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Whitland, Grosvenor Square c1955 (ref: W284006)
 Year: 1975 Fire and ambulance station
The Grosvenor was used as a fire (station 8 then became station B10) and ambulance station until the lease ran out in the late 70s. The ambulance station was the first to move out, followed 12 months later by the fire service (then called Dyfed County Fire Brigade.) The main building was converted into 4 or so flats for fire brigade personnel, the ambulance (full time manned) and fire watch rooms (retained) were situated through the window directly behind the black and white post in the photo. On top of the roof was a large air raid siren housed in a red covering, the last time I heard this working was during the heatwave of 1976 to call out the fire pump, the siren could be heard for many miles. I remember whenever the siren was set to go all ornaments, cups etc had to be taken down off shelves before the vibration shook them down. In the back yard was the drill tower, the base of which can still be seen to this day.
I moved to the Grosvenor in 1975 and have a lot of happy memories as a group of us playing football /cricket and tennis in the backyard with the ambulance crew in between calls .... those were the days.

Last edited: 01/04/2008 15:36 by Julian Orchard  

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