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Fire Servcie Burgh Heath - Fairlands 802 (or 805?)
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Fire Servcie Burgh Heath - Fairlands 802 (or 805?)

The men and woman (Cookie Savin??) of the Burgh Heath Fire Service taken 28th September with the words "Fairlands 802 or 805" written on the reverse (I can't make out the last digit!) my grandfather, Cecil "Ted" Kirk-Richards is 3rd from the right on the back row. Family legend has it that the team attended the East End when it was bombed during the war and my mother remembers her father attending a fire at the Tate and Lyle suger refinery. I'd love to know if anyone has any further information about these very brave men who, in my grandfathers case at least, were rejected by the armed services as being unfit to fight (Cecil has very bad eyesight) yet risked their lives fighting fires!
Picture added on 19 November 2009 at 14:07
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Comments:
Carol, Do you have a year for this photo? Banstead men certainly did attend fires in London.
There is more information on our main site at http://www.bansteadhistory.com/Fire%20Station.html
Added by Lewis Wood on 19 November 2009
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