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Tuesday 28 June 2011

CENTRAL FIRE STATION DEMOLITION

The retro decades in particular were pretty active when it came to demolishing Dundee's old buildings, so much so that sometimes we thought the Councils motto was "What goes up, must come down"...(well, apart from their salaries!).
There was also a fair bit of new construction going on too, so over the next few days I'm going to put up a mix of images showing some structures going up, and some tumbling down.
Kicking off with this one here which is Bell Street Central Fire Station being knocked down in the late 60's.
The photo was taken from Courthouse Square looking over into the firemen's living quarters above the main station, with the entire corner area bulldozed.
Below the snap of the rubble is a photo of the fire crew who worked at Bell Street Station in the 60's.
It was sent in by Mark Ritchie whose father is the chap top left in the picture.

Bell Street was such an apt place-name to have a fire station too don't you think?!

Demolition photo is from Gordon C.
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10 comments:

  1. Gordon C28 June 2011 at 03:09

    Just noticed the name on the JCB thing - Trojan Plant.
    Memories of Tom Moore and alleged hanky-panky....

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  2. The Historian28 June 2011 at 05:45

    Is that the edge of the Sheriff Court you can see.

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  3. Gordon C28 June 2011 at 07:00

    Yup, that's it.

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  4. RETRO DUNDEE28 June 2011 at 10:07

    In 1966 I could have stated the Trumpton Fire Brigade roll-call off the top of my head, but here's who was living at the Bell Street Fire Station the same year -
    J.Jackson - J.Wilkie - C.Hampton - J.Forbes - I.Downie - T.Smith - R.Strachan & D.MacLean.

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    1. Mac15 November 2019 at 12:34

      My dad was Fraser MacLean and I lived above the fire station

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  5. Anonymous28 June 2011 at 14:34

    OK, someone's got to do it....

    from memory ... Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb.

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  6. Bridie28 June 2011 at 14:38

    Och you beat me to it.

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  7. Anonymous29 June 2011 at 02:25

    Bridie, you could have been a smart-arse and mentioned Captain Flack...

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  8. Anonymous29 June 2011 at 11:53

    And yes to first post, no shock there i'm afraid :(

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  9. Anonymous25 August 2017 at 15:22

    I just remember being inside Bell Street Station as a small boy It was in a snooker room with my mother and brother who was sick. Also just Rembert peering through the appliance and seeing a wheeled escape ladder. My father was in the brigade from 1962 - 1977 and this was his 1st Station after training school in 1962.

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