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    Penryn Somerset Rd Fire Station

    Further to my earlier post about the converted Catholic Boys' School Penryn in Somerset Road, I can add some further information. In 1941 The Fire Service was Nationalised and Birmingham became part of the National Fire Service 24th Area Fire Force with the Headquarters at A1 Central...
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    Penryn Somerset Rd Fire Station

    My Name is John C. Thompson (Born 1928 at Ettington Road Fire Station 3rd October 1928) and I lived at Harborne Rose Road Fire Station from 1935 to 1952. My Father William Joseph Thompson served in the Brigade at various Stations from about 1927 to 1952. During the War, he was stationed for a...
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