| Name: | Ward End old fire station 2 site |
| Address: | Washwood Heath Road |
| Town: | Ward End, Birmingham |
| Brigade: | West Midlands |
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| Year Range: |
1942-195? (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 52.494171 North
01.835752 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Parks%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092603445&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FWrapper
- states shed opposite new (1980) station.
No sign on streetview or aerial back to 1999
Dates may be incorrect, or 1942 date may refer to Ward End old 3
Shown on 1916/1917 1:2500 OS map, still on 1920/1921 1:10560 OS map, 1937/1938 1:2500 OS map, still on 1938 1:10560 OS map but not clear exactly which building, 2 fire stations shown on 1951/1952 1:2500 OS map (Ward End old 2 and 3), still shown on 1953 1:2500 OS map
Ken Weston & Bill Wood, The Auxiliary Fire Service History FB group
- posted picture of appliances at station. Station was at the Fox & Goose were the road divided which prewar was a garage and it was taken over by Birmingham Fire Brigade and was operable through to late 50s
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