Name: | Nether Stowey old fire station site |
Address: | Castle Street |
Town: | Nether Stowey |
Brigade: | Somerset |
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Year Range: |
?-? (demolished) |
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Confirmed Latitude/Longitude: | 51.150587 North 03.158915 West |
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Paul Pickford
- upgraded from volunteer to retained in 1961 & at the time they were leasing a garage. When they became retained they were given a land rover and there are records of them taking over an adjoining garage to house the land rover.
- Station C2A ('A' suffix denotes volunteer). Had an ATV and trailer pump. It was upgraded to Retained status around 1961 after the retained station at Watchet was closed and Williton was upgraded to a two pump station. The Commer WrT SYC132 which was new to Watchet was moved to Nether Stowey when Watchet Fire Station was closed.
Not shown on available maps October 2018
Pete Ashpool
- A book written by John Godfrey called Somerset Fire Brigade has a map of Somerset stations in 1948. Station A6 was Yatton so was its sub station. A1a Banwell, A3a Blagdon address Coombe Lodge, B1 Millborne Port address was Cross House, and C2a Nether Stowey. South Petherton NFS Station number was EX1 but records show closed in 1947 NFS List, believed to be Station A6a |
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