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Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fireHeroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire
Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fireHeroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century
Firefighters and hoses, LFB annual review, Lambeth HQ LFB150London firefighters from East London demonstrating mass jets during the Annual Review display at the Brigades headquarters. Lambeth, SE1
Blitz in Plymouth -- St Andrews Parish Church, WW2Blitz in Plymouth -- the smouldering remains of St Andrews Parish Church, bombed and badly damaged in March 1941. The church was restored, and reconsecrated in November 1957
Firefighters in action, Eagle Street, London WC1Firefighters in action at a fire in Eagle Street, London WC1, 0738 hrs, 9 June 1955. In the initial stages an attempt was made to take a line of hose into the first floor via a loading bay door
Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, Farringdon Street, WW2Blitz in London -- St Bride Street and Farringdon Street, with firefighters at work in a smoky atmosphere and pedestrians walking by
Tower Bridge jams in summer heatTower Bridge, London, jams when the metal expands in the summer heat on 2 July 1968. The bridge is closed for two hours while firefighters cool it down with their hoses
LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ SouthwarkThe London Fire Brigade encouraged, for very many years, a good public image by opening its doors to the public to special fire brigade displays
Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliancesDistrict Council of Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape
LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, BermondseyA major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters
LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting HillFirefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London
Henry Simonis & Co fire appliance, Nuremberg, GermanyA Henry Simonis & Co fire appliance, parked on a street in Nuremberg, Germany
Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape, and a hose cart
LCC-MFB Shadwell fire station, East LondonOpened in 1881, Shadwell fire station was located at 9 Glamis Road, Wapping. Seen here are the firemen posing with their two horse drawn escape carts
GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Emergency TenderThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
LFB and London Salvage Corps at a serious fireWith 25 pumps attending a serious fire at Eversholt House, 163 Eversholt Street, NW1, the London Salvage Corps bring in reinforcements to deal with the effects of firefighting operations
LCC-LFB Leyland Metz 100 foot turntable ladderLambeths (D61) turntable ladder at its base station, displayed in the Brigade headquarters drill yard. The hose line, when the TL is used as a water tower
LCC-LFB fatal warehouse fire, Langley Street WC2Three firemen died fighting this blaze in a Covent Garden warehouse in Langley Street. The first crews to arrive, from Clerkenwell fire station, found the warehouse well alight
LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmetsTwo firemen in the foreground wearing new style cork helmets and Proto Mark IV breathing apparatus sets. The man on the right is from Station 34, Shadwell
Sub-station with taxis and crews, WW2A typical London Fire Brigade sub-station watch and their equipment. Taxis were used as makeshift fire engines which towed trailer pumps
LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in FulhamLFB firefighters in action at a fire in Fulham, where 100 tons of paraffin wax ignited in a riverside warehouse. The major blaze required 25 pumps
LFB wartime emergency appliance and trailer pump, WW2A Fordson Unit and trailer pump at the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. These were just some of the 2000 adapted vehicles utilised as AFS fire appliances
Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool)Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou or Le Mat (The Fool)
Tarot Card 12 - Le Pendu (The Hanged Man)
Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959
Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, WW2Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, with firefighter and hose
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighter on ladder, WW2Blitz in London -- an AFS firefighter on a ladder with hose attached, in a training exercise at HQ
18th century fire enginesVarious early fire engines and firefighting equipment from the 18th century Date: 18th century
NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!
Glasgow Fire Drill Competition, ScotlandThe Springburn team of firemen participating in a fire drill competition in Glasgow, Scotland. circa 1911
Mass jets at the LFB annual review at Lambeth HQLondon firefighters from East London demonstrating mass jets during the Annual Review display at the Brigades headquarters. Lambeth, SE1
1st Petrol Fire-EngineA combination fire-fighting engine, with chemical fire extinguishing apparatus and a fire-escape ladder. This model was the first petrol motor fire-engine in the world
Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping
The Railway Junction. A signal changing from stop to go. This is a classic British semaphore stop signal (lower quadrant type)
Sutherland Fire EngineMerryweathers Sutherland fire-engine, which gained first prize at the international contest at the Crystal Palace. The engine continued in use for 27 years
Merryweathers EngineMerryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames
Dentists chair, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd. 1921
Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959. Date: 1959
LCC-LFB horse drawn 75ft turntable ladder (TL)Shand Mason (Blackfriars) supplied the London Fire Brigade with this hand operated 75 foot turntable ladder on a four wheel horse drawn carriage
LCC-LFB - North Kensington fire stationThe firefighters from North Kensington fire station, Faraday Road, W10, pose on the station forecourt on their pump escape and pump
Firefighters at scene of fire at Staples Corner, NW London
GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQTo celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters
LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fireFirefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London
Bedford Heavy Unit in the NFS (London Region)About 1000 of the pumps were built on a Bedford chassis and most were capable of pumping water at 700 gallons per minute. Here a heavy unit and crew are undertaking hose drills at Lambeth
King Francis I of France. Francois I, roi de France, 1494-1547. Drawn and lithographed by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul
Anglo-Saxon Men Pl.XIXAnglo-Saxons of 9th & 10th century: green tunic, pan-hose & shoes, tunic with gold border & front slit, mantles, leg bandages, shoes with a central slit on the upper. 9th century
WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941
