| Name: | Eastbourne old fire station 6 site |
| Address: | Grove Road |
| Town: | Eastbourne |
| Brigade: | East Sussex |
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| Year Range: |
1906?-1943 (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 50.768366 North
00.279255 East |
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In use by 1910 - shown on 1910 1:2500 OS map, shown on 1938 1:2500 map, building still marked 1938 1:10560 map but not annotated, different building in place by 1960
Slightly different position than Eastbourne 3
http://www.kwackers.com/eastbourne/Bourne4.html
- destroyed by bombing during WW2
http://www.btinternet.com/~williamenigma/areas.htm
- bombed 07/02/1943
http://cllr-warner.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/descendants-mark-eastbourne-fire.html
David Spicer
- 1906. New brick-built fire station opened in Grove Road next to the library. On Wednesday 7th February 1943, the German Luftwaffe attached Eastbourne and the fire station received a direct hit killing 6 members of the National Fire Service, 5 Firemen and One Firewomen.
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