Jets Collection (page 2)

Gravel pit arrester being tested by RAF
Testing a gravel pit arrester for stopping runaway jets, using an RAF lightning jet fighter. The idea was that an aircraft unable to stop before the end of the runway would be brought quickly

Boy scouts practising firefighting, Egypt
Boy scouts practising their firefighting skills, Egypt

Firefighters in action, Fanshaw Street, London N1
Firefighters in action with turntable ladders and hosepipes at a building in Fanshaw Street, London N1, 28 February 1956. The fire had gone through the roof before the first appliance arrived

Firefighters in action with ladder and hosepipes
Firefighters in action at the scene of a fire with a turntable ladder and hosepipes. Date: circa 1950s

Firefighters in action, Victory Place, SE17
Firefighters in action with hosepipes during a fire at a warehouse in Victory Place, Southwark, SE17, on 27 April 1958. Seen here in the main entrance of the building -- two jets had been at work

Blitz in London -- inside a bombed church, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with a hosepipe inside a bombed church, 12 September 1940. Date: 1940

Blitz in City of London -- Newgate Street, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- a group of firefighters in action in Newgate Street with a hosepipe, perched on a pile of rubble. Date: 1940s

LFB firefighters in multi-hose display
LFB firefighters in a multi-hose display at headquarters, with pumping machine and vehicle

Weekly LFB drill display with manual and motor pumps
Weekly LFB drill display with an old manual pump and a modern turbine motor pump both brought into action, 26 August 1936. Date: 1936

Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London
Two firefighters in action at No.9 Shed, King George V Dock, Port of London Authority, East London (E16), on 29 December 1974 -- a 30-pump fire

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)

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

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

LFB Fireboat attending a fire at Colonial Wharf
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf. A typical big Thameside fire of the sort which the London fire Brigade had tackled over 100 years: Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, E1

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

Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping. Date: 1935

London Fire Brigade fireboats on the Thames
London Fire Brigade fireboats on the River Thames

Balloon ascent from St Cloud, Paris
Second balloon ascent by the Robert brothers and two others from the Parc de St Cloud, Paris. They descended not far away, in the Parc de Meudon, near the Etang de la Garenne. Date: 15 July 1784

Prismatic Fairy Fountain at an Exhibition in Hull
The Prismatic (Multi-colour) Fairy Fountain at an Exhibition in Hull. The safe manufacturer Samuel Withers & Co. of West Bromwich, Birmingham can be seen in the background. Date: 1908

Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, with firefighter and hose

Power Jets W2 / 700
Power Jets W2/700

Scene of fire at commercial premises, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

A hydraulic lift in action at scene of fire, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

Scene of commercial fire in Edgware, North London

LCC-LFB motorised pump at hose drills, Southwark HQ
Working in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, firefighters getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump

Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Boating Club
The Duke of Edinburgh at Dinorwic Wharf, Cheyne Walk, London, opening the Westminster Boating Club Pontoon on 18 July 1985. The London Phoenix displays jets of water in the background

Firefighters at the scene of a fire at 34 Strayfield Road, Enfield, North London

Fire at commercial premises, Walthamstow
Fire at commercial premises in Walthamstow, London

A hydraulic lift in action at a fire, Walthamstow
Fire at commercial premises, Walthamstow, with a hydraulic lift in action

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