Ladders Collection (page 4)

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

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

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

Firefighters at scene of fire in Commercial Road, East London

Fire at Crowland Road School, Crowland Road, Tottenham N15
A 10 Pump Fire at Crowland Road School, in Crowland Road, Tottenham N15

LCC-LFB Hatfield motorised pump escape
Fire engines were fitted with bells in 1903 to warn other traffic to make way. Prior to that the shanty call of seamen Hi-ya-hi (shouted when rope hauling)

LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, near Old Street
Built in 1895, Shoreditch fire station B27 was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street. The stations spare escape ladder is parked on the station forecourt

LCC-LFB Brigade HQ Annual Review hook ladder drill
These coordinated hook ladders drills were a popular feature during the annual displays at Lambeth Headquarters. With one firefighter on each side of the drill tower and at every window

LCC-LFB 100 foot turntable ladder at Lambeth HQ
An AEC/Magirus all steel turntable ladder with its own fire pump at the Brigade headquarters station, Lambeth SE1. These open type TL were still operational in the mid 1960s although they were only

LCC-MFB Escape cart stands ready in station
A picture of an MFB headquarters station showing the escape cart, designed by Chief Officer Captain Wells, carrying the 50 foot wheeled escape

LCC-LFB Major fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Fire seriously damages a Farringdon Street office building in Clerkenwell, City of London. Two turntable ladders are at work together with the 15 pumps

GLC-LFB Turntable ladder
A Saxon Dodge 30 metre (100 foot) turntable ladder showing the outrigger jacks deployed which provide stability to the ladder when in use

GLC-LFB Shop roof fire, Dagenham, Essex
A turntable ladder at work at the scene of a fire in Dagenham, Essex, involving a parade of shops where fire had broken through the roof

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at Heston
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB - Dual purpose water-tender fire engine
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Aftermath of major building fire in Hackney
The scene of a fire in Cambridge Heath Road, Hackney, East London, which seriously damaged the upper two floors of a commercial and business outlet

LCC-LFB Aftermath of serious house fire in Notting Hill
With the blaze at a house in Notting Hill extinguished, firefighters start to put away their equipment and ladders. The fire affected all floors of this terraced house

LCC-LFB Fire in Portobello Road, West London
A wheeled escape ladder in use at a fire in Portobello Road, West London, involving a cafe and dwellings

LCC-LFB Major fire, Nelson Street, Whitechapel
Firefighters using wheeled escape ladders and extension ladders to gain access to the adjoining commercial premises affected by a fire in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, East London

LCC- MFB Notting Hill fire station, West London
Notting Hill fire station (A10) was built in 1868 by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), located at 83 Ladbroke Road. The previous year

Appliance room of Cannon Street Fire Station, London
The appliance room of Cannon Street Fire Station in the City of London. The horses are not long gone, and their empty stalls can be seen left of centre

Blitz in London -- Weltje Road, Hammersmith, WW2
Blitz in London -- clearing up after an air raid in Weltje Road, Hammersmith, 4 September 1940

Two man hook ladders drills at Lambeth HQ
Four London firefighters performing two-man hook ladder drills on the Brigade headquarters nine-storey drill tower

Pruning an Apple Tree
Two girls pruning an apple tree on rather dangerous looking step ladders on an orchard in Essex, Engand. Date: 1950s

Carrying a ladder on a Sunbeam motorcycle
A man, Alan Fraser, a photographed driving away on a Sunbeam motorbike with a quite large set of ladders attached precariously to his back

LFDCA-LFB Simon Snorkel hydraulic platform
Pictured on Blackheath, SE London, the hydraulic platform from Greenwich fire station

St Georges Church, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, India
St Georges Church, Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri), suburb of Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910

Cartoon, Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist
Cartoon, Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario. Why should that figure of Shakespeare be kept on the facade? Augustus Harris would look quite as well! 1883

Crossing a Crevasse - Climbing Mont Blanc, France
Crossing a Crevasse with ladders - Climbing Mont Blanc, France. Date: circa 1905

Women Work WW1 Window Cleaners
Women working as window cleaners in Nottingham during WW1. They have a wooden cart on which to carry the long wooden ladders. Captioned, The Lady Window Cleaners of Nottingham. Date: circa 1917

London Trade Card - John Clark, Lamp Lighter, Denmark Street near St Giles Church. 18th century

Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Fire Drill
A fire drill at Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds. Children evacuate upper floor via ladders and ropes. Date: circa 1910

Swimming pool on cruise liner, Empress of Australia
The indoor Pompeiian swimming pool, surrounded by individual dressing rooms, on the Canadian Pacific cruise liner, Empress of Australia. Date: 1929

Cartoon, The Fixed Line, WW1
Cartoon, The Fixed Line. Military engineers (sappers) busy setting up lines of communication in a town on the Western Front. Date: 1917

Walnut Gathering near Richmond Bridge. circa early 19th century

Men and women picking fruit in an orchard. circa 1820

Book of Trades, The Sign Painter. 1841

Buiding the Houses of P
The Hoisting-scaffold in operation during the construction of the Victoria Tower of the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Pugin. Date: 1850

Painters Overrun London
" The usual Good Friday invasion of London by painters was in evidence today." A group of painters work on ladders. Date: 18 April 1930

Firefighters attending a fire in the Strand in London
Firefighters attending a fire on the south side of the Strand in London circa 1910s

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