Bell Stretcher

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Bell Stretcher
Bell Stretcher
stretcher SMHC 043
A Bell MK1 in action circa 1980
Description
Mountain rescue stretcher (2 piece). Stainless steel square section tubing with wire mesh bed and fold out black plastic handles. 2 Peter Bell stickers, silver in colour, produced by Peter Bell.
Inscription description
2 Silver Peter Bell stickers, one on each section.
Acquisition Method:
Number of Objects:
1
Related Items:
Bell Mark1 Stretcher >>
Provenance:
Peter Bell started his career in mountain rescue as a teenager when, whilst walking in Ireland, he came across a walker who needed help – the seed was sown.

He was a founder member of the Ambleside mountain rescue team (now amalgamated with Longdale and in 1972 he invented/created the Bell stretcher which became popular with English mountain rescue teams and the RAF, but didn’t make much of an impression in Scotland where the MacInnes stretcher reigned – almost – supreme. The Bell stretcher moved with the times with a Mark 1,2 & 3 though they stopped being made in 2002 when Peter Bell retired.

The stretcher we have here is the stainless steel MK1 version. Unfortunately, we don’t know where it came from – hope there’s no one lying out on the hill waiting for a stretcher!

Object Production
Production Place:
Materials:
Stainless Steel, Wire mesh bed
Maker:
Peter Bell
Colour:
Silver with blue and red retaining straps.
Dimensions:
192cm (L) x 58cm (W) x 21cm (H)
Object Condition:
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
043.2008.1
Creator:
Mick Tighe
Accession Date:
29/03/2008
ID:
1
Category:

Mountain Rescue
Location
Location:
Bohuntin
Current Location
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007