Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Harringay Fire Station 1903
The Harringay branch of the Tottenham brigade became the first in England to adopt petrol motor traction in 1903, when the fire station was opened in Conway Road and equipped with a combined chemical fire engine, hose tender, fire-escape, and motor.
Below the early picture is an image of the same spot in Conway Road today.
Text Source: British History Online
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Comment by matt on December 22, 2009 at 7:14
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Ah thanks for this. Beautiful building tucked away down there in Conway Rd.
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Comment by Danzigger on December 22, 2009 at 10:19
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Thanks for this - had wondered what this unusual building was.
That fire engine is brilliant!
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Comment by Hugh on December 22, 2009 at 11:31
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Isn't it just. I'd no idea that they had such early motorised fire engines. You can just imagine it can't you - a slide down the pole and then a good old crank on the crank handle before setting off. It kinda reminds me of the Cugnot engine!
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Comment by StephenBln on December 22, 2009 at 13:32
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The whole building can be seen here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sludgeulper/3740452596/
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Comment by Liz on October 6, 2014 at 20:56
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Not sure if we've got this one - thought I'd add here any way
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What a great steam engine. Must have been a pig to drive.
As a kid, I always thought the M.C.C. fire engines in use in Tottenham, Hornsey & Wood Green until the 60s, always looked a lot better than the 'boring' L.C.C. London Fire Brigade ones in use in Hackney, & Stoke Newington. I think the code for Tottenham Engines was J25.
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Comment by Maureen Bamfield on September 16, 2022 at 0:28
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I lived here in the 1960`s and my daughter was born in the flat above in 1965. That was when this building belonged to the Middlesex Fire Brigade which was then taken over by the L.C.C. My husband served at Tottenham fire station from 1959 _1989
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