Then and Now: Brixton Old Fire Station
Photographic comparisons of old and modern views of Lambeth
![Brixton Old Fire Station, Ferndale Road, 1870s](images/ferndale.jpg)
1870s This modest, two storey building in Ferndale Road was Brixton's first fire station. It was in use from the 1870s until being replaced by a far larger fire station in Gresham Road in 1907.
(pic: Greater London Record Office)
![Brixton Old Fire Station, Ferndale Road, 2003](images/ferndale1.jpg)
April 2003 Over a century later, the building is still extant, although it's suffered an unsympathetic conversion into offices.
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