1 Pump Wholetime.

1915 to ?                                         Firemaster Charles Angus

1948 to 1970                                   Western Area Fire Masters

Darnley was a 2 Bay Station with a  watchroom to the left of the bays. The watchroom window had an arch to match the arches of the bays and the glass was etched ERFB. There was a covered wash to the rear of the bays. There was a large sliding door at the rear of the appliance bay (Half Glazed) with a wicket door in it. The wicket door was the usual route from the yard into the station. This door was too small to move the appliance through it - both in height and length. It was usually opened on a Saturday morning when the crew played 'soap hockey' and it was handy to squeegee the wet floor out into the wash bay at the rear. But for all practical purposes, it was of no use for appliance movements between the yard and the bays. I suppose when the station was built one of the small appliances of the day could squeeze in by this route. The Appliance had to be driven round into the small yard and always reversed back into the bay from the street. There were 6 firemen's houses above the Station. The ground floor to the left of the watchroom was the Station Commanders house.

Clarkston station open in 1970 as a 1 pump wholetime station, with the closure of Darnley.

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