Escape Collection (page 10)

Pichegru Arrested
General Pichegru is arrested on grounds of treason : he is deported to Cayenne but will escape : returning to France he plans a royalist rising but is betrayed and strangled. Date: September 1797

Mucklestone Anvil
A plaque at Mucklestone, Shropshire, England, where a blacksmith reversed Queen Margarets horseshoes to aid her escape from the Battle of Blore Heath, 23 September 1459. Date: 15th century

How the Tsar Travels
This is how tsar Nicolas II must travel if he is to escape the bombs of the nihilists. Date: 1904

Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Franco-Prussian War 1870
Graf FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN (1838-1917) has a narrow escape in 1870 during a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines in the Franco-Prussian War. 1870

Moroccan Window
Plants on the cool window sill of a dark room in Morocco, North Africa, a shady escape from the scorching sun outside. Date: 1930s

Flora Macdonald
FLORA MACDONALD Patriotic Scottish female who helped Charles Edward Stuart to escape to France. Date: 1722 - 1790

JANE LANE (later Lady Fisher) young woman who helped Charles II escape the Parliamentarians. Date: ? - 1689

LFB recruits taking part in escape training at HQ
LFB recruits taking part in escape ladder training at HQ -- team spirit is essential as speed can save lives

Three boys escape on a mustang
Three boys (fleeing their savage captors) escape on a mustang and ride all the way to the seashore. Date: 1898

Three boys escape their savage captors during the night
Three boys escape their savage captors (drunk on brandy) during the night, grabbing some of their clothes to wear in the process. Date: 1898

That 16-inch sensation - Bairnsfather postcard
" That 16-inch sensation" - Bairnsfather postcard. Bairnsfather was badly wounded by a shell burst in April 1915 and during his weeks of convalescence suffered recurring nightmares

A refugee in Thessaloniki - sitting in the Vardar District
A refugee in Thessaloniki, Greece - sitting in the Vardar District - WW1 era. Date: circa 1910s

Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bomb
Nurses from The Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital examine fragments from the bomb which struck the building but (thankfully) caused no loss of life - September, 1940

Suzanne Avril - a French Actress, best known for her roles in Les fils du garde-chasse (1909), The Escape from the Tuileries (1910) and L instinct (1916). Date: circa 1907

The Moore Hotel, 2nd Avenue at Virginia, Seattle, USA
The Moore Hotel, 2nd Avenue at Virginia, Seattle, Washington, USA. Date: circa 1908

Cheeky young Puppy avoids bathtime
A cheeky young pup escapes the possibility of bathtime by making a run for it from his wooden tub. Brother and Sister are about to give chase! Date: circa 1950s

Submarine training at HMS Vernon - Escape Chamber
Submarine training at HMS Vernon, a shore establishment or stone frigate of the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Waiting on the surface after a successful escape. Date: late 1930s

Submarine training at HMS Vernon, a shore establishment or stone frigate of the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Operating the flooding gear in the escape chamber of a Submarine. Date: late 1930s

London Fire Brigade - Tottenham Station and Engine Date: circa 1900s

Young sweethearts have a heart-to-heart
(translation) The fate of no escape. Evaded his betrothed. The confusions brought on by young love.... (or... the confusions brought on by trying to understand the translation!!!!) Date: 1909

Christmas card in the shape of a honey pot with mouse
Christmas card in the shape of a honey pot with an escaping mouse. Date: circa 1890s

Boy sitting in garden
A boy sits on a little stool in his beautiful garden, so engrossed in whittling a twig that he doesnt notice his bird escaping from its cage. c. 1910

Battle of Pavia (1525). Escape of Francis I of France. Tapestry after a Bernard van Orleys cardboard. Flemish art. Tapestry

You will not escape

Puppy

Charging bull

Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox

Little Red Squirrel

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape at Greenwich
LCC-London Fire Brigade motorised pump-escape at Greenwich, SE London. This fire engine also carried an in-built 60 gallon chemical extinguisher which fed through a hosereel

LCC-LFB solid tyre Turntable Ladder
LCC-London Fire Brigade solid tyre Turntable Ladder

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyres
The London Fire Brigade introduced Dennis dual purpose appliances which were fitted with pneumatic tyres, making fire engines faster and safer

Dennis motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyres
A Dennis dual-purpose fire engine (pump escape) at Southwark fire station (station No 1) and LFB Headquarters. Introduced into the Brigade in 1934, it was fitted with pneumatic tyres

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder
A horse-drawn 50ft wheeled escape ladder. These could be very quickly slipped by the crew and extended up to a window. Their sole purpose was rescue, and these units

LCC-LFB Dennis motorised pump-escape
In 1910 the London Fire Brigade took delivery of the latest motorised fire engine from Dennis, the fire engine manufacturers in Surrey

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drill
London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1, with firefighters taking part in escape ladder drill, using an extension ladder to gain additional height

MFB (London) station ladder drill
Metropolitan firefighters taking part in ladder drill. Both large ladders are wheel escapes and the ladder on the right has an extension to give it additional height

LCC-LFB Dennis open pump escape at a fire station
Readying for the outbreak of WW2, a regular London pump-escape pictured with the wartime fire appliances which would greatly outnumber the pre-1938 London appliance fleet

Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance room
Motorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions

LCC-LFB Brompton fire station
Located at 18 South Parade, Brompton fire station A3 (later A6) was built in 1892. The escape ladder, covered in canvas, is on the station forecourt

Children climbing up a wheeled escape ladder

London Fire Brigade wheeled escape ladder and crew
A London Fire Brigade wheeled escape ladder and crew. The caption reads: London Fire Brigade motor escape competition G. District winners, Stoke Newington, 1925

London Fire Brigade appliances
London Fire Brigade wheeled escape vehicle (left) with a pump ladder vehicle (right) outside their station

Wheeled escape ladder
A wheeled escape ladder

Firefighters using a wheeled ladder escape

A firefighter with a wheeled ladder escape

Turntable ladder escape in operation, Bermondsey
A turntable ladder escape in operation at scene of fire in Bermondsey, SE London

A London Fire Brigade pump escape vehicle

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