Fire Service
Above: The New Station of 1985
Left: The Fire Station of 1902
At sometime before 1902 the headquarters of the Fire Brigade were behind
Mr Hedley
's shop at 92 High Street, so probably in a barn near Robert
Marriott's Farm
. [see
1924 news clip
]
Fire Service History
Minute Books Intro
Fire Service 1920s
Fire Station Visit 1950
The First Fire Brigade 1877
Question of New Engine 1905
New Engines 1922 + 1927
The service in 1950s
Fire Brigade 1888
New Engine 1907
Long Service Awards
blaze - coins found
Fully Equipped 1889
New Engine 1907 arrives
Jubilee 1927
Mr G R Turner
Volunteer Fire Brigade c1889
“Valentine’s Fire Protector”
Wartime AFS
Snippets
Fire Brigade Scheme 1899
New Engine - 1911
National Fire Service
Local Board Minutes 1890-95
Fire Brigade Drill
Memories of the NFS
c1980
1901 enquiry
Competitions
Long Service Awards 1939
Site for the New Station
New Fire Escape 1901
Mr Fred Knight
Mr Albert Timpson
Building the New Fire Station
Opening the Fire Station 1902
Mr R F Knight
Officer Maurice Hollis
Opening New Station 1985
Fire Report & Fires 1903
Fire Drills 1903
Accident G R Turner
Opening - Photographs
New Engine 1904
Firemen
CWS Fire Brigade
(in Shoetrade)
Index of Fires
