Fire Station Details - Rhayader old fire station 1

Name:	Rhayader old fire station 1
Address:	Cambrian Carpets, East Street
Town:	Rhayader
Brigade:	Mid & West Wales
Postcode:	LD6 5DL

Year Range:	1930-1974

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	52.300754 North 03.510002 West

Further Information/ Provenance:
http://www.rhayader.co.uk/index.php/rhayader/aboutlist/category/town_trail/ http://www.yell.com/s/carpets+and+rugs+retail+and+repair-rhayader.html http://www.rhayader.co.uk/index.php/rhayader/aboutlist/category/town_trail/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/rhayader-fire-station/history-of-the-fire-service-in-rhayader/373160749464834 - in 1943 the Market Hall (now Cambrian Carpets) was requisitioned as a fire station [so 1930 opening date may not be correct for this station] http://www.beacons-npa.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/oldsite/the-authority/working-in-partnership/tourism-new/sustainability-1/Powys%20Heritage%20and%20Cultural%20Audit%20Final.pdf - page 199, From 1930 to 1974 it was the town fire station and then it housed the old museum Date stone above appliance bay doors reads 1921 Welsh Fire Service History FB group, David James - last day of operation as Brecon & Radnor Joint FB 31/03/1974. 01/04/1974 it became Powys FB


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