The former fire station in Tungelsta. It opened here in 1952. Before that, it was at another location for 20 years. My dad joined the service here when he was sixteen years old. It was a volunteer fire department, and most of the 20 part-time firefighters were just like him, working at the many family-owned greenhouse nurseries here. Dad was afraid of heights, so climbing the stairs can't have been much fun for him. One of my classmates, Krister also worked here for many years. The station closed in the mid 1990s. Later it became a youth centre, but it closed in 2023 and the property is empty today.
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A yellow fire station. New for me.
I hope they find a use for it.
The old Tungelsta station once rang with your father’s courage and now stands silent, holding only echoes of those volunteer years.
It looks good :-D
I knew a guy who was friends with my parents in the area they retired to. He owned a hardware store,but was also a volunteer fire fighter.
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