| Name: | Pontefract old fire station 1 |
| Address: | Town Hall and Assembly Rooms, Baxtergate |
| Town: | Pontefract |
| Brigade: | West Yorkshire |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 53.692047 North
01.309843 West |
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http://openplaques.org/plaques/all
http://www.pontefractus.co.uk/letters/007_maypole_yard.htm
- The fire station was outside the Town Hall opposite Boots. When there was a fire a siren was sounded and a glass was smashed to get a key for the man to open the doors. Men came running to get to the fire. Mr. Dibbs lived in Star Yard and he would race down the road with all the kids running after him like the Pied Piper to watch the thrill we all got from seeing the red engine.
Http://www.pontefractus.co.uk/memories/memories-of-the-1930s-william-wood.htm
- In those days each town had its own ambulance and fire engine (the Pontefract fire engine was kept under the Town Hall arches).
Http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/site/image-detail?imageid=4244#.WF_tlH3FkSJ
- photo dated 1921
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