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LCC-LFB rescue drills at Brigade HQTwo escape ladders and two hook ladders at work on the Headquarters main drill tower and firefighters performing rescues by carrying down and lowering by line using live casualties
LCC-LFB Brigade HQ Annual Review hook ladder drillThese coordinated hook ladders drills were a popular feature during the annual displays at Lambeth Headquarters. With one firefighter on each side of the drill tower and at every window
LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat, Blackfriars, LondonTied up at her Blackfriars moorings, the Massey Shaw fireboat gives a demonstration of her fire power from her Merryweather pumps
LCC-LFB fireboat Gamma II with monitor in use at drillThe counter-weighted monitor of a London Fire Brigade fireboat in use whilst the fireboat is moored near Hungerford Bridge on the River Thames
LFB fireboat Beta II at Cherry Garden PierLCC-LFB fireboat Beta II (the sister craft to fireboat Beta) moored off its fire station at Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe, SE London
LCC-LFB fireboats using monitors on the Thames, WW2Auxiliary and regular firefighters getting monitors and jets of water to work from fireboats and a Thames barge near Westminster Bridge, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament
Women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2Formed in 1933, the Auxiliary Fire Service played a vital part in the London Fire Brigades efforts to deal with the bombing, and resultant Blitz, upon London
Two man hook ladders drills at Lambeth HQFour London firefighters performing two-man hook ladder drills on the Brigade headquarters nine-storey drill tower
Fire drill, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkA fire drill at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control, an organisation privately run by the Rev Harold Burden to house feeble minded
Boys Drilling, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, EssexBoys at drill on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex
Royal Scots / Drill / 1914The Royal Scots Greys (2nd dragoons), in khaki drill order, dashing for the hill on horseback Date: 1914
Cover design, Womancraft magazine, February 1974 - A do-it-yourself magazine for women. 1974
Jews Hospital and Orphan Asylum, West NorwoodMembers of the Lads Brigade perform a rifle drill at West Norwood Jews Hospital and Orphan Asylum. Date: circa 1902
Wartime drills at the London Stock Exchange, 1940With the threat of German invasion looming, workers at the London Stock Exchange receive basic military training on the trading floor
What are you lagging behind for? Pen and ink drawing by Harry Riley, 1945 (c); signed lower right; caricature of soldiers drilling, 1945 (c). Date: circa 1945
Recruits at physical drill in a hall - Gloucestershire RegimPhotograph of recruits at physical drill in a hall, new Bristol Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, 1914-1918.From a collection of photographs belonging to Lt R H Yeoman
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Gold MinesJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Mines - Gold Mining - miner operating a pneumatic drill. Date: circa 1930s
Dentists surgery, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd. 1921
Drill Hall, Durban, Natal Province, South AfricaDurban Light Infantry Drill Hall, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Twickenham Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage, Boys at DBoys at drill at the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage, Twickenham. Date: Early 1900s
Boring for water in camp near Taveta, East Africa, WW1Boring for water in camp near Taveta, East Africa, during WW1. 1916
Ambulance team on parade, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1Ambulance team on parade at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916
Ambulance drill, Tembo Camp, Kenya, WW1Ambulance drill with wheeled stretchers at Tembo Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1915
Florence Upton playing cards - Drilling. circa 1900s
Gymnasium at Barnardos Leopold House Home, Limehouse, LondoBoys performing a drill in the gymnasium at Barnardos Leopold House Home, Limehouse, London. Date: circa 1905
Hereford Industrial School Playground DrillBoys at the Hereford Industrial School carry out a physical drill in the playground. Date: 1899
Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Fire DrillA fire drill at Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds. Children evacuate upper floor via ladders and ropes. Date: circa 1910
Highbury Truant School, London - Dumb-bell DrillBoys at the London School Boards Highbury Truant School carry out a dumb-bell drill. Date: early 1900s
Industrial Training Ship Shaftesbury - Wand DrillThe London School Boards Industrial School Ship Shaftesbury - boys perform wand drill. Date: early 1900s
Industrial Training Ship Shaftesbury - Cutlass DrillThe London School Boards Industrial School Ship Shaftesbury - boys perform cutlass drill. Date: early 1900s
HMS Marlborough, Iron Duke-class battleship at Sile, TurkeyHMS Marlborough, Iron Duke-class battleship at Sile a small town on the Black Sea. A & B Turrets at drill. Date: circa 1923
Lifeboat practice drill, Eastbourne, SussexRNLI lifeboat practice drill in progress off Eastbourne, Sussex. early 1960s
Chinese Children at their daily drill (Tai Chi?). Date: circa 1910s
Parisian Street Hardware salesman - Paris, France. Date: circa 1930s
Gibbs Happy Families - Master ChipsGibbs Happy Families - Miss Tooth the Dentists daughter. 20th century
Switzerland. 19th century. Locomotive driven by compressed air used for the drilling of Saint-Gothard. Colored engraving of The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875
USA. 19th century. Oil well in the Oil-Creek Valley. Colored engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872
Eighteenth century. Farmer with a seed drill. Colored engraving
Mens Sunday Tea in Drill HallA mens Sunday tea in drill hall, location unknown. The event was organised by the Church Extension Association. Date: Date unknown
Boys Exercise Drill at Loxdale, Upper Portslade, SussexStaff take boys through an exercise drill at Loxdale home at Upper Portslade, Sussex, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)
Royal Female Orphanage, Beddington, Surrey - Marching DrillUniformed girls carry out a marching drill at the Royal Female Orphanage, Beddington. Date: Date unknown
Highbury Truant & Industrial School, London - DumbbellsRows of boys carry out a dumbbell drill in a playground at Highbury Truant and Industrial School. Date: Date unknown
Firefighting drill open day - known as a Field Day (Open Day) - location unknown. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)
Hose Laying Drill. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945
Ladder Drill. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945. Date: circa 1942
TrainingLadder drill and fire-fighting training on a mocked up building. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)
Pump DrillWider shot of Training at Testwood, Southampton, this is for pump drill. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)
Francois Duquesnoy - 2FRANCOIS DUQUESNOY known as Le Flamand, Flemish sculptor, depicted with drill, dividers and other tools of his trade. Date: 1594 - 1642