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Naughty boys with hose pipe, Dublin - 1Naughty boys play with a hose pipe in Moore Street, Dublin - and get soaked Date: 1990
Warehouse fire, ManchesterSimon Snorkel is used to fight a warehouse blaze at night in Shudehill, Manchester Date: circa 1969
The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - a (rather apprehensive!) woman contemplates the approach of the Douche a Vapeaur ready to apply a jet of hot steam water to her person... Date: circa 1920s
Costume / Bourgogne C15Man: very short houppelande or jacket with dagged epaulettes & hanging sleeves, parti- coloured hose, piked shoes & a bandeau. Woman: Hennin & veil headdress, gown & kirtle. Date: 15th century
German Costume Late C14Man: Gipon (doublet) with side vents, girdle & dagger, hood, piked shoes, hose. Woman: ornamental fillet, loose garment with a low neckline like a surcoat but without vents. Date: circa 1350
Blitz in London -- Taylors Depository, SouthwarkBlitz in London -- furniture removed from Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941, and piled up in the street
Uruguay - Montevideo Fire Department and their engine Date: circa 1908
Blitz in London -- Oxford Street after an air raid, WW2Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a nights bombing on Central London and the West End, 18 September 1940. The John Lewis department store (left) was destroyed
LFCDA-LFB Woolworths fire, Crystal Palace SE19Fifteen pumps were called to deal with a major blaze in the Woolworths store in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, that seriously damaged the store
Croydon Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath horse fire engineThornton Heath was one of three stations in the Croydon Fire Brigade -- the other two were the main Croydon headquarters station and South Norwood
NFS (London Region) Aldwych V1 bombing attack, WW2The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack on the Air Ministry in the Aldwych, that killed 48 people
NFS training / instructional photo, a hose becket, WW2An instructional photo showing a hose becket in use, securing a line of charged hose to a fire brigade ladder just below the open drill tower window
Tarot Card - Valet d Epee (Page of Swords)
Tarot Card - Valet de Deniers (Page of Coins)
Cat and Elizabethan poet on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Man with smiling pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Comic German postcard -- mud bath at a health spaComic German postcard -- an overweight man is hosed off after a mud bath at a health spa -- A glimmer of light in the dark! Date: circa 1900s
Cottage on fire, Exminster, DevonFire-fighting on behalf of the Dawlish (Devon) County Fire Service: a fireman hoses down a burning thatched cottage at Exminster. Date: 1960s
Southern Railway FiremenFirefighters working for Southern Railway spray water onto the roof of a train. Southern Railway employed eighty A.F.S. men in order to fight fires caused by Luftwaffe incendiary bombs. 1940
Siena, Italy - Contrada - Civetta (Owl)Standard bearer of the Contrada of Civetta (Owl), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada
Caricature of Ambrose Maynard, theatrical agent, depicted as a parody of Shakespeare. 1883
Italian Costume 1380Italian costume: garments worn with armour include parti- coloured soled hose, gipon or doublet, tight-fitting garment without sleeves or with short raglan sleeves & buckles. Date: 1380
German Costume of 1400Ornately patterned, short, sleeveless super-tunics worn over doublets & chain-mail. Footwear: buskins or soled hose. Headdress: hoods or caps. NB: pouch & cloak with brooch. Date: 1400
German Nobles C. 1425Man: sleeveless, fur-lined & trimmed loose fitting garment, hose, piked shoes (cracowes) & a dagged cap. Woman: long mantle with a dagged border. Date: circa 1425
Burgundian Dress 1470Short jacket or jerkin with hanging sleeves & collar worn over a doublet, hose & piked boots (cracowes), jerkin with a heraldic eagle worn over armour, fur hat with feather. Date: 1470
Florentine Costume C15ThFur-lined and edged houppelande or gown with funnel sleeves & a hood; fur- trimmed huke worn over a doublet. Both wear hose, piked shoes (cracowes) & caps. Date: circa 1425
Samoyedic people of Siberia and shaman with drum.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Walloon soldier, 16th century, in a morion helmet, carrying a sword and halberd.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F
Fire at Chinacraft store, Oxford Street, LondonLFB firefighters in attendance at the Chinacraft store, 499 Oxford Street, London, on 28 July 1958. A fire had occurred in the basement area. A policeman keeps pedestrians and traffic moving past
Blitz in Plymouth -- St Andrews Parish Church, WW2Blitz in Plymouth -- the smouldering remains of St Andrews Parish Church, bombed and badly damaged in March 1941. The church was restored, and reconsecrated in November 1957. Date: 1941
Blitz in London -- gas works, Old Kent Road, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hoses at a gas works, Old Kent Road, SE London, on 7 September 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- Britannia Row, Islington, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action at the premises of Hill & Co, Britannia Row, Islington, damaged by bombing on 22 March 1944. General view at the rear of the building. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- Shoe Lane, WW2Blitz in London -- men at work with hosepipes in Shoe Lane, City of London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Bomb damage, Marlow Road, East Ham, WW2Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Marlow Road, East Ham, London, 28 November 1944, with firefighters and rescue workers. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters at work, WW2Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters at work with hosepipes. Date: 1940s
London Fire Brigade photographer at workLondon Fire Brigade fireman-photographer at work, with hosepipes trained on a burning building
Blitz in London -- Westminster Bridge Road, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hoses at John Oakey & Sons, Westminster Bridge Road. The building is at risk, as the wall is bulging. Date: 1940s
Firefighters at work in Bermondsey, WW2Firefighters at work at a fire at Youngs Glue Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, during the Second World War, 12 October 1940. They are working from an external staircase. Date: 1940
LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield pump at Southwark HQA chain-driven Hatfield type pump at LFB Southwark headquarters. Note the connected hard suction hose to the rear mounted pump
A London Fire brigade wheeled ladder escape vehicleOutside the London County Council boundary, Penge, to the south of London, was one of many fire brigades which had just one fire station covering its geographical area
Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport
Firefighters at scene of shop fire in Oxford StreetFirefighters working at scene of shop fire, New Look store in Oxford Street, Central London
Scene of fire at commercial premises, BarkingScene of fire at commercial premises, Kingsbridge Road, Barking, Essex
Firefighters at scene of fire, Langley Park School
Firefighters at scene of fire, Chesterfield Way, SE15Firefighters at scene of fire, Chesterfield Way, Peckham, London SE15
Firefighters dealing with a fire at St Silas Vicarage, SE15Firefighters dealing with a fire at St Silas Vicarage, Inverton Road, Peckham, London SE15. Showing a hydraulic platform in action
Firefighters at scene of fire, Stockwell Road, BrixtonFirefighters at the scene of a fire in Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW London
LCC-MFB Red Cross Street fire station, City of LondonRed Cross Street fire station, City of London, built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1900. It was one of four fire stations (plus a river station at Blackfriars)
