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A timber yard has been consumed by flames, and the skeletal remains of a man

burns beneath the cinders. As the fire brigade struggles to extinguish the blaze, an

intrepid inspector and his constables scour the area for clues, thus beginning the adventure of the

Norwood builder.

In his book, a study in Celluloid, producer Michael Cox, remembered.

This promised to be a rather expensive episode

where vehicles were concerned. We wanted to make the fire at Norwood as spectacular as possible

and started to search the country for Victorian firefighting equipment. Almost at the last moment,

our production manager discovered that the Preston

Fire Service maintained a period brigade, complete with uniformed volunteers, and they were happy

to make the short journey south and appear in the film. The cost was much more reasonable than a

budget-conscious producer had any right to expect.

In the television Sherlock Holmes, Peter Haining provided even more detail.

He wrote,

A highlight of this episode was the fire scene, and the authentic Shand-Mason fire engine used to put it out.

Station officer Bob Bonner and four of his colleagues enacted the drama complete

with London Fire Brigade Insignia and Fiberglass Brass Helmets.

From the shops of Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes muses upon the recent uneventfulness of his practice,

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