Cork Collection (page 7)

LFB firefighter with new motor pump
LFB firefighter at HQ with newly delivered motor pump fitted with a six-cylinder engine, pumping capacity about 930 gallons per minute, 11 April 1938. Date: 1938

LFB monitor on dual purpose appliance
LFB monitor at work on a dual purpose appliance

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

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

Firefighter with breathing apparatus
A firefighter with breathing apparatus, wheeling an oxygen cylinder on a trolley

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

LFB new cork and rubber helmet
The relatively new LFB cork and rubber helmet. By 1938 it had fully replaced the traditional brass helmet, which carried the risk of electrocution. The new cork helmet was also lighter in weight

Car in basement, Belgrave Square, London
An Austin A70 car which has crashed through iron railings at street level and fallen into the basement area of a private house in Belgrave Square, London, on 20 May 1955

Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London
Distorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford

Firefighters in new cork helmets
LFB firefighters at Southwark HQ wearing new cork and rubber helmets at an inspection, 14 July 1934. These new, lighter helmets replaced the old brass ones. Date: 1934

Programme for a Concert in aid of Royal Munster Fusiliers
Programme with a hand-painted watercolour cover. Programme for a Concert in aid of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and Prisoners of War Fund that took place at the Town Hall, Midleton, Cork

Those Raiders at the Seat of War by Bruce Bairnsfather
Those Raiders at the Seat of War " I wish the ell you d put a cork on that blinkin pin of yours, Bert!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

An efficient ships lifeboat by G. H. Davis
In quest of an efficient ships lifeboat: a type which might have helped the Volturno (where one lifeboat overturned, two smashed against the side of the burning vessel)

Storm and stress at sea by G. H. Davis
Storm and stress at sea: the two thrilling shipping incidents of the week. Above: how the Snowdon Range was driven hither and thither in her long voyage from Philadelphia across the Atlantic

Tenby life boat, 1857
The Tenby life boat proceeding to the rescue of the crew of the Spanish ship Nuevo Torcuvato, 1857. The life boat bears the mark of the National Life Boat Institution. Date: 7th December 1857

Captain Robert Hook, lifeboatman
Coxswain Robert William Hook (1828 -1911) of the Lowestoft lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll, the saviour of more than 200 lives. Pictured here at Lowestoft harbour entrance in 1883, in a heroic pose

Apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck
Various apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck. A Dennetts rocket line is shown both in action and arranged for firing, as well as and the landing of a crew using the breeches buoy

Lifeboat men in a rough sea
Lifeboat men rowing their boat in a rough sea, wearing cork lifebelts

Lifeboat man in cork lifebelt
A lifeboat man wearing a cork lifebelt

Man on beach in cork lifebelt
Man on a beach wearing a cork lifebelt

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849 - various scenes
Various scenes from the royal visit to Ireland by Queen Victoria and family in August 1849.On the right: the visit to the National Infant School

Edward Wetenhall
EDWARD WETENHALL Irish churchman, bishop of Cork and Kilmore Date: 1636 - 1713

Carriganass Castle, Co. Cork. Hartland, Henry Albert 1840 - 1893

Little girl approaching pub bar to ask for Brandy
A Large Order. Little Girl - " Three penn orth o Brandy an I want a cork; an will ye wash the bottle out, cos its ad milk in it." Date: 1895

Phoenix P5 Cork hull during construction

Phoenix P5 Cork MkII N87 inside the hangar at Brough
Phoenix P5 Cork MkII, N87, inside the hangar at Brough

Phoenix P5 Cork MkI N86 on the water
Phoenix P5 Cork MkI, N86, on the water

Phoenix P5 Cork MkI N86 at the Brough seaplane base
Phoenix P5 Cork MkI, N86, at the Brough seaplane base

Phoenix P5 Cork MkI N86 on the slipway at Brough
Phoenix P5 Cork MkI, N86, on the slipway at Brough

Cork structure
Schem XI of the struture of cork facing page 115 of Micrographia by R. Hooke, 1665

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1939
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Duke of Edinburgh reviewing London firefighters
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on an informal visit to Brigade headquarters. Here he is visiting the Lambeth River fire station on the Albert Embankment, SE1

Queenstown Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

St. Finbars Cathedral. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bantry Bay. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Cromwells Bridge, Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Glengariff Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Sugar Loaf Mountain. Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

At Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Patrick Street (i. e. St. Patrick Street), Cork. County Cork
Patrick Street (i.e. St. Patrick Street), Cork. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The cove and harbour, County Cork Ireland

From Roches Royal Hotel, Glengariff Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Eccles Hotel, Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Poul na Gurn, Glengariff Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Tunnel near Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

True to the Core lifeboat crew, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The crew of the True to the Core lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, seen here wearing their cork lifebelts and souwesters. circa 1895

Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton, Essex
The first National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, donated by and named after The Honourable Artillery Company whose Drama Club sponsored it, was launched in 1884

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