23 February 2011

F is for Fire Station

The 'F' has already fallen off as you can see and there's no need to replace it as today is the day the fire brigade leave Winchester. The building has been sold and will be developed into luxury apartments/houses. The fire brigade now has a new fire station on the outskirts of town. It seems that eventually all services occupying buildings in the centre of Winchester are moved out of town and their buildings sold off to be converted into housing. The military left their barracks some years ago (see here). We still have a hospital, police station and prison - they would make such lovely apartments...!

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16 comments:

  1. That's funny, a falling F for today.
    I hope the new firestation is not too far from where people actually live.
    Here is my village they even convert old chicken houses into apartments.

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  2. I agree with Dina, a falling F for the F Day!! Doesn't get any better!! It is amusing to think of fancy apartments being built from an old fire station! But it does sound like the way things are TODAY -- everywhere! Hope your week is going well! Enjoy!

    Sylvia
    ABC Team

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  3. Seems that in Britain, anything can be refurbished, including falling down farm buildings! It would be fascinating to see the change later when there are fancy apartment buildings in the fire brigade's place. Have a wonderful week,

    Leslie
    ABCW Team

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  4. Nice looking building, perhaps they will keep the pole as a feature for the new occupiers. As a boy my uncle was station officer at a fire station in London and myself and my cousins would try out the pole.

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  5. I'm sure someone will want to live there someday. :)

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  6. Lovely brick building. The Fallen F is perfect for the post today.

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  7. I'm FOND of the idea of the reuse of buildings.
    I wrote about FIRE as well.
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  8. Fine post - hope you'll post the after - when there are dwellers in this functional building!

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  9. Will definitely post when it's turned into houses!

    Interesting thought Paul, I wonder if they will keep the pole or a hose or 2!

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  10. Yes would love to see the converted homes. I like the brick building and the fallen f. Good post!

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  11. Looks like it will be a nice place to live or maybe an art gallery.

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  12. great shot...what a nice pick!

    Hope you can check out my ABC Wednesday entry as well. Thanks!

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  13. I would hope that it is not going to be a major development, in Oxford have the same problems, with the developers squeezing as many apartments as they can into these old buildings. I hate it personally.

    Nice Blog

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  14. Hey Percy, I will definitely come back here to see how many they squeezed in!

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