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Military BadgeUlster impressions.Photolithograph after Joan Wanklyn, 1976.Published by Headquarters Northern Ireland, 1976.Shows 18 vignettes of the British Army on operations in Northern Ireland
Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fireHeroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century
Charles and Flora McDonaldPrince Charles Edward Stuart bids farewell to Flora MacDonald who aided his escape
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
LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, City of LondonBuilt in 1895, station B27, Shoreditch fire station, was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street, City of London. The stations spare escape ladder is parked on the station forecourt
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
LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting HillFirefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London
LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, HackneyBuilt in 1895, station B27, Shoreditch fire station, was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street. The stations pump
Icarus and DaedalusDaedalus and his son Icarus escape from Crete with man- made wings, but Icarus flies too near the sun : the heat melts the wax on his wings, plunging him into the sea
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. It was powered by a 150 bhp 5.7 litre Rolls-Royce engine and served initially at Lambeth Fire Station
GLC-LFB New Lewisham fire station appliance roomThe appliance room of the newly commissioned Lewisham Fire Station, located in Lewisham High Street, SE London. Showing Lewishams appliances, a pump-escape, pump and emergency tender
LCC-MFB, HQ station, Southwark SE1The new headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) opened in 1878 under its Chief Officer Captain Eyre Massey Shaw
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
Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliancesDistrict Council of Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape
LCC-LFB Woolwich fire station, SE LondonThe crew of Woolwich fire station, Sunbury Street, on parade on the station forecourt. WW2 is pending and an Auxiliary Fire Service fire engine is standing in the station next to the LFB pump escape
Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape, and a hose cart
LCC-MFB Shadwell fire station, East LondonOpened in 1881, Shadwell fire station was located at 9 Glamis Road, Wapping. Seen here are the firemen posing with their two horse drawn escape carts
LCC-LFB Kennington fire station, LambethBuilt by the London County Council, Kennington fire station was located in Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington, South London. Seen here are its horse drawn escape ladder
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
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 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 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 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 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
Compton and Edrich leave the Oval pitch, 1953Photograph showing the two English batsman, Denis Compton and Bill Edrich, leaving the pitch at the Oval Cricket Ground, London, 19th August 1953
Flight to EgyptJoseph, Mary and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape the jealousy of Herod
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
Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John ClempertUndated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18
The Voice that filled the Albert Hall by H. M. BatemanIllustration by H. M. Bateman showing a buxom, matronly singer hitting a high note in the Albert Hall. Her voice is so loud (or bad)
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
In the Sand 1902A gentleman plots his escape from the sand as his partner and caddies look on
Rasselas and Imlac digging a tunnelRasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, together with his companion, the wise man Imlac, digging a tunnel in order to escape the Happy Valley and see what life is like beyond it
Flora / Charles EscapeFlora MacDonald aids the escape of the Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart, after the defeat at Culloden. Date: 1746
LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance roomStation 76 was Holloway fire station, North London, located in Mayton Street, opened in 1907. Here its self propelled pump and pump-escape stand ready in the appliance room
Mozart / Nozze / Buchel(The Marriage of Figaro) Susanna helps Cherubino escape
LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of LondonOpened in 1910 at 162 Bishopsgate, the new Bishopsgate fire station replaced the former one built in 1863 which stood at 23 Bishopsgate. The spare escape ladder stands to the side of the station
GLC-LFB ERF diesel pump-escape fire engineThe ERF pump escape attached to Millwall fire station, the latest addition to the Brigades appliance fleet. It was a dual-purpose appliance that could carry either the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder
Fire in Danbury Street, Islington, N1, with people trapped, on 25 May 1958. Showing the side of the building, with a shop at ground level
Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959. Date: 1959
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
LCC-LFB - North Kensington fire stationThe firefighters from North Kensington fire station, Faraday Road, W10, pose on the station forecourt on their pump escape and pump
NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London
Thumbelina flies away on the Swallows backThumbelina escapes from the Field Mouse and the Mole on the back of the Swallow. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835
LCC-MFB Brixton fire station, Stockwell, SW LondonBrixton fire station, located in Shepherds Lane, Ferndale Road, Brixton, built in 1867. Brixton firemen pose with their two engines (an escape cart and steamer pump)
GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at EdmontonThe 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
Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959
LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here the recruit squad are rescuing by carrying down on the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder pitched to the third
Fire station drill, hook ladder and 50 foot escape ladderRegular training continued at all London fire stations during WW2, though it was unusual for a sub-station to have a drill tower
Government supplied NFS pump escape and trailer pumpA grey pump escape and trailer pump prior to having its NFS station identification number painted on the side. Seen here at the London Fire Brigade headquarters in Lambeth
Odysseus & the CyclopsOdysseus (Ulysses) plies Polyphemus the Cyclops with red wine, so that he and his men can escape from his cave and the prospect of being eaten alive
Council Flats, SheffieldBoys play on a climbing frame outside blocks of council flats on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield
Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender) is helped to escape by boat from Scotland. 1746
Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. DavisThe latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine: the rescue bell, the one-man escape chamber, and escape without the use of breathing apparatus. 1954
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at SouthwarkAn early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters
LCC-LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump-escapeThe Dennis dual-purpose pump-escape from D66 station Brixton (Gresham Road, SW4), pictured on Lambeth Bridge. The hose-reel tubing
Clerkenwell Prison explosionEffects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins
Escape System for British Submarines, 1933Illustration showing the air-lock system, built into British submarines of the 1930 s, that was designed to allow submariners to escape if their submarine failed
Boscobel Woods 1651After his defeat at Worcester, Charles II hides in the woods at Boscobel - the actual tree is halfway down on the right of the picture. You can t see Charles because hes hiding
Illustration, Peter, the fox terrier, discovers a fox (White-Ear) has been hiding in the bed. Date: 1912
Damascus, Syria - Ancient Walls (St. Pauls escape)Damascus, Syria - Ancient Wall - connected (in some way) to the flight of Saint Paul, forced to flee the city under the cover of night after explosive reactions from Jews opposed to his teachings
Handley Page V / 1500 F7140 Atlantic after the crashHandley Page V/1500, F7140, Atlantic, after the crash at Parrsboro, NS, showing the damaged pilots seat from which Brackles had a narrow escape
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
A London Fire Brigade pump escape
LCC-LFB Dual purpose appliances (pump escape)Introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1934, dual purpose appliances meant that the ladders the fire engines carried were interchangeable
GLC-LFB appliance fleet - 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
LCC-LFB foam carrier and foam equipmentThe foam carrier (lorry) and pump-escape from station 71 Battersea demonstrating the foam making capability of front-line fire engines
MFB and LCC-LFB Mile End fire station, East LondonBuilt by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1866, this station was passed to the LCC-London Fire Brigade in 1889 when the LCC was created
Wheeled escape ladder vehicle of the London Fire Brigade
Escape from Harbin - July 1900 - Boxer RebellionIn 1900, Chinas anti-foreigner Boxer Rebellion broke out and spread to Manchuria. The Russian Military moved in to quell the uprising
The Great Train Robbery- train robber leaps to freedomPage from The Illustrated London News, reporting on the latest episode in the Great Train Robbery saga. Ronnie Biggs and other prisoners leaps to freedom over Wandsworth Gaol wall
The Great Train Robbery- commando raid frees train robberFront page of The Illustrated London News reporting on the latest episode in the Great Train Robbery saga. As Ronald Biggs clambers with there other prisoners over Wandsworth Gaol wall
Houdini in Handcuffsshowing his ability to escape from handcuffs, whether American, Russian or German
Saint Hyacinth carrying an image of the VirginHyacinth, Silesian saint who escaped from the flames of Kiev during an attack on a monastery by the Tartars because he was carrying an image of the Virgin. His feast day is 17 August
Savoy Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, USASavoy Hotel, West 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1906
Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits find a cabbageA Great Discovery -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits escape from their hutch and find an enticing-looking cabbage. Date: 1912
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQAn early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters
LCC- MFB Blackheath fire stationBlackheath fire station, located at Brigade Street, Tranquil Vale, SE3 (very near the Mary Evans Picture Library), with the escape ladder stored at the side
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine in a Clapham streetA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape which was visiting Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London
LCC-LFB Motorised pump escape at Southwark HQThe pump escape of No 1 station, the Brigade Headquarters fire station located at Southwark Bridge Road SE1. The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB would lead to a reduction in the number
