Area Collection (#26)

NFS (London Region) HQ staff car
A staff car, with accident damage to front right wing, outside Lambeth workshops. Fire Force Area 38 headquarters was located at Wimbledon where this car would have been allocated

NFS radio operator at Ealing HQ (34 D), WW2
NFS radio operator at the radio desk, Fire Force Area 34, Ealing HQ (34 D). On the board in front of her is the listing for the London Regional Area call signs

NFS (London) open water pumping exercise, WW2
NFS London firefighters undertaking a pumping exercise from an open water supply (reservoir)

NFS (London Region) Fire Force No 34 staff car, WW2
Senior fire officers staff car belonging to Fire Force 34 area. Seen here at Area HQ, Haven Court Green, Haven Green, Ealing. West London

Home Office-NFS Fire Force control unit, WW2
An example of the Home Office fire control units that were issued to the various Fire Force Area headquarters. They were built to a standard design and were the command point at larger fires

Aftermath of a factory fire, Fire Force Area 34, WW2
National Fire Service firefighters from the former Middlesex Fire Brigade (integrated into the London Region), damping down following a serious fire at the Old Jam Factory in Sipson Road

Aftermath of a fire, Fire Force Area 34, WW2
National Fire Service firefighters from the former Middlesex Fire Brigade (integrated into the London Region), damping down and turning over following a serious fire in a depot in Douglas Road

NFS (London Region) former Borough fire engine, WW2
A County-Borough fire engine (with the Borough crest still on its side) that was incorporated into the newly formed NFS. This is believed to be an Emergency Tender although its base station is unknown

NFS (London Region) fire float on upper Thames, WW2
A clinker built boat converted into a fireboat and stationed on the upper reaches of the River Thames in the London Region area

NFS (London Region) River Thames Formation, WW2
The River Headquarters crest of the NFS River Thames Formation, which covered the Greater London area of the Thames, and included some eighteen fireboats and assorted fire floats and other tenders

NFS London Region lorry driven into basement area, WW2
National Fire Service -- a London Region lorry driven into a basement area

Horse rescued from basement by NFS breakdown lorry
A horse being led to safety after falling into a basement access area of a building in Spa Road, Bermondsey. An NFS London Region fire brigade breakdown lorry was used to lift it

NFS (London Region) Southall horse rescue, WW2
Firefighters from K2Z Southall fire station area attempting to rescue a horse that fell into a deep, water filled ditch and was unable to get out unaided

NFS (London Region) constructing a water dam, WW2
London firefighters constructing a self-assembly emergency dam. These dams were carried on special water units that also towed a trailer pump and could provided a static water supply close to fires

Map of the LCC-LFB area
Map showing 30 incidents of note in the LCC-LFB area

India - West Bengal - Mayapur: Chandradaya Mandir, Hare Krishna temple area. Date: 2011

India - West Bengal - Hooghly river - Kalna: Lalji temple area, the snake temple. Date: 2011

Royal Albert barracks at Swiss Cottage, Osborne, East Cowes, I. W. Built by Queen Victorias children

Hoheweg resort area, Interlaken, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Selvefos (i. e. Sivlefossen) Sognefjord area, Norway
Selvefos (i.e. Sivlefossen) Sognefjord area, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

In a slum area, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Date 1941 Dec

On many Pennsylvania trains in the Philadelphia area, trainmen are relieved for service in the armed forces and replaced by women. Date 1943?

Newland area - Siberian Ocean, Russia Date: circa 1910s

Old Workhouse Infirmary, Hunslet, West Yorkshire
The infirmary at the old Hunslet Union workhouse on Hillidge Road, Hunslet. The area next to the building was extensively cultivated to grow vegetables for consumption by the inmates

Titanic - Danger Field of the Atlantic with routes through i
A diagram or map showing the dangerous area of the Atlantic Ocean indicating steamer routes that cut through fog and ice. It was here that the Titanic hit an iceberg on 15 April 1912

Excavating in the bombed Cripplegate area
Mr W. F. Grimes, Keeper of the London Museum (Museum of London) assisted by a volunteer, archaeological worker, Miss Adrienne Farrell, in the excavations at Monkwell Street in the City of London

London taxi in basement crash
A London taxi which has crashed through some iron railings into the basement area at the front of a house. Date: early 20th century

Two Metropolitan Police radio operators in the control room. One officer is giving instructions for an announcement to be broadcast over the microphone. Date: mid 1950s

Metropolitan Police telephone operator
A Metropolitan Police telephone operator at the controls, which link him with Police Boxes in the London area. He is wearing a combination microphone and headphones. Date: circa 1930s

Japan - Yokohama - Bluff District - almost completely destroyed by the 1923 Kanto Great Earthquake. Date: circa 1910

Map Compass
A compass on a map of the area around Lladerchymedd, Wales. Date: 1980s

Japan - Yokohama - City Office in the business sector Date: circa 1910

India - Pune (Poona) - The Gymkhana (a public place for athletic games - " a ball house" is the direct translation from the Hindi) Date: circa 1907

Rougemont Castle
The remains of Rougemont Castle, Exeter, Devon, England, overlaying remains of the Roman city of Isca Dumnomiorum, Named after the red stone found in the area. Date: founded 1068

London / Bank 1950
The Bank area, Threadneedle Street, London. The Bank of England is on the left, the Royal Exchange on the right and the Old Stock Exchange is in the centre. Date: circa 1950

Hamptead Cottages
Shuttered bijoux Georgian or Victorian terraced houses in Hampstead, a salubrious area of north London. Date: 19th century

London / Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge, a well-to-do area of central London, with the famous Scotch House on the corner. Date: late 1960s

USA / Palm Springs
The shopping area in Palm Springs, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Fabyan House Nh
Fabyan House, a popular tourist hotel in the White Mountain area of New Hampshire, with convenient access to main line railroads. Date: 1874

MODERN COLOGNE
The Neumarkt area of Cologne, Germany, showing the modern Post World War Two buildings. Date: late 1960s

South Magnetic Pole
Professor David : I hereby take possession of this area now containing the Magnetic Pole for the British Empire. Dr Mackay is on his right, Douglas Mawson on his left. Date: 1909

The Man Who Blew His Nose In A Silence Zone, by H. M. Batem
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man disturbing the peace in a residential area. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, Italy
Santa Margherita Ligure in the province of Genoa in the Italian Liguria region, southeast of Genoa (in the Tigullio traditional area). Date: circa 1940

Ireland / Kenmare Bay
By the shores of Kenmare Bay, at Parkinsilla, County Kerry, Ireland. This is a delightful area on the west coast, with its tropical vegetation and distant Glengarrif Peninsula. Date: 1950s

Forest of Dean
A charming glimpse of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, a wooded area of over 20, 000 acres of beech and oak trees. Date: 1950s

London / St. Giles Circus
Traffic lights in the St. Giles Circus area, near Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, central London. Date: mid 1960s

EARLs COURT 1968
Rush Hour in the Earls Court area of London. Date: 1968

Connaught Hotel London
The exterior of the Connaught Hotel, an exclusive Victorian hotel in Mayfair, a plush area of London. Date: 1972

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