Converted Collection (page 11)

Handley Page HP33 Hinaidi I prototype J7745
Handley Page HP33 Hinaidi I prototype, J7745, was converted from a Hyderabad

Boeing B-50D 48-052 later converted to a TB-50D
Boeing B-50D, 48-052, later converted to a TB-50D aircrew trainer

Fairey Firefly T1 MB750
Fairey Firefly T1, MB750, a converted Firefly 1

Avro Shackleton MR2 WB833
Avro Shackleton MR2, WB833, the production prototype, flew for the first time on 17 June 1952. This aircraft was converted from an MR1A. Date: 1952

16 / 17th C. London Street
A northwest view of the house of William Parker, Lord Monteagle, in the parish of St Saviour s, Southwark - a good example of unpretentious town houses of the period Date: 16-17th century

Metropolitan Fire Brigade car
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade car. This 10-12hp car chassis was purchased in 1903 and converted in Brigade workshops to run as a first aid and firefighting tender

GLC-LFB Brigade Headquarters Control Unit (CU)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB Breathing Apparatus Coach (BAC)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

LCC-LFB Lee Green sub-station, Lewisham
London was expanding and the London Fire Brigade not only built new fire stations but took over existing buildings and converted them

LCC-LFB Commercial building fire, Avery Hardoll, Eltham
LFB firefighters in action at a commercial building fire at Avery Hardoll, Eltham, SE London. The fire started in a former shop and dwelling which had been converted into a commercial undertaking

NFS (London Region) fire float on upper Thames, WW2
A clinker built boat converted into a fireboat and stationed on the upper reaches of the River Thames in the London Region area

Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Woolwich Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a high explosive bomb at sub-fire station 54V, located at the Lombard Wall School, Woolwich Road, SE London

LCC-LFB taxi converted for fire brigade use, WW2
Aerial view of a taxi converted for World War II fire brigade use by Auxiliary firefighters in London, showing the two ladders it carried on its roof

London Fire Brigade canteen van used as publicity vehicle
Seen here at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth, the canteen van has been converted into a publicity vehicle during a recruitment drive for much needed auxiliary firefighters

Bradford on Avon Union Workhouse, Wiltshire
The main block of the former Bradford-on-Avon Union workhouse at Avoncliff. In the First World War, the building was used as a Red Cross Hospital and was later converted to a hotel. Date: 2000

Skipton Union Workhouse, West Yorkshire
The main building of the former Skipton Union Workhouse on Gargrave Road, Skipton, now converted to residential use. Date: 2000

Eadbald converted by Laurence
Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, shows his lacerated body to King Eadbald of Kent. The wounds were the result of a vision in which St Peter whipped him in order to convince Laurence that he should

Cathedral church of St. Sophia and mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus
The cathedral church of St. Sophia at Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Converted to a mosque by Turks, the choir was destroyed but the nave remains. Date: 1878

St Augustine before Ethelbert
King Ethelbert and his consort Bertha, Saxon rulers of Kent, are addressed by Augustine, sent by Pope Gregory on a Christian mission to England. Date: 597 A.D

Nancy the Narrow Boat
Carefree holidays afloat : The converted narrow boat Nancy. photographed soon after leaving Watford lock on the Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

Oxford Canal Cruisers
Two converted narrow boats Mandy and Nelson, cruising on the Oxford Canal, near Lower Shuckburgh, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Stoke Bruerne Locks
A pair of narrow boat, converted for holiday cruises by Messrs. Street of Leighton Buzzard, swinging round a bend in the Grand Union Canal, near Linslade, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1960s

Lincluden Abbey, near Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Founded in 1164 and converted into a college for a prevost and prebendaries in the early 15th century. Date: founded 1164

Little girl in a wicker pram
A little West Country girl in a fish basket which has been converted into a pram. A delightful view - possibly from Brixham, Devon. Date: circa 1910s

Catholic Inuit family - Newfoundland
An Inuit (Eskimo) family who converted to Catholicism - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

Grand Union Canal Boats
Holiday making by canal! A pair of converted narrow boats, with their cargo of happy holidaymakers, on the Grand Union Canal near Heyford Wharf, Northamptonshire. Date: 1960s

Huntingdons Free Church
The Countess of Huntingdons Free Church, Deansway, Worcester, England. Lady Huntingdon was converted to Methodism in 1739. She built many such chapels in England. Date: built 1804

Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses, WW1
Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses during the First World War. They are in a corridor of the University of Vienna, which has been converted into a hospital ward. Date: 1914

Christmas at Canton, 1911
Young Chinese girls at a Roman Catholic school of music in Canton, being taught to play Christmas carols by French nuns. Date: 1911

British drifter fleet at sea, WW1
A British drifter fleet at sea during the First World War, when many fishing drifters were converted for naval use. Date: 1914-1918

H. M.s Glorious
Originally commissioned as a light cruiser, HMS GLORIOUS was later converted into an aircraft carrier. Destroyed by SCHARNHORST after she aided in the evacuation of Norway, 1940 Date: 1930s

Paul Converted
SAINT PAUL OF TARSUS Saul the tentmaker has a visionary experience on the road to Damascus Date: circa 3 - 65

Miracle / Zulu Chief
A Zulu chief, converted to Christianity, seeks to emulate Moses by commanding a river to part like the Red Sea - but it doesn t, and he loses 50 of his subjects Date: 1925

Union Workhouse and Staff, Weymouth, Dorset
The porter and uniformed female staff stand at the entrance to the Weymouth Union workhouse, erected in 1836 on Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset

Guardians Board Room, Union Workhouse, Weymouth, Dorset
Exterior view of the Board of Guardians meeting room at the Weymouth Union workhouse, Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset. The workhouse later became Portway Hospital but has now been converted to

Borstal Institution, Portland, Dorset
A view of the Borstal Institution at Portland, Dorset. Originally established in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts, the site was converted for borstal use in 1921

Wat Sri Sawai, Old Sukhothai, Thailand
View of Wat Sri Sawai, a small Buddhist temple with three prangs in Old Sukhothai, Thailand. There are many Hindu images and scenes here, suggesting that Sri Sawai was first a Hindu temple

WWII recycling: Hat respirator / W H Robinson
An old respirator, converted into a smart hat. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

French war ambulance WWI
8 cylinder car converted into an ambulance by the French Army during World War I

D-Day - Naval Artillery support
A converted landing craft fires rockets to support the landing allied troops. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied

Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital, Rutland
The Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital operated during World War One in the premises of the Uppingham Union workhouse, Leicester Road, Uppingham, Rutland

St Pancras Churchyard
The old St Pancras churchyard is converted into a public garden

Reigate Heath Windmill, a Grade II listed post mill with a single storey roundhouse at Reigate Heath, Surrey. In 1880 the roundhouse section was converted to a chapel of ease to St Marys Parish

U.s car factory converted to airplane production
The Willys-Morrow plant in Elmira, New York State: a car factory that was converted to airplane production. In spite of these conversions of industrial plant

Greenwich Pensioners
Pensioners leave the Hospital, which will close in 1869 and be converted into a Naval College

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

A converted bus for pigeons
A motor bus converted into a home, or cote, for French carrier pigeons. Pigeons, along with dogs, proved to be a vital method of communication during battles

A recaptured French trench
A French trench, complete with dug-outs, converted quickly from a German trench hit by a mine

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