Derelict fire station - Nottingham - January 2013

there was not much to see but is a nice little moouch for a sunday afternoon a little history then on with the photos


In March 1965, Beeston had new Fire Station built. this fire station was opened in Beeston, on Station Road replacing the one on stoney street, at the corner of Middle Street, partly on the site of the old National School. The old site at the top of Stoney Street was abandoned at that time and subsequently became part of the larger site developed by Sainsbury. The new station served the Beeston area for nearly 45 years but, after coming under the control of the Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service in 1998, it was closed in February 2009 to make way for a new tram system and station. Beeston is now served from the Highfields Fire Station on Hassocks Lane which combines the service previously provided at the stations in Beeston and in Dunkirk. At the moment (September 2012) the Beeston building stands empty and is expected to be demolished as part of the redevelopment associated with the tram.

For some more in depth history on this fire station and the fire service please see this link
http://www.beeston-notts.co.uk/landm...estation.shtml


A view of the fire station in its glory days

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january 2013

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it just had to be done !!!! the firemans pole

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mess room! Or well it is now!!!
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if you would like to see some more photos please see the below link, thanks for looking

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Deeee dorrrr Deeee dorrrr. Never seen inside a firestation, nice one

Always waned to do a fire station. Last one that closed was pulled down in no time. Still 2 local sites waiting to close though, so fingers crossed.

Cheers for sharing.

Cheers for posting this up man it looks like an interesting explore!

Good to see inside one at last

nice to see it. the wood panellings very 70's style.

first time ive seen one explored, well done.

and i would have been disappointed if you didnt go down the pole!! :)

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Originally Posted by scrappy

first time ive seen one explored, well done.

and i would have been disappointed if you didnt go down the pole!! :)

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well just had to be done could not resist it, the missis bottled though lol!!!

nice one