Hose Collection (page 12)

Mr Attlee attending hosepipe tests at Wimbledon, WW2
Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)

Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2
Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

Major fire at Prudential Assurance Building, High Holborn
Firefighters at work on a major fire at the Prudential Assurance Company building in High Holborn, London WC1, on 16 June 1932. Date: 1932

Fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping, East London, in September 1935, with billowing black smoke on the right. On the left, firefighters train their hoses from a fireboat on the River Thames. Date: 1935

Massey Shaw fireboat in action, with men directing the large hose

WW2 - Blitz, London - Progress report sent to Local Control
Senior Company Officer Jimmy Syrett, up with the branchmen, sends a progress report to Local Control. He is using one of the early walkie talkies with a throat, or larynx, microphone

Firefighter taking part in a hose training drill

Junior LFB firefighters practise on a Wheeled Escape Ladder Date: circa 1950s

Incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFB tackling a blaze following an incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard on 13th September 1940, next to the LCC-MFB Scotland Yard Fire Station. Date: 1940

Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East London
Firefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint

Fire at GPO Stores, Tabernacle Street, London
Fire at GPO Stores, Tabernacle Street, City of London, 28 March 1955. Showing a firefighter in action with a hosepipe at the top of a turntable ladder. Date: 1955

Firefighters with hose and pump equipment

Firefighting duck vehicle on manoeuvres
A firefighting duck vehicle on manoeuvres in the Torpoint-Saltash area on 10 April 1946. This amphibious vehicle was loaned by the army. It could travel on land and water, and carried a crew of ten

LCC-LFB motorised Hatfield type fire engine
A motorised Hatfield-type fire engine. The London Fire Brigade was introducing motorised fire engines and the last horse-drawn appliance (a turntable ladder) would be withdrawn in 1921

Firefighting at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion. Showing men training their hoses on the east face of a building

Firefighters operating old pump at special drill display
Firefighters operating an old pump at a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steamer
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steamer with driver-operator

Engraving of a steamer in action during a fire, with panic on the street

Manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
A two-man manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

LFB firefighters using a hand squirt
Two LFB firefighters using a hand squirt at headquarters, March 1938. Date: 1938

Crew of firefighters in action, WW2
A crew of firefighters in action during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Two firefighters, Fire Prevention Hints
Two firefighters on the front cover of a booklet entitled, Fire Prevention Hints, published by London County Council and the London Fire Brigade

Firefighting training display at Southwark Headquarters
Over 100 years ago, the London Fire Brigade encouraged a good public image, often opening its doors to exercises and special training events

LCC-London Fire Brigade, motorised pump at hose drill
Fire crew in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump. Date: 1909

Self-propelled fire engine at LFB Southwark HQ
A self-propelled fire engine at LFB Southwark Headquarters, with firemen training. Date: 1910

Large Dennis trailer water pump

Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2
The latest trailer water pump, presented in September 1940, seen here at Dulwich Fire Station, south London. Date: 1940

Scammell 45 gallon water pump, WW2
A Scammell 45 gallon water pump in position on a trolley during the Second World War (17 September 1942). Date: 1942

London firefighters at work in Hampstead High Street
London firefighters at work outside a Woolworths building in Hampstead High Street, north-west London (11 May 1946). General aerial view of the front of the premises after the fire has been

London firefighters at work in Dingley Road, WW2
London firefighters at work with hosepipes and ladders in Dingley Road, City of London, during the Second World War (30 June 1940). Date: 1940

London firefighters at work on staircase, Carron Wharf
London firefighters at work on an adjoining external staircase during a fire at Carron Wharf, Upper Thames Street, on 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work, Blackfriars, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with hosepipes at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940

Firefighters wearing breathing equipment on the street, one of them drinking a mug of tea

London firefighters at work with hosepipes

London Fire Brigade cinematographer at work
London Fire Brigade fireman-cinematographer at work, filming a fierce fire at the warehouse of Messrs Cameron and Co, Upper Thames Street, City of London, 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

London firefighters with hosepipes
London firefighters with their hosepipes trained on a building, with a fire engine and water supply on the street below

Firefighter training, LFB HQ, Lambeth
Firefighter training at the London Fire Brigade HQ in Lambeth, with a man operating a hose at the top of the turntable ladder. Aerial view, probably taken from the top of the drill tower

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work in Bermondsey, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work at a fire at Youngs Glue Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, during the Second World War, 12 October 1940

Patterned stockings including patriotic flags, WW1 fashion
Two pairs of stockings with the embellishment fashionable during the First World War on the left, a pair featuring squirrels on the ankles from Peter Robinson an don the right

Woman firefighter during WWI
Woman firefighter photographed here wearing unform and holding a hose, during World War One. Date: 1916

Refuelling aloft by G. H. Davis
Refuelling aloft -- a device which enables transatlantic flying boats to carry a much increased payload. How Imperial Airways transatlantic flying boats are refuelled in the air

Bonzo shows the Bonzolines how to do it! by George Studdy
Bonzo shows the Bonzolines how to do it! He manages to shower everyone with water from a garden hose. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Gold Hill Liberty Fire Dept No. 1, Virginia City, USA
The men of Gold Hill Liberty Fire Dept No. 1, ready to put out any fire in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Date: 1887

British soldiers taking in water, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers taking in water for their train transport on their way up to the trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Sphere suspenders advertisement
Advertisement for the Sphere Suspender Company of Leicester, suggesting they are the best choice for the elite of the Country when they are presented at court because of the smart lines imparted to

Firefighters taking part in a hose training drill, WW2
National Fire Service firefighters taking part in a hose training drill during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping. Date: 1935

German Woman in Gas Mask
A young German woman wearing a gas mask and holding a hose, at the Air Protection Society. Date: 1933

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