51 West Street with Fire Point sign
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51 West Street with Fire Point sign
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 19 Jan 2023
Semi-detached house in West Street with fire point sign below the front window. Easily missed, these old FP signs are a relic of the time when the emergency fire service had to plug a hose into the water main. The sign indicates the distance to the nearest plug point, in this case 19 feet.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.995333
Longitude
-4.979318