Colchester Road Fire HQ Station, Ipswich, 1964. Loading a stretcher for lowering out of a building (Fireman Graham).
These photographs depict the life of the fire service in the town and neighbouring areas. Retired Ipswich fireman John Harvey bought four of Billy Griss’s photo albums – he was a former fire service colleague and good amateur photographer. The photographs are annotated from the albums, supplemented by John’s memories.
(Work began to demolish fire station in July 2012 having closed in the previous October when new premises were opened in Ransomes Europark – see Awards Album 2012. Plans to build sixty homes on the site were soon fulfilled.)
Posted by The Ipswich Society Image Archive on 2018-01-18 12:03:28
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