| Name: | St Margarets old fire station 1 |
| Address: | next to The Hope Inn, High Street |
| Town: | St Margarets-At-Cliffe |
| Brigade: | Kent |
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| Year Range: |
1936-1970 |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.153213 North
01.372942 East |
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"The village had its own fire station from 1896, a hand-cart that was manned by volunteer firemen who were residents of the village. At the start of the 20th Century, a second fire shed was constructed on the beach where there was a small community existing of hotels, cafés and housing. In 1936 the village purchased its first motor fire engine and housed it next to the Hope Inn in the central village. The Auxiliary Fire Service took the station over in 1939 and at the outbreak of WWII the Royal Marines based in the village manned the two fire engines that were stationed there. A new station was built in 1970 along Reach Road, and St Margaret's became one of the first fire stations in Kent to alert the crew by Pocket Alerter instead of the traditional siren." - opening date may therefore be 1936
Garry Wainwright
- Operational from 1936 to 1970, was a 2 pump station through out the war, the second appliance bay was to the right of the shed, tucked behind Dora cottage. The cottage was the dormitory until the end of the war, when the second pump was removed, the second appliance bay was then converted to the office and rec room and the cottege reverted back to private residence
- brigade established 1896
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