RE: FIRE STATION UNDER THREAT - 3

#31 by astoness , Thu May 22, 2014 6:22 pm

more pics

#32 by astoness , Thu May 22, 2014 6:23 pm

last few including one of the old fireplaces..

#33 by Sheldonboy , Thu May 22, 2014 8:46 pm

I went to a couple of Display day's at Central Fire Station. My Brother in Laws sister worked in the Control room. There was always great displays and demonstrations culminating in Fire engines coming racing into the courtyard and Hose jets pointing up at the tower with hose jets with different coloured water. You can imagine to a little lad this was really exiting.

#34 by astoness , Fri May 23, 2014 6:48 am

SB there are so many people around who have fond memories of the station..

#35 by Voltman , Fri May 23, 2014 8:57 am

I see from the photo's that you are making good use of your helicopter, Astoness.

#36 by mikejee , Fri May 23, 2014 12:01 pm

She did hope that she might find some old fireman's helmets she could use as plant pots

#37 by astoness , Fri May 23, 2014 5:44 pm

Quote: Voltman wrote in post #35
I see from the photo's that you are making good use of your helicopter, Astoness.

ha ha aneka rice eat yer heart out...

mike what a splendid idea..

#38 by berniew , Mon May 26, 2014 2:22 pm

A Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)parade from 1950

#39 by Voltman , Mon May 26, 2014 5:59 pm

From a 1966 book called "Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)….

Central Fire Station, Corporation Street. 1935 by Sir H. Humphries. Brick and Portland stone in a domestic Georgian style, which seems peculiarly inept for fire engines.

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#40 by berniew , Mon May 26, 2014 6:25 pm

Looks like it's going to be a domestic setting after all Volty , student accommodation seems to have been the biggest growth area in the construction industry for the past few years . With courses for almost anything qualifying students for huge loans it may be time to rationalise the type of courses that our money is loaned out for , singing and dancing , photography and the history of the Beatles do not seem likely to get a return on the loans provided to me

#41 by mikejee , Mon May 26, 2014 11:07 pm

There are a lot of courses , and a number of universities, which could be axed with no great loss to the community > : golf, football studies , media studies....

#42 by Voltman , Mon May 26, 2014 11:15 pm

As long as the Fire Station does well out of it I think there may be an upside to these pointless educations.

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