Appliances Collection (page 14)

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view)
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view)

Close-up of wheels on LFB fire engine
Close-up of wheels on a London Fire Brigade fire engine

Close-up of LFB fire engine
Close-up of a London Fire Brigade fire engine

LFB crew on motorised vehicle
LCC London Fire Brigade crew on a motorised vehicle, February 1934. Date: 1934

LFB Dennis fire engine (back view)
A London Fire Brigade Dennis fire engine (back view, showing the gallows)

LFB Merryweather fire engine with stored hoses

LFB fire engine with raised ladder (side view)

Merryweather escape carrying unit (front view) with Fordson chassis

LFB towing unit (rear view)
London Fire Brigade towing unit (rear view)

Bailey escape ladder fitted with Miles mounting

Ladder, carriage frame and runners (battery operated). Showing the Miles mounting quadrant

Motorised fire vehicle and crew, Twickenham
Motorised fire vehicle and crew of Twickenham Fire Brigade. Date: 1920s

Horse-drawn fire engine with crew, Southgate, North London
Horse-drawn fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service

Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew
A Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew, taking part in a special drill display given to chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937

Horse-drawn fire vehicle and crew in display
A horse-drawn fire vehicle and crew in traditional dress, taking part in a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Weekly LFB drill display with manual and motor pumps
Weekly LFB drill display with an old manual pump and a modern turbine motor pump both brought into action, 26 August 1936. Date: 1936

Weekly LFB drill display with old manual pump
Weekly LFB drill display with an old manual pump brought into action, 26 August 1936. Date: 1936

Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump and crew
A Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump, with crew from Red Cross Street fire station in traditional costume, taking part in the 1932 Lord Mayors Show, City of London

Firefighter with fire engine
A firefighter with a fire engine, leaning over to adjust a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

Two firefighters with fire engine
Two firefighters with a fire engine -- one man sits at the wheel while the other adjusts a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

LCC-LFB learner drivers on a London street
A picture taken outside the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, on 14 September 1935, showing a motorised Dennis fire engine with an L-plate on the front

Dennis fire engine with crew
A Dennis fire engine with crew in cork helmets. Date: circa 1930s

Turntable appliance by Merryweather, Blackheath Common
Turntable appliance by Merryweather of Greenwich, seen here being demonstrated on Blackheath Common. It was destined for Rangoon, India. One of the men is Station Officer Edwards

Queen Elizabeth II inspecting firefighters, London
Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth, on 9 June 1977. Date: 1977

New Paddington Fire Station, West London. Date: circa 1960s

Four AFS firefighters operating hosepipe, WW2
Four AFS firefighters operating a hosepipe. Date: circa 1940s

AFS firefighters unrolling hosepipes, WW2
Four Auxiliary Fire Service firefighters unrolling hosepipes, watched by some visitors. Date: circa 1940s

Fire appliance trailer attached to a London bus

People at a display of fire appliances, LFB HQ
People at a display of fire appliances at the London Fire Brigade Headquarters

Visit to LFB by Mr Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, WW2
Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)

LFB firefighters with Dennis fire appliance
LFB firefighters with a Dennis fire appliance

LFB exhibition, display of WW2 posters
A London Fire Brigade exhibition of photographs and appliances, with a display of WW2 recruitment posters for the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service)

LCC-LFB motorised Hatfield type fire engine
A motorised Hatfield-type fire engine. The London Fire Brigade was introducing motorised fire engines and the last horse-drawn appliance (a turntable ladder) would be withdrawn in 1921

Firefighters operating old pump at special drill display
Firefighters operating an old pump at a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Old pump at special drill display
Men bringing out an old pump for a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

LFB horse-drawn steamer at modern review
Lambeth LFB headquarters hosted regular annual displays and reviews. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire pump

Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefighters
Princess Diana and her sons, Princes William and Harry, meeting firefighters at the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 25 October 1990

LCC-London Fire Brigade. Kensington fire station
Located in Old Court Place near Kensington Church Street, Kensington fire station retained a horse drawn turntable ladder until 1921 when it was finally replaced by a motorised version

LCC-London Fire Brigade, motorised pump at hose drill
Fire crew in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump. Date: 1909

Refreshment vehicle at Lambeth HQ
Refreshment vehicle at the new Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth, probably during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for the opening of the building. Date: 1937

Advert for Hindes hair wavers 1925
Pattern Hindes hair wavers, for shingled and bobbed hair. 1925

Advert for Kooksjoie range cooker 1918
Kooksjoie range cooker, from the London Warming and Ventilating Co. Ltd, a behemoth of a thing, whose manufacturers promise it consumes just half a ton of coal per month

Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided

Advert for the General Electric Company 1944
Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944

Advert for Electrolux refrigerator 1928
No motor : no sound : no attention : no maintenance... Because it embodies an entirely new priniple of economical refrigeration, operating on gas or electricity and without moving parts

Swanmaid dishwasher advertisement, 1964
Advertisement for the Swanmaid dishwashing machine from 1964, a completely automatic fuss-free front loading scientific washing and drying machine for crockery and cutlery

Advert for The General Electric Company 1943
A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War

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