tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post3316366460428777516..comments2023-11-05T10:59:37.824+00:00Comments on Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: Not so old Old Fire StationMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729523557219015134noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-60351856296362844492009-08-13T22:14:23.766+01:002009-08-13T22:14:23.766+01:00I am off to see Hodgson Street, or perhaps whats l...I am off to see Hodgson Street, or perhaps whats left of it in homage to George Formby, Snr. Who I understand ran away to Wigan at the tender age of seven because life was bleak.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637387150030969905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-2204817919715573012008-02-16T08:30:00.000+00:002008-02-16T08:30:00.000+00:00This fires station was built right across Dale Str...This fires station was built right across Dale Street. The Magistrates' Court is also built across part of Dale Street. There are only two small bits of Dale Street left - between Margaret Street and Richmond Street and a few yards at the back of the Friendship Inn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-6882401388866994832008-02-15T23:02:00.000+00:002008-02-15T23:02:00.000+00:00How do you know it's not Dale street?I think it's ...How do you know it's not Dale street?<BR/>I think it's Dale St!Ashtonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669236045514900658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-91298653793193960072008-02-09T10:28:00.000+00:002008-02-09T10:28:00.000+00:00The tall grey thing is a tower that was used by th...The tall grey thing is a tower that was used by the firemen to practise reaching windows of multi-story buildings, climbing ladders and rescuing screaming damsels, etc. Lots of fire stations have something similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-32863455838178806692008-02-09T01:15:00.000+00:002008-02-09T01:15:00.000+00:00whats that tall grey thing ,whats that tall grey thing ,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-76451433290309526732008-02-08T14:05:00.000+00:002008-02-08T14:05:00.000+00:00Chips, you are right that the street the fire engi...Chips, you are right that the street the fire engines came out onto is Hodgson Street, but I took the photo in Welbeck Street South. St Peters Street is off to the left, out of shot. I was standing with Henry Square behind me and the Magistrates' Court on my right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-32714658641481737172008-02-08T12:31:00.000+00:002008-02-08T12:31:00.000+00:00I should possibly have added that the view is from...I should possibly have added that the view is from St Peters Street - and where the fire engines came out of was Hodgson Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-7337298969454554872008-02-08T12:24:00.000+00:002008-02-08T12:24:00.000+00:00The street is Hodgson Street - Birthplace of James...The street is Hodgson Street - Birthplace of James Booth, better known as George Formby snr who was born at No.26 in 1875.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-23619103384816053672008-02-08T09:01:00.000+00:002008-02-08T09:01:00.000+00:00If the fire engines had only been across the road ...If the fire engines had only been across the road in the old old fire station I wonder if they might have got to the market a bit quicker!Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com