Appliance Collection (page 25)

Blitz in London -- deluge branch on trailer, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters pulling a deluge branch on a trailer

Blitz in London -- damaged LFB vehicle, Shoreditch, WW2
Blitz in London -- a London fire brigade general purpose vehicle, from sub-fire station 37X, at 16-18 Paul Street, Shoreditch, with damaged bodywork and engine after being struck by debris

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction on the wheeled escape ladder and hook ladder. The wheeled escape ladder is wound out of its carriage

LFB enclosed Leyland pump, Brigade HQ, WW2
A side view of the Leyland pump with its extension ladder and hook ladders on the appliance. These dual-purpose appliances allowed the escape ladder and extension ladders to be interchanged

LFB adapted London taxi pulling a trailer pump, WW2
An adapted London taxi cab at LFB HQ, Lambeth, utilised as an AFS fire appliance with trailer pump, widely used in London during the blitz

LCC-LFB hose laying lorry
A hose laying lorry from Lee Green fire station, SE London, with its side roller shutters closed

LFB mechanical fire appliance at Southwark HQ
Two London firemen at drill with a motorised fire appliance (with its ladder removed), watching at drills being performed out of shot

Motorised pump and crew in Tottenham. The vehicle was 100 hp, and cost £ 3000

Fire on a moored vessel
A firefighting appliance pumps water to fight a fire on a docked ship

Hornsey Fire Brigade, London. Firefighters working on a steam pump appliance

Advert for Frigidaire electrical fridge
Frigidaire automatic electrical refrigeration cabinet, keeps your food fresh, with ice for cooling drinks, and it cost less than a garage for your car! Date: 1928

Advertisement for Swan Pen
An advertisement for the Swan fountain pen, as recommended by a rather serious-looking young man: " We are bosom friends my Swan pen and I". Date: 1913

Advertisement for Hotpoint gifts for Christmas
Hotpoint gifts " Your problem - everyones - now is - what can I give". Various useful items for the housewife that will save her time, trouble and expense

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Electrolux advertisement
Advert for Electrolux vacuum cleaners, showing a woman opening her Christmas present and looking pleased or bemused that it is one of those new-fangled vacuum cleaners

Doffing the Hat (C19)
A Frenchman raises his hat in salute, meeting a female acquaintance, while their two dogs also get acquainted and a man waters the streets with an ingenious appliance

Advertisement for Royal Typewriters, Ds Butler Ltd, Derby
Advertisement for Royal Typewriters, The Worlds Best Machine for Office Use. Sole local agent, DS Butler Ltd, 37-39 London Road, Derby

Advertisement for Corona Typewriter, DS Butler Ltd, Derby
Advertisement for Corona, The Queen of Portable Typewriters, Price Twelve Guineas, from sole local agent DS Butler Ltd, 37-39 London Road, Derby

Children & Simple Phone
Two children use a toy telephone : in the margin, batteries and headphones for an electrical appliance

GAY GLOW GAS FIRE
An attractive young housewife flips through a fashion magazine, warming her white stilettos by her Gay Glow gas fire. Date: 1960s

Electric Fire Brochure
A uniformed maid carries a flaming plum pudding into the dining room where the family sit in formal dress, warmed by the glow of a Creda electric fire. Date: 1933-4

Artificial hand and arm apparatus
An artificial hand -- the steel hand of Carslogie -- and the arm apparatus which held and operated it

17th century fire equipment
John Keelings appliance for putting out fires

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