Southwark Collection (page 5)

Section Officer Pennington with OBE medal, WW2
Section Officer M. Pennington of Southwark Fire Station showing her OBE medal to AFS colleagues, Second World War (5 March 1941). Date: 1941

Firefighters at work in Rotherhithe Street, WW2
Firefighters at work in Rotherhithe Street, Southwark, during the Second World War, 8 September 1940. Date: 1940

London recruits at Southwark Town Hall, WW1
Crowds of men anxious to attest under the Derby scheme, crowded into the corridors of Southwark Town Hall in December 1915

Proposal for Southwark Cathedral, London
Londons hidden cathedral: a proposal to make Southwark Cathedral (near London Bridge) more visible, showing the area which currently obscures it from public view. Date: 1912

Ladder drill at LFB Southwark HQ. Date: early 20th century

General aerial view of Old London Bridge, London, looking northwards, as it looked in the 16th century. The old St Pauls Cathedral can be seen on the north side of the river to the left

Men working at watchroom telephone switchboard
Firefighters working on the watchroom telephone switchboard at Southwark Fire Station. Date: circa 1909

Turntable ladder drill at Southwark HQ. Date: 1915

Southwark Bridge
The bridge at the end of the war with France. Date: 1815

Winchester Palace
The ruins of Winchester Palace, Southwark. Date: 1828

Newington Butts
The church and its churchyard at Newington Butts, Southwark - a good example of an inner- city cemetery. (At this date it was in Surrey.) Date: 1807

Marshalsea 1803
The remains of the old palace called the Marshalsea, Southwark, showing the chapel and the palace court : after rebuilding it became a debtors prison. Date: 1803

Monteagle House
near St Saviours church, Southwark, south London. Date: 1808

LITTLE DORRITs CHURCH
The Church of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, London, built in 1734, commonly known as Little Dorrits Church after the Dickens character, christened and married there. Date: early 1930s

A View of the Thames, by William James
A View of the Thames looking towards London Bridge with the Royal Barge, by William James (fl. 1730-1780)

Mr Greens balloon flight from Vauxhall Gardens in 1849. It came down on 94, London Road, Southwark on 25 July 1849. Came down on Westminster Bridge Road

LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Southwark HQ
The Brigade introduced these enclosed pumps in 1935, designed for the Brigade by its then Chief Officer, C C B Morris. The pump also carried breathing apparatus sets for three of its crew

LCC-LFB motorised pump at hose drills, Southwark HQ
Working in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, firefighters getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump

LCC-LFB Braidwood style motorised pump at Southwark
An example of the Braidwood style fire engine at the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1

Dennis motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyres
A Dennis dual-purpose fire engine (pump escape) at Southwark fire station (station No 1) and LFB Headquarters. Introduced into the Brigade in 1934, it was fitted with pneumatic tyres

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drill
London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1, with firefighters taking part in escape ladder drill, using an extension ladder to gain additional height

Queen Elizabeth II meeting senior firefighters on parade during the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1

Queen Elizabeth II meeting firefighters on parade, LFB HQ
Queen Elizabeth II meeting firefighters on parade during the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1

Firefighters on parade with an appliance, LFB HQ
Firefighters on parade with an appliance during the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

Prince Philip signing a register at the new LFB HQ
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, signing a register at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

Commissioner Ronald James Dobson giving a speech at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at new LFB HQ
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1

Prince Philip at new London Fire Brigade HQ
Prince Philip meeting members of the public at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1

A Chief Fire Officer of the London Fire Brigade during the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

Prince Philip at the opening of new LFB Headquarters
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

New training appliance. Southwark Training Centre

Firefighters receiving knots instruction at Southwark HQ

Firefighters in Emergency Tender, Southwark HQ
Two firefighters in breathing equipment inside an Emergency Tender at Southwark Headquarters, London

Southwark Fire Station and former LFB HQ
Southwark Fire Station and former London Fire Brigade HQ, built in 1876

LCC-LFB - Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets)
Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets) were introduced for use in an atmosphere dense with smoke and dangerous fumes. A special motor appliance fitted for smoke helmet work was based at Southwark HQ

LCC-LFB Battery-electric pump escape
An electric-driven escape van at the Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road SE1. The batteries were stored under the bonnet and weighed about two tons

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