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1982 Ghost of Byrom Street fire station
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This article although written in 1982 talks about Bob ’Ockie’ Hodgkinson who was a fireman in the 1920s and the telling of ghostly stories by fireman Jim Yates. Nearly everybody that served at the old Byrom Street fire station can tell of strange experiences
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Bob Occy was my great grandad! I was in the job for 30 years and went to the Byron St station on may occasions.
D.Hodgkinson.
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