Hook Collection (page 9)

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

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 fire engine drills at Southwark HQ
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904, with much of its former equipment still in regular use. Self-propelled fire engines were being introduced by 1904

NFS (London Region) fire brigade display at Lambeth, WW2
During 1942 and 1943, 23 air raids occurred over the London Region, but they were light in character. The firefighters of the NFS needed to be kept in a state of constant readiness

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction on the wheeled escape ladder and hook ladder. The wheeled escape ladder is wound out of its carriage

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

LFB enclosed Leyland pump, Brigade HQ, WW2
A side view of the Leyland pump with its extension ladder and hook ladders on the appliance. These dual-purpose appliances allowed the escape ladder and extension ladders to be interchanged

Rescue, lowering line from drill tower, Lambeth HQ
Saturday drill display at Brigade HQ Lambeth. London firefighters performing a rescue by lowering a line from the third floor window, during the fire brigade display

Live carry-down from drill tower at Lambeth Brigade HQ
Saturday drill displays at Brigade HQ Lambeth. London firefighters performing a rescue by carrying down an extension ladder from the second floor window during the display

Balloon with parachute, tragic accident of Mr Cocking
The Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon with Mr Cockings Parachute attached as they ascended from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. At the bottom are two sketches of the release hook. 24 July 1837

Hurry, William, and hook me up

Raincoat, umbrella hat, brush hook, spade, hoe, sickle. Drawings show, in top illustration, a raincoat and a traditional conical hat; and in bottom illustration, four farm implements. Date 1878 Sep

Darktown hook and ladder corps-going to the front. Date 1891

The yacht Meteor of New York: leaving Sandy Hook Augst. 16th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869. The yacht Meteor of New York: leaving Sandy Hook Augst. 16th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869

The yacht Sappho of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869. The yacht Sappho of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869

Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise A Gentleman is accidently lifted aloft by a warehouse crane outside a warehouse. Date: circa 1909

Silhouette of Harwich to Hook of Holland shipping
Silhouette depicting Harwich to Hook of Holland shipping

Late Victorian or Edwardian button hook
A late Victorian or Edwardian button hook bearing the name of the maker, Frank A Townsend, Hosier, Albert Street (Derby). Button hooks were used for fastening small buttons on footwear or clothes

Fishing Hook
Snoozing a gut onto a fishing hook. Date: 1963

England / Hook Norton
A pretty corner of Hook Norton, a charming village in Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Sporting Angler
Sporting angler and the communal fisherman. This trout fisherman fishes without a spool. He pulls the fishing line, which cannot break, and which has a severe hook. 1930s

Fishermen - Sri Lanka
Fishermen returning home with their catch - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1934

Young lady from Bern, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

Colliers widow, Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The elderly widow of a miner from Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. She is walking along a lane with the aid of a stick, and carries a tin tray in her hand

Colliers wife and daughter, Hook, South Wales
The wife and daughter of a miner from Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The wife is sitting and the daughter standing in the doorway of their cottage

Colliers wife in garden, Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The elderly wife of a miner from Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. She is sitting on a chair in a garden, and appears surprised to be having her photograph taken

Three visitors, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Three visitors, including Mr Vickerman (the boss) at the Margaret pithead, Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Men at Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A group of men at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They are standing near the aerial ropeway connected to the Margaret shaft, which opened in 1911

Cauldron and kettle at a gipsy encampment
A cauldron and a kettle heating over a log fire in the open air at a gipsy encampment

Pouring Molten Metal
A metalworker wearing protective eye goggles pours molten metal in to a mould from a huge crucible container, attached to an immense hook, into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Molten metal is poured in to a mould
Two factory workers pour molten metal into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Woman moors boat at Geldeston
Picturesque scene showing a woman using a boat hook to moor a boat on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia during the 1930s

Poster advertising Miss Hook of Holland, an English musical comedy by Henry Dallas and Louis Casson, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. The stars were Harry Grattan and isabel Jay

Lear / Nonsense / Wales
There was a Young Lady of Wales, who caught a large fish without scales; When she lifted her hook, she exclaimed, Only look! that ecstatic Young Lady of Wales

Lear / Nonsense / Man North
There was an Old Man of the North, who fell into a basin of broth; But a laudable cook, fished him out with a hook, which saved that Old Man of the North

On the Nose! - a mosquito hits the jackpot when encountering a fine hooter

Number Engaged by Fleming Williams
Pencil drawing by Fleming Williams showing two office workers engaged in a kiss while a telephone, in the foreground, rings off the hook

Charles Laughton as Captain Hook
Charles Laughton playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the London Palladium. Elsa Lanchester, his wife, was Peter

G H Hirst - Cricketer
George H Hirst - cricketer for Yorkshire and England and a fine all-rounder

Denton - Yorks Cricketer
David Denton - cricketer for Yorkshire Date: 1905

Feeding a Camel
How to feed your camel - hook down a branch of a tree so that it can nibble on it

Salmon Flies
Method of making a salmon fly

Advert for hairbrushes
An advertisement for a range of hairbrushes in ivory and erinoid from Harrods toilet brush department

God Reproaches Adam
God is not at all pleased with the First Couple when they disobey him : Adam blames it on Eve, Eve blames it on the serpent, but that doesn t get them off the hook, out they go

Gertie Millar / Holland
GERTIE MILLAR Actress as she appeared in Miss Hook of Holland - seen here with a young fellow-thespian

Criqui V Ledoux 1922
A punishing left hook sends Ledoux to the canvas and gives victory to Criqui

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