Lauriston Place

Fire Station

Lauriston Place Fire Station  -  An Early Photograph

Lauriston Place Fire Station   -   Copy of an old photograph hanging on the wall of the offices at Lauriston Place Fire Station

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade

 

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Lauriston Place Fire Station   -   Copy of an old photograph hanging on the wall of the offices at Lauriston Place Fire Station ©

 

Lauriston Place

Fire Station

Here is a photo that I found hanging on the wall of the former Lauriston Place fire station, now fire brigade offices and fire museum.

  Lauriston Place Fire Station   -   Copy of an old photograph hanging on the wall of the offices at Lauriston Place Fire Station ©

Ian Scott, now living in Buckinghamshire, wrote:

"I remember that my uncle was a fireman at Lauriston, 1922-48, and that his family lived in one of the station flats.  They had this picture on their wall.

My uncle retired to Orkney in 1948 and the photo went with them.  So when I lived in Somerset, I wrote and asked if they had the photo and he then sent it to me.

I eventually gave it to the Museum with my Uncle's blessing. So it nearly disappeared!"

Ian Scott, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England:  April 20, 2010

Lauriston Place Fire Station was the major fire station

Lauriston Place Fire Station   -   Copy of an old photograph hanging on the wall of the offices at Lauriston Place Fire Station ©

 situated in Lauriston Place, close to Heriots School

Engraving in 'Modern Athens'  '  Heriots Hospital from Castle Hill ©

and the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh'  -  Edinburgh Royal Infirmary ©

until a new fire station was opened at Tollcross.

Tollcross Fire Station  -  26 July 1994 ©

The Lauriston Fire Station building is still standing.

Lauriston Place Fire Station   -   McDonald Road Fire Station  -  9 May 1994 ©

 The old fire station now houses a museum

An old Leith Halley fire engine in the museum at Lauriston Place Fire Station  -  26 July 1994 ©

 

 

Fire Brigade

Fire Stations

The old  fire station, now a fire station museum, in Lauriston Place  -  1935 ©

Fire Engines

 A 1906  Merryweather Fire King fire engine outside Braid Place Fire Station ©

Recent Photos

   Fire at  Union Street, Edinburgh  -  13 March 1993 ©

  

 

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