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Name:Southwold old fire station 1
Address:town hall, Market Place
Town:Southwold
Brigade:Suffolk
Postcode:
  
Year Range: 1884/1903?-?
  
Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude:
52.326220 North
01.679312 East
        
Further Information/ Provenance: 

When motor pump arrived, stored Trinity Street - likely building located - need photograph to confirm. (52.325891N, 1.681286E). "Firefighting in Suffolk, Volume 1", p115 confirms Trinity Street but no better location


http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-484826-town-hall-southwold


http://www.pocketsouthwold.co.uk/pswfiles/highstreet.html

"Firefighting in Suffolk, Volume 1", p114
- in 1903 the front of the Town Hall was converted into a fire station


http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/gallery_carl_traces_proud_story_of_a_town_s_fire_heroes_1_2355265
- states opened in 1884 (not 1903) on ground floor of Town Hall
 
 
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