Appliances Collection (page 15)

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

Turnout of fire appliances and crew on a fire station forecourt. Date: 1933

Dennis Guildford motor pump. Date: 1928

NFS fire engines at Wembley
National Fire Service fire engines at Wembley. Date: 1948

Firefighters and fire engine posing outside station
Firefighters and fire engine posing outside a fire station. Date: circa 1905

Shadwell Fire Station crew and fire engines on display. Date: circa 1920

London Fire Brigade motorised pump
A London Fire Brigade motorised pump

Fire crew and horse drawn pump. Date: circa 1900

Turnout of fire crews and appliances. Date: 1915

Turntable ladder drill at Southwark HQ. Date: 1915

Firefighters standing outside an appliance shed
Firefighters and two children standing outside an appliance shed

London Fire Brigade fireboats on the Thames
London Fire Brigade fireboats on the River Thames

Trade catalogue for Kettles and Stands 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of brass kettles and urns for use on the tea-table. Date: 1911

Trade catalogue for irons 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a selection of irons. Date: 1911

Advert for Main Mainstat gas cookers 1939
Advert for Main cabinet gas cooker Date: 1939

Advert for GEC Electric cleaner 1950
GEC Electric cleaner. 1950

Advertisement for Cavendish boilers with female model (Pat Knight). 1959

Advertising Card for Whiteleys Electric Shop, 84 John Street, New York, USA - featuring the smiling visage of a pretty model

Diving appliances; breathing apparatus. eng IMechE Procs. 1882. pl. 26 Date: 1882

Advert for The General Electric Company 1942
G.E.C. household electric appliances Whats next ? Yesterday the dolly... next the copper; today the eletric washer... and tomorrow

Advert for Flavel radiant-panel gas heater 1938
Don t dodge draughts Nearly every house has its own particular draught. Sometimes it is in the hall. Sometimes just round the dinning-room door. Chilly draughts.... ugh! Heres the way to tame them

Advert for the Radiation New World Gas Cooker 1938
Are you a slave to your cooker ? The new world 45/48 gas cookers with exclusive regulo control. Power burners to give more concentrated heat

Advert for Solar aluminium hot water bottle 1933
Insist on solar cast aluminium oval hot water bottle. Keeps hot all night. Will not break. Will not chip. Will not dent. Will last for ever. Top filling. 1933

Advert for Radiation gas appliances 1947
For Gas appliances say New World silent beam gas fires burns silently with a restful glow whether the gas is high or low. 1947

Electrical Appliances
This French farmers wife has an electric cooker, radiator, water heater, iron, boiler, washing machine, sewing machine and ventilator Date: 1961

A hydraulic lift in action at scene of fire, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

Firefighters at scene of fire in Ealing
Firefighters at scene of fire, Ealing, West London

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

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

London Fire Brigade pump damaged by fire
A London Fire Brigade pump damaged by a dramatic fire which took place on the night of 15 August 1920 on the Thames at Woolwich, SE London

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

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape at Greenwich
LCC-London Fire Brigade motorised pump-escape at Greenwich, SE London. This fire engine also carried an in-built 60 gallon chemical extinguisher which fed through a hosereel

LCC-LFB solid tyre Turntable Ladder
LCC-London Fire Brigade solid tyre Turntable Ladder

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyres
The London Fire Brigade introduced Dennis dual purpose appliances which were fitted with pneumatic tyres, making fire engines faster and safer

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-LFB Mercedes battery-electric turntable ladder
One of four similar turntable ladders (TL) which the London Fire Brigade had in service at this time

LCC-LFB station officer standing by Lambeths TL
With his LFB cap badge and undress uniform, this Station Officer is probably the officer in charge of Lambeth Fire Station, standing next to a turntable ladder

London Fire Brigade -- recruiting for the AFS
The hose laying lorry at Lambeth (Fire Brigade HQ) being pasted with Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) recruitment posters as part of a countrywide recruitment campaign before the outbreak of the Second

NFS (London) Heavy Unit (Pump) in a street, WW2
A heavy unit, which was the workhorse of the National Fire Service throughout WW2. Built to a Home Office design and specification

LCC-LFB Dennis open pump escape at a fire station
Readying for the outbreak of WW2, a regular London pump-escape pictured with the wartime fire appliances which would greatly outnumber the pre-1938 London appliance fleet

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