From the Liverpool Echo: > Popular fire museum to move from Crosby to Bootle > > Jul 21 2009 by Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo > > Popular fire museum to move from Crosby to Bootle > > MERSEYSIDE’S long standing fire museum is to close its current base > over health and safety fears. > > Checks have revealed extensive problems with the electrics at the > centre on Crosby Road North, Crosby, that could cost up to £17,000 to fix. > > Volunteers from the centre have now been told by Merseyside Fire and > Rescue Service, who own the building and lease it to a charitable > Trust that it will shut down and the museum will relocate to Bridle > Road, Bootle. > > Up to 22 vintage fire vehicles, and other equipment like traditional > pumps, would potentially be moved to the new site. See <http://preview.tinyurl.com/ncwflz> for the rest of the story. The fire museum's web site is at http://www.mfsm.org.uk/aboutus.htm