Blazing ahead
FIRE service technology has moved on dramatically since this photograph was taken.
We’re not sure of the year, but it dates from the time when Oxford had its own fire brigade, before 1974.
We believe the picture was taken in the control room at the fire station in George Street, where staff took calls and monitored the movements of fire crews.
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