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Birmingham Fire Stations
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Handsworth Fire Brigade. Exhibiting lots of awards. Viv.
Moseley Road Station.
Image from the Architectural Review, 1910.
Viv.
Image from the Architectural Review, 1910.
Viv.
No indication given of where exactly this was taken. Someone may be able to identify the building(s). Viv.
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Two
master brummie
Upper Priory Fire Station - c1910.
This set of newspaper images were taken before the Central Fire Station (Lancaster Circus 1934) was built, so presumably these show Upper Priory Station. One shows the engine at the bottom of Corporation Street (outside what was once Hawkins)
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Radiorails
master brummie
The photo above - named 'turning out' seems staged.
The order of dressing in my time, 1965 - 1993, was (when wearing normal dress) remove shoes and put on leggings and boots which were kept located together, i.e. leggings on boots, put on helmet and then tunic and axe. Then take your allocated place on the fire appliance - known as a 'machine'.
When I first joined we had a vehicle similar to the following photo but was slightly newer, 1935 in fact and as you were in the open air, rather than in a cab, your sturdy belt was a method of securing yourself to the vehicle. We got a newer vehicle shortly after, a 1955 Dennis.
The order of dressing in my time, 1965 - 1993, was (when wearing normal dress) remove shoes and put on leggings and boots which were kept located together, i.e. leggings on boots, put on helmet and then tunic and axe. Then take your allocated place on the fire appliance - known as a 'machine'.
When I first joined we had a vehicle similar to the following photo but was slightly newer, 1935 in fact and as you were in the open air, rather than in a cab, your sturdy belt was a method of securing yourself to the vehicle. We got a newer vehicle shortly after, a 1955 Dennis.
I think this must have been Upper Priory Fire Station in 1911
Hi Ian just found your request for info on Lingard Street and Walter Hayes, I have Walters and one of his sons medals plus lots of letters and postcards relating to the family. I am a member of the WMFS Heritage Group based at Ettington Road old fire station we meet on Tuesdays 9.30-2.0 so come down and see us and we can show you Walters service records.
Mike
Mike
Hi Aggie Sorry to have to contradict my good friend Two but i think the medal is the Queens South Africa medal with 3 bars, if you look close you will see Queen Victoria's head on the medal.
Another of Lingard Street. Maybe the same (or some of the) officers as in aggies post #38 ?
Another of the Handsworth brigade. Looks like a demonstration, maybe Handsworth Park ?
Don't know the location of this one, but it's labelled Birmingham Fire Brigade
