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Former Fire Station Now a Fire Station Museum Lauriston Place |
Former Fire Station at Lauriston Place - 1935
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Ian Scott, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England
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Former Fire Station Lauriston Place |
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The Fire Station I believe that the upper floors of this building are still used by the Fire Service. I last visited the Fire Service here as part of my photographic project to document Edinburgh at Work in the 1990s. The lower floor of the building is now a fire engine museum. The vehicles stored there may well be similar to those in the 70-year-old photograph above. The old stable for the Fire Service's horses can still be found at the rear of the building. |
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The Photograph Thank you to Ian Scott, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England, for supplying the photograph. Ian says estimates the date of the photograph to be 1935 and that the fire station has been decorated for King George V s Silver Jubilee. He adds that the Turntable Ladder was delivered the same year. Ian says that the photo may have been taken by Drummond Shiels who had a studio at 70-72 Lauriston Place, next to the fire station. |
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Recollections 1. Jocelyn Abrahams Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Thank you to Jocelyn Abrahams who wrote: |
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From 1896 "I was delighted to see these old photos of Lauriston Fire Station: My grandfather grew up at this old fire station from 1896 to 1903, and continued to visit there intermittently until he migrated to Australia in 1920. Arthur Pordage "My grandfather, being orphaned as a toddler, was raised by his Uncle Arthur - Arthur Pordage, the Fire Superintendent of Edinburgh for many yrs from 1896. Our family in Australia is very proud of Uncle Arthur's work . We understand that he 'invented' the fireman's pole, a photo of which appears in your collection: While Uncle Arthur had a daughter, he had no further descendants of his own. So this now very large family in Australia are Arthur Pordage's descendants." My Grandfather "My grandfather, after being raised at Lauriston, joined the 17th Lancers and served many years in India prior to WW1. He then married in Sheffield and went to WW1 as an 'Old Contemptible'. Although he served the rest of the war in France, by chance he was visiting his Uncle Arthur at the time of the Armistice, and sent a telegram from Lauriston to Grandma in Sheffield on 11 November 1918, letting her know what train he would be arriving on back in Sheffield." Jocelyn Abrahams, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: July 1, 2015 |
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Fire Stations Old Photos |
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Braid Place |
Braid Place |
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Hamilton Place |
Hamilton Place |
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High Street |
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Lauriston Place |
Lauriston Place |
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London Road |
London Road |
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West Port |
West Port |
