| Name: | St Margarets old fire station 2 |
| Address: | Reach Road |
| Town: | St Margarets-At-Cliffe, Dover |
| Brigade: | Kent |
| Postcode: | CT15 6AE |
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| Year Range: |
1970-2012 |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.150472 North
01.369750 East |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2012/april/2/halling_fire_station.aspx
- closed April 2012
Simon Rowley
- being converted into house 2014
The village had its own fire station from 1896, a hand-cart that was manned by volunteer firemen who were residents of the village. At the start of the 20th Century, a second fire shed was constructed on the beach where there was a small community existing of hotels, cafés and housing. In 1936 the village purchased its first motor fire engine and housed it next to the Hope Inn in the central village. The Auxiliary Fire Service took the station over in 1939 and at the outbreak of WWII the Royal Marines based in the village manned the two fire engines that were stationed there. A new station was built in 1970 along Reach Road, and St Margaret's became one of the first fire stations in Kent to alert the crew by Pocket Alerter instead of the traditional siren.
Garry Wainwright
- appliance bay doors were replaced around 2007/8
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