New life for an old fire station

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

(Photograph) - Photo Newsteam/Anita Maric A redundant Warwickshire fire station has re-opened as a village community centre and pre-school providing full-day care, breakfast and after-school clubs, and holiday play schemes. Residents of Tysoe, near Stratford-upon-Avon, clubbed together to form the Tysoe Children's Group to save the building after the fire station closed in 1998. Their ambitious programme of fundraising included fetes, murder mystery evenings, dances, a farmers' market and sponsored abseiling down the church tower.