff Firefighters

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Four retired firefighters meet up and share memories of working together on the frontline.

Retired Cardiff firefighters, Richard Matheson, Mark Kibblewhite, Chris Petheram and Dom Stokes meet up to discuss their time working together in the fire service.

Retired Cardiff firefighter, Richard Matheson invites us to join him as he catches up with old friends and former colleagues, Mark Kibblewhite, Chris Petheram and Dom Stokes, to share memories of their time working together in the South Glamorgan Fire Service. 

These four friends share firsthand accounts of the 1979 Cardiff floods, the 1989 Great Fire of Broadway and the 1995 Dylan’s nightclub blaze. As well as their personal accounts of events that made the South Wales headlines, they delight in sharing the non-newsworthy situations that they encountered during their thirty-year careers. 

This is a behind the scenes account of being a firefighter between 1978 and 2018 - delivered with laughter, warmth and friendship.

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