London Rd Fire Station

[stonerblue]

Watched a fascinating doc' on the place the other day (M Portillo Ch5).
It's being developed now into homes, office etc but the original building seemed almost intact and had some stunning design features as well years of history.
After years of going past the place i never suspected anything so amazing behind the main facade. I just hope the developers retain as much of the place as possible and not flatten it and throw up glass.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Went round it on a school trip with Abbey Hey Junior school in the late fifties. The firemen were washing their engine. It was a clean machine. :-)

 

[manchester blue]

It was a great programme. Britannia Hotels, who bought it, have a lot to answer for leaving it to rot for years. Great to see it's now being renovated and put to use.

Michael Portillo isn't everyone's cup of tea but I like his programmes on Britain and trains. Always interesting.

 

[Pigeonho]

One of the great buildings of our city. Used to go in as a kid. My dad was a fireman. When they moved to near Wing Yip, the kids never wanted to go because of how shit it was.
London Road is a beautiful building and about time it was restored and used to its full potential.

 

[stonerblue]

It was a great programme. Britannia Hotels, who bought it, have a lot to answer for leaving it to rot for years. Great to see it's now being renovated and put to use.

Michael Portillo isn't everyone's cup of tea but I like his programmes on Britain and trains. Always interesting.

Love a bit of Portillo now he's not an MP

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I went on a tour of this place a year or so ago. The place where the fire engines were parked was painted sky blue. Still showing sky blue on the proggy. One of the group was an retired fireman from the station and said the colour was chosen by a Blue!! Red fire engines, but a blue fire house!

 

[Banned Tosspot]

Used to walk past that place in 87-89 when I was at Shena Simon college. Didn't know it was a fire station.

I'll have to watch it online.

 

[Pigeonho]

Used to walk past that place in 87-89 when I was at Shena Simon college. Didn't know it was a fire station.

I'll have to watch it online.

They’d moved by then. Think it was 86 they moved to Thompson St. I remember the open day. Plenty of pissed up firemen. Off duty of course. ;-)

 

[jimharri]

It was a great programme. Britannia Hotels, who bought it, have a lot to answer for leaving it to rot for years. Great to see it's now being renovated and put to use.

Michael Portillo isn't everyone's cup of tea but I like his programmes on Britain and trains. Always interesting.

Those programmes he did on various train journeys were fascinating. I'll have to try to track that programme on the fire station down to see it. What was the name of the programme?

 

[lancs blue]

Those programmes he did on various train journeys were fascinating. I'll have to try to track that programme on the fire station down to see it. What was the name of the programme?

Not sure if you can watch it in Ireland but this is the link.

https://www.my5.tv/portillos-hidden-history-of-britain/season-2/episode-2