Coach Gallery

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Lambeth HQ

A Dennis F7 pump escape at Lambeth HQ, a classic postwar fire engine newly in service in London. It was powered by a 150 bhp 5.7 litre Rolls-Royce engine and served initially at Lambeth Fire Station, and latterly at other fire stations in SE London until it was retired in 1968. The F7 was a truly beautiful looking fire engine with a coach-built body and a fine road performance. Many F7s went into service in fire brigades throughout the UK

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Penny Post Jubilee card - Sir Rowland Hill - 1890

A Penny Post Jubilee card, issued in 1890 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years, 1840 - 1890) of the Penny Post. The card features a postman from 1840 and one from 1890, the coats of armsof Queen Victoria, the North Mail coach and the North Mail train, approaching Carlisle at 48 miles an hour! Date: 1890

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Bystander Royal Wedding Number front cover - George VI

Front cover of The Bystander magazine's Royal Wedding Number, celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert of York (the future King George VI) to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923. Illustration shows a cupid in an aeroplane creating a heart in the sky above Westminster Abbey in front of which the State Coach passes. Date: 1923

© Mary Evans Picture Library