Nice one Dave. As a young boy growing up I lived in The Borough Market Southwark and used to pass The London Fire Brigade Station and Training Centre on the bus never realising that one day I would enter Southwark Training Centre myself in May 1970 to become a London Fireman. The only thing that Dave is unable to demonstrate is the buzz, the excitement, atmosphere, the shouts of water on, water off, knock off and make up, hook ladders to the 5th, slip and pitch the escape to the 5th floor, boots running on the cobblestones, and echoing around the square drill area. Jets of water being directed at the tower with the pump engine going full blast. Wonderful times, wonderful place, wonderful era never to be forgotten if one did one's training there.
stations like this have cracks marks damage of the past to remind us how they could use it they used it to the best of there abilities firemen of the past who have used or were stationed there would or what I would think to seem sad it truly was the end of a great era
Thank you for posting. There is such an air of sadness around Lambeth and Soutwark these days. Whenever I walk around Whitgift St, Lambeth High St, Black Prince Rd, Soutwark Bridge Rd etc etc all I can feel is a history and pride lost in the name of political money saving. I know Lambeth is still a fire station but sadness still prevails. By the way (not a criticism just an observation) the picture of Southwark at 8.22 is reversed left to right. Once again thanks for posting.
Short answer is NO. There is a 'pop-up' museum programme and the development proposals for Lambeth includes a museum-but I am not holding my breath. Winchester House was a freehold property and fully restored by London's rate payers. Why it could be retained as the museum home beggers belief!
David. Thank you for this. It is criminal that our history is being lost in this way. I know there is at least one George Cross in the museum. The public are entitled to see it and see what fellow citizens have done. We can only hope that some of the collection will go on display in the Museum of London. In the ideal world, there would be one museum for the three Emergency Services.
There is such a museum. It is the National Emergency Services Museum, Sheffield, housed in the former Police and Fire Station, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Visited the museum there many years ago and really enjoyed the few hours I spent there and was lucky to see the recruits drilling on the yard! Makes me so sad to know that it all closed year's ago 😞
Great stuff, though could do with moving a bit slower for me! Looking back (I started there 22/7/1985) it’s such a shame it has been erased, making your film even more poignant. The here today, gone tomorrow politicians are generally a waste of space and they are ultimately responsible!
Nice one Dave. As a young boy growing up I lived in The Borough Market Southwark and used to pass The London Fire Brigade Station and Training Centre on the bus never realising that one day I would enter Southwark Training Centre myself in May 1970 to become a London Fireman. The only thing that Dave is unable to demonstrate is the buzz, the excitement, atmosphere, the shouts of water on, water off, knock off and make up, hook ladders to the 5th, slip and pitch the escape to the 5th floor, boots running on the cobblestones, and echoing around the square drill area. Jets of water being directed at the tower with the pump engine going full blast. Wonderful times, wonderful place, wonderful era never to be forgotten if one did one's training there.
Super interesting - my grandad Ernest (Dixie) Dean was the storekeeper at Southwark Fire Station - he might be in one of those pictures at 8:04
I love finding interesting gems like this 😁thanks
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stations like this have cracks marks damage of the past to remind us how they could use it they used it to the best of there abilities firemen of the past who have used or were stationed there would or what I would think to seem sad it truly was the end of a great era
Thank you for posting. There is such an air of sadness around Lambeth and Soutwark these days. Whenever I walk around Whitgift St, Lambeth High St, Black Prince Rd, Soutwark Bridge Rd etc etc all I can feel is a history and pride lost in the name of political money saving. I know Lambeth is still a fire station but sadness still prevails. By the way (not a criticism just an observation) the picture of Southwark at 8.22 is reversed left to right. Once again thanks for posting.
David. Do you know what is going to happen to the Museum?
Short answer is NO. There is a 'pop-up' museum programme and the
development proposals for Lambeth includes a museum-but I am not holding
my breath. Winchester House was a freehold property and fully restored
by London's rate payers. Why it could be retained as the museum home
beggers belief!
David. Thank you for this. It is criminal that our history is being lost in this way. I know there is at least one George Cross in the museum. The public are entitled to see it and see what fellow citizens have done. We can only hope that some of the collection will go on display in the Museum of London. In the ideal world, there would be one museum for the three Emergency Services.
There is such a museum. It is the National Emergency Services Museum, Sheffield, housed in the former Police and Fire Station, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Visited the museum there many years ago and really enjoyed the few hours I spent there and was lucky to see the recruits drilling on the yard! Makes me so sad to know that it all closed year's ago 😞
Great stuff, though could do with moving a bit slower for me! Looking back (I started there 22/7/1985) it’s such a shame it has been erased, making your film even more poignant. The here today, gone tomorrow politicians are generally a waste of space and they are ultimately responsible!