Ladder Collection (page 8)

Uruguay - Montevideo Fire Department and their engine Date: circa 1908

Turnout by fire crews and appliances outside their station

Firefighters in action at a fire, VDC House, Wembley
Firefighters rush to put out a fire at VDC House, South Way, Wembley. Showing a turntable ladder and hydraulic platform in operation

Scene of a fire at Tiffin Girls School, Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames

London Fire Brigade, Lacon ladders in use at house fire
Two 13.5 metre ladders being used to assist people to safety.at a fire involving a five storey terraced house in Clapham Common South Side, SW London

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Southwark HQ
A Dennis pump ladder and crew. The Dennis pumps were introduced in 1934-5. This pump saw service in the Blitz and continued peacetime service until it was withdrawn in 1955

LFCDA-LFB Aerial ladder platform (ALP)
The Bronto-Skylift ALP being demonstrated at the Brigade headquarters, Lambeth SE1. This combination of a hydraulic platform

LFCDA-LFB Woolworths fire, Crystal Palace SE19
Fifteen pumps were called to deal with a major blaze in the Woolworths store in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, that seriously damaged the store

GLC-LFB Turntable ladder overturned on roadway
Lack of stability at speed and when manoeuvring very occasionally resulted in fire engines overturning, because of the relatively high centre of gravity (loading) of the turntable ladder

GLC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder
A Morris style 50 foot wheeled escape ladder parked in the fire brigade workshops at Lambeth. When not carried on fire engines escape ladders were normally stored in this fashion

LCC-LFB A diesel AEC-Merryweather Dennis pump
Pictured at the Brigade Headquarters drill yard, Lambeth SE1, a dual purpose appliance which for some reason does not have any hosereels!

LCC-LFB A motorised Dennis pump escape
The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of stations required. A report produced in the 1920s recommended the closure of some 15 fire stations

LCC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in use
A wheeled escape ladder being used in the bridged position as a crane whilst LFB crews undertake a rescue, by line, from the basement area of a building under demolition

LCC-LFB Bromptons Dennis pump at Lambeth HQ
Station A8 was Brompton fire station. Here its dual-purpose petrol Dennis pump is seen standing at Lambeth headquarters

Horse drawn turntable-ladder at LFB HQ, Southwark
The turntable-ladder was introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1905 and could be extended to a height of 85 feet. The ladders were self supporting

NFS training / instructional photo, a hose becket, WW2
An 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

WW1 silhouettes, The Tide of Victory

Fifties Summer Frock
Wholesome young outdoors girl poses in a hay loft wearing a pretty floral print summer dress with square neckline, deep flounce & piped detail. A broad belt completes the look

Farm cart with animals on a Christmas card
Farm cart full of pots and pans, with animals, birds and people on a Christmas card Date: circa 1890s

Cupids with red heart and ladder on a Valentine postcard -- To my Valentine. Date: circa 1890s

Tabby cats and kittens on a cutout greetings card, using a step ladder to climb a wall. Date: circa 1890s

Snowman, policeman and boys on a cutout New Year card
Snowman, policeman and snowballing boys on a cutout New Year card. circa 1890s

Frog in a jar on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Prehistoric Kazakh farm scene, early agriculture, Kazakhstan. BCE

Komediestraat, Semarang, North Java, Indonesia
Komediestraat (Comedy Street), Samarang (Semarang), North Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908

Railway Station, Peshawar Cantonment, British India
Railway Station, Peshawar, Peshawar Cantonment, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1920

Shopping street, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Advert for W. Summerscales & Sons, Victorian items 1888
General Engineers, Corey Lane Works and Phoenix Foundry, Keighley, England. Selection of items for interior and exterior use including, patent Sundale copying press, patent perfect washer

Law Courts and old fort, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Law Courts and old Portuguese fort, Mombasa, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1908

Damascus, Syria - Entrance to the House of Saint Ananias
Entrance to the House of Saint Ananias (also called Chapel of Saint Ananias) - an ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, alleged to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus

The Four Seasons, Autumn, by John Hassall
Children having lots of fun in a haystack, while the older girls and boys are trying to collect the hay. 1902

Occupations 1883 - The Lamp Lighter. 1883

Primitive house in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
Primitive house (actually a small shed) in Cananea, a copper mining town in Sonora, Mexico. Date: circa 1905

Frank O Salisbury working on painting of King at the Front
Artist Frank O. Salisbury pictured at work on a huge canvas for his famous painting of the royal visit to the Front. The painting depicted King George V

Woman on a motorbike with a dog. Date: circa 1920s

A selection of British Shells Date: circa 1920s

Thatching at Pinn Court Farm, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon
Thatching the roof at Pinn Court Farm, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon. Date: 20th century

Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble, WW2
Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble in a street. Date: 1940s

Alexander the Great and the broken ladder, 326 BC
Soldiers, enthused by Alexander the Greats example, swarm up a ladder, used to attack the fortified city walls of the Mallians

Mrs. Letitia Sage, first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon
The Parachute or a Sage Ladys Second Experiment. A rather saucy 18th century cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson which depicts Mrs. Letitia Sage, the first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon. Date: 1785

Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution - Flooding
Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution to those stranded by the flooding of the River Meuse in January 1926. Date: 1926

The Bookworm, by Carl Spitzweg
A monochrome reproduction of Carl Spitzwegs The Bookroom which shows an elderly bookworm emersed in research. Date: 1850

LCC-LFB Morris-Magirus solid tyre turntable ladder
The increasing need for ladders capable of reaching beyond the scope of the standard wheeled escape saw the introduction of the fist horse drawn turntable ladder in the late 1890s

LCC-LFB Metz 100 foot turntable ladder at drills
A Metz-Leyland 85 foot turntable ladder at drill at the Headquarters station, Southwark SE1

A London Fire brigade wheeled ladder escape vehicle
Outside 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

LCC-LFB rescue drills at Brigade HQ
Two escape ladders and two hook ladders at work on the Headquarters main drill tower and firefighters performing rescues by carrying down and lowering by line using live casualties

LCC-LFB Tilling-Stevens petrol-electric turntable ladder
One of two similar turntable ladders (TL) which the London Fire Brigade had in service at this time

Turntable ladder, Wembley fire station
Turntable ladder at Wembley fire station

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