Fire Station Details - Menai Bridge old fire station

Name:	Menai Bridge old fire station
Address:	The Straits restaurant, Dale Street
Town:	Menai Bridge, Anglesey
Brigade:	North Wales
Postcode:

Year Range:	?-1967

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	53.226061 North 04.164969 West

Further Information/ Provenance:
John Murray Originally part of council offices http://www.nwales-fireservice.org.uk/Rescue-Stations/menai-bridge.aspx?lang=en http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g552027-d1763089-Reviews-The_Straits_Restaurant-Menai_Bridge_Island_of_Anglesey_North_Wales_Wales.html - states Ruby's now known as The Straits 2010 Shown on 1966 1:1250 OS map Menai Bridge Memories FB group - The Merryweather engine [horse drawn steeam pump] is No 3049 and is believed to have been supplied originally to Menai Bridge Fire Brigade about 1907/8. It was loaned to the Wylfa power station for them to work on by the local council. Little else is known of its past apart from that it was loaned to the National Fire Service during WW2 and saw service in London during the Blitz


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