Ladders Collection (page 7)

View inside Cannon Street Station, London, showing trains waiting to depart, but very few passengers in evidence. Date: circa 1940

NFS fire engines at Wembley
National Fire Service fire engines at Wembley. Date: 1948

Recruits training at Lambeth HQ. Date: 1930s

Firefighters climbing wheeled escape ladders
Firefighters demonstrating various lengths of wheeled escape ladders. Date: circa 1900

Turntable ladder drill at Southwark HQ. Date: 1915

Sumatra, Indonesia - Batak Architecture Date: circa 1910s

Cape Evans / Scotts Hut
The hut of Robert Falcon Scott at Cape Evans which has been preserved in exactly the same state as it was left Date: 2005

Superstition - Ladders
Is walking under a ladder really bad luck? These London pedestrians seem to think! Date: early 1930s

Walking under a Ladder
Is walking under a ladder really bad luck? These pedestrians think so, doing their best to avoid a ladder! Date: early 1930s

National Professional School at Armentieres - Fire Drill
The National Professional School at Armentieres in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The boys undertaking a fire drill with buckets ladders and a hand pump Date: circa 1908

The Golden Fruit of Florida, USA - pickers picking oranges from a Floridian Orange Grove and a wooden crate packed with Vitamin C-providing delights from the Sunshine State. Date: circa 1940

LFB Athletic Association meeting programme
LFB Athletic Association 24th Annual Athletic Meeting programme for 24 July 1926

LCC-LFB solid tyre Turntable Ladder
LCC-London Fire Brigade solid tyre Turntable Ladder

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyres
The London Fire Brigade introduced Dennis dual purpose appliances which were fitted with pneumatic tyres, making fire engines faster and safer

Dennis motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyres
A Dennis dual-purpose fire engine (pump escape) at Southwark fire station (station No 1) and LFB Headquarters. Introduced into the Brigade in 1934, it was fitted with pneumatic tyres

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder
A horse-drawn 50ft wheeled escape ladder. These could be very quickly slipped by the crew and extended up to a window. Their sole purpose was rescue, and these units

LCC-LFB Mercedes battery-electric turntable ladder
One of four similar turntable ladders (TL) which the London Fire Brigade had in service at this time

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drill
London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1, with firefighters taking part in escape ladder drill, using an extension ladder to gain additional height

MFB (London) station ladder drill
Metropolitan firefighters taking part in ladder drill. Both large ladders are wheel escapes and the ladder on the right has an extension to give it additional height

NFS (London) Heavy Unit (Pump) in a street, WW2
A heavy unit, which was the workhorse of the National Fire Service throughout WW2. Built to a Home Office design and specification

LCC-LFB Dennis open pump escape at a fire station
Readying for the outbreak of WW2, a regular London pump-escape pictured with the wartime fire appliances which would greatly outnumber the pre-1938 London appliance fleet

Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance room
Motorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions

London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth
Men at work in the London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth

New training appliance. Southwark Training Centre

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

Firefighters using turntable ladder
Firefighters using a turntable ladder to fight a fire in London

London Fire Brigade turntable ladder vehicle
A London Fire Brigade turntable ladder vehicle

Motorised 75 foot ladder appliance

Horsed appliances of the London Fire Brigade

Southwark Fire Station and former LFB HQ
Southwark Fire Station and former London Fire Brigade HQ, built in 1876

London Fire Brigade appliances
London Fire Brigade wheeled escape vehicle (left) with a pump ladder vehicle (right) outside their station

Wheeled escape ladder
A wheeled escape ladder

Firefighters using a wheeled ladder escape

Turntable ladder escape in operation, Bermondsey
A turntable ladder escape in operation at scene of fire in Bermondsey, SE London

A wheeled ladder escape in its appliance shed

Firefighters dealing with a house fire at 25 Woodlands

Firefighters respond to a house fire, North London
Firefighters respond to a house fire at 28 Winnington Road, North London

Turntable ladder and crew, Old Park Lane, W1
A turntable ladder and crew respond to a fire at 7 Old Park Lane, London W1

Turntable ladder deployed at a fire, London SW1
An escape turntable ladder is deployed at a fire in London SW1

Tiffin Girls School, aerial ladder platform in use
An aerial ladder platform in use as a water tower during firefighting operations at a fire at Tiffin Girls School, Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames

Turntable ladder in operation at a commercial property fire, Paddington, West London

LCC-LFB 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 year previous to this station opening (1867)

LCC-LFB Battery-electric pump escape
An electric-driven escape van at the Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road SE1. The batteries were stored under the bonnet and weighed about two tons

LCC-MFB Print of fire brigade rescues
A Victorian print giving an artists impression of the bravery of two firemen in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, rescuing those trapped by fire from the top floor of a house on fire

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

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