SERVICE CHRONICLES

  CONTROL

*DORKING - S.A.S.
1948    Sub Station,   Fire Station West Street Dorking

19        Horsham Road, Very old garage, with crew room above

 1977    Moved to purpose built building at Spook Hill

 EGHAM - S.A.S.

 1948    Sub Station,   housed at the Fire Station High Street Egham

 Moved to an old A.R.P. gas cleansing centre at the Council Depot Egham

1991    Closed, crews and vehicles transferred  to Ashford and Chertsey

*EPSOM - S.A.S.

1965    Purpose built Station,   replacement for Ewell Church Road

*ESHER - S.AS

1948    Sub Station,   Council Offices Portsmouth Road Esher, housed under Fire Station, very cramped crew quarters moved to Cobham 19

1995    Reopened

 EWELL - S.A.S.

 1948    Langton Avenue Ewell

 1965    Absorbed by Epsom

*FARNBOROUGH - S.A.S.

 1987    Hawley Lane, Taken over from Hampshire combined with Camberly

*FARNHAM - S.J.A.B. and  S.A.S.

 1948    Sub Station,  West Street Farnham started with only one full time member, three more full time men were engaged in August 1948 at £5 10s 0d for a 44 hour week, they covered 0600hrs to 2200hrs, with voluntary crews covering nights and weekends.  This station kept  its own telephone switchboard until 1965.

 1959    Moved to The Hart Farnham new purpose built Station

 1966    On St Johns giving up the agency, crews transferred to Surrey Ambulance,  stayed at same Station as paying guests.

 1998    New purpose built station off A31 Tongham

*GATWICK -  S.A.S.

 1962    Specially built to cover the airport at Gatwick.

 1998    Reconstruction to take place, extra vehicle bay and training  facilities.

2000      Station closed - relocated to Massetts Road Police Station

*GODSTONE -  S.A.S.

 1961    Sub Station based at the Green Circle Garage Oxstead.  This area had been covered   by     supplementary stations, which could no longer cover due to lack of volunteers.   
1964    New 24hr station Langham Road South Godstone

*GODALMING - B.R.C.S. and S.A.S.

 1948    Sub station,  The Wharf Bridge Street Godalming, Wooden Garage. Absorbed by Surrey Ambulance in a new Main Station at Cattershall Lane

 1975    Main Station at Cattershall Lane, this replaced the one at Guildford.  The new station included a  large fitters bay and  Social Club for the staff. Godalming was the last agency station to be taken over by Surrey  Ambulance Service.  Payed staff were absorbed by Surrey Ambulance

1996   Restructured made smaller, fitters transferred to Farnborough


*GUILDFORD - S.J.A.B. and  S.A.S.

 1948    Main Control Station Woodbridge Road Guildford.   Pre war station, purpose built 1926, about 8 of the staff were full time from this pre - war period.  Fully manned station, although it did for a time have some supplementary crews.

 1965    On S.J.A.B. giving up their agency, the Surrey Ambulance rented the station, and absorbed the crews.   As site was becoming quite unsuitable the main station moved to Godalming, leaving a Sub Station at Guildford

 1974    Temporary Sub Station.   Porta-Cabin Farnham Road Hospital, vehicles had to be keep out in the open, only basic facilities for crews.

 1986    New Station,  London Road  Guildford

 
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