Ladders Collection (page 2)

LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ
Lambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen

LCC-LFB vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQ
The London Fire Brigade vehicle repair and maintenance workshops located within the extensive headquarters complex in Lambeth, SE1

LCC-LFB in action at warehouse blaze
Two turntable ladders brought into action at a major warehouse fire with an LCC ambulance standing by in the foreground

LCC-LFB Vehicle and equipment workshops complex
The Headquarters complex at Lambeth SE1 had extensive vehicle and equipment workshops. Maintenance, repair and restoration work could be undertaken by highly skilled mechanics and craftsmen

Wheeled escape ladder vehicle of the London Fire Brigade

London Fire Brigade turntable ladder
A London Fire Brigade turntable ladder

The Great Train Robbery- commando raid frees train robber
Front page of The Illustrated London News reporting on the latest episode in the Great Train Robbery saga. As Ronald Biggs clambers with there other prisoners over Wandsworth Gaol wall

Siege of Duras 1377
The French lay siege to the town of Duras, storming the walls with scaling-ladders while artillerymen bombard the walls with mortars, bowmen with crossbows

Steam engine with crew, Southgate, North London
Steam-driven fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service. The date on the vehicle is 1894. The driver standing on the appliance is D Gibbons. Third from right is G Walton

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark
An early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQ
An early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters

LCC- MFB Blackheath fire station
Blackheath fire station, located at Brigade Street, Tranquil Vale, SE3 (very near the Mary Evans Picture Library), with the escape ladder stored at the side

LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine in a Clapham street
A former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape which was visiting Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London

LCC-LFB Motorised pump escape at Southwark HQ
The pump escape of No 1 station, the Brigade Headquarters fire station located at Southwark Bridge Road SE1. The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB would lead to a reduction in the number

Picking orange flowers for making perfume
People picking orange flowers for the manufacture of perfume on the Cote d Azur, France. Date: circa 1905

East End Woman scared of dog making her to walk under ladder
" You never know you Luck." " Hi! Come back, yer Silly! Do yer want to spile yer Luck?" Date: 1892

People on a ladder
Mr and Mrs Ambrose Manning and Mr and Mrs Walter Passmore on a ladder, 1901 Date: 1901

Military Firemen - Turkish
Turkish Military Firemen in their uniforms

JUSTICE CLEANED UP
Cleaning up British Justice

PIANO-TYPE FIRE ENGINE
Piano type manual fire-engine, named after a resemblance of the shape of the bodywork to that instrument. Nozzles and branch-pipes were carried on brackets on the main frame

Map of Italy in 1836 by Ab. Bartolomeo Borghi
Map of Italy in 1836. Showing the kingdoms of Sardinia, Lombardy, Venice, Rome, Tuscany, Parma, Naples and Corsica. Map by Ab. Bartolomeo Borghi, Florence. l Italia dell Ab. B. Borghi, Firenze 1836

Thatching The Rest a cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset (for a more recent - 1950s! - view, see 10826269). Date: circa 1920s

Abraham Wivell's Improved Fire Escape Date: 1860

Colonel Henry Ridge leading the stormers at Badajoz, Spain, during the Peninsular War - The Fighting Fifth, Northumberland Fusiliers Date: 1812

Political ladders in the Strand
Victorian men outside the Daily Graphic looking at the political ladders on the Strand. The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900

Firemen and fire engine at work in London Date: 1923

The Pug Hole
This pencil drawing shows an area named The Pug Hole, in South Australia, featuring a low pit, with ladders leading to an elevated ramshackle group of buildings. Date: circa 1925

British Filmcraft studios, Walthamstow, NE London
A corner of British Filmcraft's studios, Wood Street, Walthamstow, NE London, with Captain Banfield and Leslie Eveleigh at the table Date: 1929

Snakes and Ladders box lid Date: circa 1920s

Snakes and Ladders game board Date: circa 1920s

Parachute training in a hangar. Date: circa 1960s

Fire drill at Southwark headquarters. Date: 1896

Daily Worker building, 75 Farringdon Road, London
The newly acquired Daily Worker building at 75 Farringdon Road, London, a former brushmakers warehouse. The newspaper's previous offices had been destroyed during the Blitz

Storming of Badajoz towards the end of the Siege of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 6 April 1812, by Wellingtons Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

French Attack on the Malakoff, 8 September 1855, Crimean War Date: 1855

Decorating an office building, London
A team of decorators painting the outside of an office building in Central London, working from ladders with no protective head gear. Date: circa 1950s

Walther von Klingen jousting in a tournament watched by five noble women. German knight, poet and minstrel or Minnesanger, d. 1286. From a miniature in the Codex Manesse

Shirley Kellogg & chorus in Zig-Zag, Hippodrome
A zig-zag effect in " Zig-Zag!. Shirley Kellogg, star of the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome, " Zig-Zag!" seated on a cushion as Shir Lee in the Chinese Lacquer scene

Stationery, C A Brown (Bradford) Ltd, West Yorkshire, window cleaners - for a brighter outlook. 1967

America - Removing The Royal Arms
Colonists tearing down the royal arms from Independence Hall in celebration of American independence Date: 1776

Dismantling Norfolk House, St Jamess Square
Workmen taking down one of the gilded mirrors in the ballroom at Norfolk House, St Jamess Square, London, the fittings of which are dismantled prior to the demolition of the whole residence

London Fire Brigade extended ladder with a man standing near the top. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1930s

London Fire Brigade operating extended ladder
London Fire Brigade operating an extended ladder. Date: circa 1920s

London Fire Brigade at work in a narrow street
London Fire Brigade at work with an extended ladder in a narrow street, probably in the City of London. Date: circa 1920s

LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fire
Firefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London. Date: 1949

A firefighter with a Merryweather wheeled ladder escape
A firefighter with a wheeled ladder escape, Merryweathers Police Fire Ladders. Date: circa 1890s

Firefighters and policemen climbing a ladder, while a woman and girl stand in the open doorway below. Date: circa 1910s

LCC-LFB Hanwell Fire Brigade prizewinners
LCC-LFB Hanwell Fire Brigade winners of shield, 1st Prize at Crystal Palace 1904 Demonstration and Grand Fete, 17 August 1904. Date: 1904

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