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Advert, Vickers Viscount, BEAAdvert, Vickers Viscount Airplane flown by British European Airways, with Rolls Royce engines Date: 1954
Railways locomotives, 1870-1884Great Eastern, South Eastern and London Tilbury & Southend Railways locomotives, 1870-1884. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines
LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, BermondseyBuilt by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1928, Dockhead fire station replaced two older Bermondsey fire stations that were closed down
Passenger Plane ImperialAn Armstrong Whitworth Ensign of Imperial Airways takes off: it has the same Dunlop tyres as the smart red motor car on the ground
LCC-LFB Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engineLCC-London Fire Brigade, Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engine with crew
Wellington Bomber Wellington BomberWellington Bomber - One of Britains most famous long-range Bombers. Bristol Pegasus 1, 000 H.P. Engines. 265mph. Range - 3, 200 miles. Date: circa 1940s
Lancaster Bombers ready to take off, 1942Photograph of an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber at a British airfield, ready to take off, somewhere in England, 1942
The Vickers VC 10 built for B. O. A. C. by British Aircraft CorporationThe Vickers VC 10 built for B.O.A.C. by British Aircraft Corporation and powered by Rolls-Royce Conway engines. Date: circa 1963
LCC-LFB Tooley Street fire station and its crewsBuilt in 1879, and located at 165 Tooley Street, this station remained operational until 1928 when the new Dockhead fire station was opened and the engines and crews transferred there
Chris Reynolds Victorian fire engine cartoonChris Reynolds was a fireman at Paddington fire station and a talented cartoon artist
Halifax Bomber Halifax BomberHalifax Bomber - Handley Page Long-range Bomber. One of the most formidable in the World. Four Rolls-Royce Merlin Engines. Four-gun Bolton Paul Rear Turret. Date: circa 1940s
LFCDA-LFB Leyton fire stationThe fire station at Leyton, located at 90b Church Road, London E10
GLC-LFB Dennis diesel Compact PumpIntroduced into London in the mid-1970s, this narrow wheel base pump was not a dual purpose fire engine. It could only carry an extension ladder and not the 50 foot wheeled escape
Advert, Gaskell & Chambers Ltd, Bar FittersAdvert for Gaskell & Chambers Ltd (incorporated with Yates & Greenways), Bar Fitters, Manufacturers of Beer Engines and Hotel Bar Requisites, Counters, Back Fittings, Seating
Hampden Bomber Hampden BomberHampden Bomber - Twin engine Handley Page long range Aircraft. Bristol Pegasus 1, 000 H.P. engines. 265mph. Range - 1, 725 miles. Date: circa 1940s
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, LondonThe Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London
Multi service emergency vehicles and their personnel
GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump fire engineThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Middlesex Fire Brigade in the London Fire Brigade areaMutual assistance took place where a nearby fire brigade would attend a fire in the London Fire Brigade area, or vice-versa
LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, HackneyBuilt in 1895, station B27, Shoreditch fire station, was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street
GNR Stirling Single LocomotiveGNR Stirling Single locomotive no.5, 1891 Date: 1891
Poster design, Bristol Aeroplane Co LtdPoster design for the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd of Filton, Bristol, advertising Bristol Aircraft and air-cooled engines. Date: circa 1930s
Finchleys Zwicky Fire EngineFinchleys engine - a " Zwicky" built in Tottenhams council works around 1907 by Jean Zwicky who also designed it
Firefighters on parade in front of their appliance during a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth
LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ SouthwarkThe London Fire Brigade encouraged, for very many years, a good public image by opening its doors to the public to special fire brigade displays
LCC-LFB Cannon Street fire station, City of LondonCannon Street fire station was opened in 1906. Seen here are its three appliances on the station forecourt
GLC-LFB Deptford fire station, Evelyn Street, DeptfordDeptford fire station was one of the last stations built for the London County Councils Metropolitan Fire Brigade and was opened in 1904
Firefighters at the scene of a fire, Wildcroft ManorFirefighters at the scene of a fire at Wildcroft Manor, Putney Heath, SW London
LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of LondonBishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate, City of London, 10 July 1904, showing the combination of horse drawn and mechanised fire engines
Bedford Heavy Unit in the NFS (London Region)About 1000 of the pumps were built on a Bedford chassis and most were capable of pumping water at 700 gallons per minute
Railway Air Services PosterRailway Air Services (RAS) Poster, serving Plymouth, Teignmouth, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, London (Croydon) and Isle of Wight
Cuba - First Pan American Airways serviceCuba - The First Pan American Airways (PAN-AM) service between Key West, United States and Havana, Cuba in October 1927. Pan American Airways was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
1st Aeronautical Exhibition - Crystal Palace 1868The first Aeronautical Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1868, showing the Stringfellow Triplane model and other exhibits
18th century fire enginesVarious early fire engines and firefighting equipment from the 18th century Date: 18th century
LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire stationPictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, an example of an 1930 enclosed London pump with carried breathing apparatus
LCC-LFB Euston fire stationOpened in 1902, and originally only having two engine bays, Euston fire stations appliances and crews pose for a photograph by the extended five bay station on its forecourt in the Euston Road
Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefightersPrincess Diana and her sons, Princes William and Harry, meeting firefighters at the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 25 October 1990
LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Lambeth HQA Dennis F7 pump escape at Lambeth HQ, a classic postwar fire engine newly in service in London
LCC-MFB Shadwell fire station, East LondonOpened in 1881, Shadwell fire station was located at 9 Glamis Road, Wapping
LCC-LFB Kennington fire station, LambethBuilt by the London County Council, Kennington fire station was located in Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington, South London
LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tendersThe 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11A Merryweather turntable ladder stands ready whilst fire crews wearing Proto oxygen breathing apparatus tackle a blaze in Victoria House & Victoria Mansions, South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth
IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, WestminsterThe fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974
GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Emergency TenderThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- a foam tenderThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at East HamThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump-escape fire engineThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
LFB and London Salvage Corps at a serious fireWith 25 pumps attending a serious fire at Eversholt House, 163 Eversholt Street, NW1, the London Salvage Corps bring in reinforcements to deal with the effects of firefighting operations
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a fire in Hare Street, SE18A retail shop and dwellings above were seriously affected by a fire in Hare Street, London SE18, requiring additional fire engines to combat it
LCC-LFB Leyland Metz 100 foot turntable ladderLambeths (D61) turntable ladder at its base station, displayed in the Brigade headquarters drill yard
LCC-LFB Lambeth fire station with appliancesLambeth fire station (Brigade Headquarters) with pump-escape, pump and 100 foot turntable ladder. The station had three other appliances: an emergency tender, breakdown lorry and canteen van
LCC-LFB AFS Green Goddess pump, Lambeth HQA typical AFS (government design) Green Goddess pump, at drill in the yard of Brigade Headquarters station, Lambeth
LCC-LFB engines and crews, Whitechapel fire stationLocated at 27 Commercial Road, East London, Whitechapel fire station opened in 1874. It was also a superintendent station (district headquarters) and was known as Station No 27
LCC-LFB Merryweather self-propelled Hatfield pumpMerryweather Hatfield pump, with crew. This was one of the first motorised fire engines used by the London Fire Brigade, capable of 30 mph
LCC-MFB horse-drawn steamer at SouthwarkA horse-drawn steamer and crew at Southwark fire station, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)
LCC-LFB Dennis motorised fire pump and crewThe introduction of the Dennis fire appliances would see the creation of dual-purpose fire engines capable of carrying either the 50 foot wheeled escape or, as here, adapted as a pump
LCC-LFB Merryweather self-propelled Fire King pumpFirst introduced into the UK by Merryweather of Greenwich, SE London, in 1899, by 1907 twenty-one Fire Kings were in operational use around the country, including the London Fire Brigade
Sub-station with taxis and crews, WW2A typical London Fire Brigade sub-station watch and their equipment. Taxis were used as makeshift fire engines which towed trailer pumps
LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of LondonThe pump, pump escape and turntable ladder, with their crews, on the forecourt of Bishopsgate fire station, City of London
NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2An Austin K4-Merryweather 60 foot hand-operated turntable ladder (TL). A total of 50 such appliances were built and mounted on Austin K4 chassis for the Home Office between 1942 and 1943
Motocross ScramblersMuddy bikers revving up their engines between the starting strings at a Motocross scrambling race. Date: 1980s
Headquarters of the London Fire BrigadeThe headquarters of the London Fire Brigade on Southwark Bridge Road, with two horse-drawn fire engines passing in front, and passers by standing on both pavements
Caterpillar track steam engine by R. Hornsby & SonsThe first and original Caterpillar or walking engine made by R. Hornsby & Sons of Grantham. R. Hornsby & Sons grew into a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery, at their Spittle Gate Works
Horse drawn fire engineA horse drawn fire engine
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine at Clapham fire stationA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape at Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council
1st Petrol Fire-EngineA combination fire-fighting engine, with chemical fire extinguishing apparatus and a fire-escape ladder. This model was the first petrol motor fire-engine in the world
GLC-LFB Lambeths pump escape on the roadLambeth fire stations pump-escape pictured on Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, in September 1966, with the Houses of Parliament in the background
Manual Fire-Engine / 1885Factory Pattern Manual Fire- engine constructed by Merryweathers for the use of factory fire brigade
Merryweathers EngineMerryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames
LFDCA-LFB Volvo dual purpose diesel pump ladderPictured on Blackheath in SE London, the pump ladder from Greenwich fire station
LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance roomStation 76 was Holloway fire station, North London, located in Mayton Street, opened in 1907
Steam TrainSteam Engine from the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, canada
Sutherland Fire EngineMerryweathers Sutherland fire-engine, which gained first prize at the international contest at the Crystal Palace. The engine continued in use for 27 years
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies agricultural machineryAn advert for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd(Orwell Works, Ipswich) portable traction engines and steam powered thrashing machines
GLC-LFB ERF diesel pump-escape fire engineThe ERF pump escape attached to Millwall fire station, the latest addition to the Brigades appliance fleet
Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crewFirefighters from Whitechapel fire station posing with their Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets with their open Dennis dual purpose appliance which could carry either an extension ladder
LCC-LFB Kensington fire station, SW LondonLocated in Old Court Place near Kensington Church Street, Kensington fire station retained a horse drawn turntable ladder until 1921 when it was finally replaced by a motorised version
Firefighters working at scene of restaurant fire, Biggin Hill, SE London
Hendon Fire Brigade (later part of Middlesex FB)In 1855 a fire brigade was established in Hendon, renamed the Hendon Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1866, and a manual fire engine was kept in a building near the church