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This object consists of 15 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Central Fire Station

Playset
1963 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tinplate two storey building representing a fire station. It has three spring operated folding doors to front and an open back, which reveals three lithographed rooms to the upper floor - a canteen, operations room and a workshop with a plastic staircase and a firemans pole linking the upper floor to the ground floor, the latter with a tiled floor printed design for the parking of vehicles. The Fire Station is contained in a complete illustrated card box. There is also a folded printed cardboard High Drill Tower which is a freestanding structure, with plastic ladders inserted into the windows. Other contents comrpise original accessories supplied with the set including three boxed NFIC (Hong Kong) plastic vehicles - #3033 Karrier Ambulance, #892 Fire Chiefs Car and #891 Fire Truck. The original Mettoy instruction sheet for the Fire Station (folded) is also included. Various plastic accessories consist of fireman figures, tables, chairs, a workbench, chimney and a small quantity of tools.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 15 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Fire Station
  • Packaging
  • Fire Station
  • Tower
  • Fire Engine
  • Automobile
  • Ambulance
  • Chairs
  • Figures
  • Desks
  • Workbenches
  • Antenna
  • Packaging
  • Packaging
  • Packaging
  • Instructions
TitleCentral Fire Station (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Pressed lithographed tinplate, printed card and paper, injection-moulded plastic
Brief description
Playset, Central Fire Station, Mettoy Playcraft, 1963
Physical description
Tinplate two storey building representing a fire station. It has three spring operated folding doors to front and an open back, which reveals three lithographed rooms to the upper floor - a canteen, operations room and a workshop with a plastic staircase and a firemans pole linking the upper floor to the ground floor, the latter with a tiled floor printed design for the parking of vehicles. The Fire Station is contained in a complete illustrated card box. There is also a folded printed cardboard High Drill Tower which is a freestanding structure, with plastic ladders inserted into the windows. Other contents comrpise original accessories supplied with the set including three boxed NFIC (Hong Kong) plastic vehicles - #3033 Karrier Ambulance, #892 Fire Chiefs Car and #891 Fire Truck. The original Mettoy instruction sheet for the Fire Station (folded) is also included. Various plastic accessories consist of fireman figures, tables, chairs, a workbench, chimney and a small quantity of tools.
Dimensions
  • Fire station height: 335mm
  • Fire station width: 484mm
  • Fire station depth: 230mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CENTRAL FIRE STATION' (Printed on front of building)
  • 'FAULTY / WIRE / CAUSES / FIRE' (Printed poster on front of building)
  • 'YOUR COUNTY / COUNCIL / CENTRAL / FIRE STATION' (Printed plaque on front of building)
  • 'ALARM / BREAK GLASS / AND PRESS' (Printed alarm on front of building)
  • 'FIX THAT GUARD' (Printed poster on front of building)
  • 'STATION OFFICER' (Printed sign on front of building)
Credit line
Given by Mettoy
Subjects depicted
Other number
6259 - Model number
Collection
Accession number
MISC.57-1963

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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