Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade

Museum at Lauriston Place

Fire Station

Telephone Operator's Desk

The Telephone Operator's desk at Lauriston Place Fire Station - 26 July 1994

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs -  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk         Photo taken 26 July 1994

Lauriston Place

Fire Station Museum

Here is the former fire station in Lauriston Place

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

The large picture of the telephone operator's desk above contrasts with this view of Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Control Centre at the nearby Tollcross Fire Station:

 Control Centre at Tollcross Fire Station - 22 June 1993 ©

The former fire station in Lauriston Place

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

 now houses a museum which includes several old fire engines

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

An old Dennis fire engine in the museum at Lauriston Place Fire Station - 26 July 1994 ©        Three old fire engines in the museum at Lauriston Place Fire Station - 26 July 1994 ©

the old stables

The old stables in the museum at Lauriston Place Fire Station - 26 July 1994 ©

the old fireman's pole and the old telephone exchange

The bottom of the firemen's pole at Lauriston Place Fire Station - 26 July 1994 ©      The Telephone Operator's desk 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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