Icicles Gallery

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey

A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters and their hoses resulted later in the sight of frozen water

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

1930s, 1931, 30s, Bermondsey, Brass, Brigade, Burnt, Butlers, Cold, Docklands, Fire, Firefighter, Firefighters, Firefighting, Fireman, Firemen, Freezing, Frozen, Helmets, Hose, Hoses, Hosing, Ice, Icicle, Icicles, Jet, Jets, Lfb, London, Major, March, Metal, Rubble, Ruin, Ruins, Se, Surreal, Thirties, Uniform, Warehouse, Warehouses, Water, Weather, Wharf

First transatlantic wireless service, Glace Bay, Canada

First transatlantic wireless service at Glace Bay, Canada - Guglielmo Marconi is third from the left.
1907

© The John Barrett Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

1900s, 1907, Bay, Canada, Canadian, Cold, Communication, Communications, Glace, Guglielmo, Hanging, Ice, Icicle, Icicles, Man, Marconi, Men, Radio, Service, Snow, Transatlantic, Weather, Wireless

Winter scene with St Pauls Cathedral on a Christmas card

Winter scene with St Paul's Cathedral, London, on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of white lace and pink bells. Date: circa 1890s

© The David Pearson Collection/Mary Evans Picture Library

1890s, Baroque, Bell, Bells, Border, British, Building, Buildings, Card, Cathedral, Cathedrals, Christmas, Church, Churches, City, Classical, Cold, Decorative, Dome, Domes, Heritage, Historical, History, Ice, Icicles, Icy, Lace, Late, London, Neo, Neoclassical, Paul, Pauls, Pink, Ringing, Snow, Snowy, St, Steps, Victorian, Weather, White, Winter, Xmas