Lambeth Collection (page 5)

GLC-LFB Headquarters, Lambeth fire station
The pump-escape, pump and turntable ladder from Lambeth fire station stand on the forecourt of the Brigade Headquarters. Lambeth fire station occupied the ground and first floor of the main building

GLC-LFB HQ Major Control Unit
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 Canteen Van
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 - Canteen van at Lambeth HQ
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned, showing each type of fire engine either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Dennis hose laying lorry
The hose laying lorry from Lee Green fire station pictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1. The hose laying lorry carried one mile of 3.5 inch hose that could be laid out from the lorry as it

Breakdown lorry lifting car from basement area
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station being deployed to raise a car from the basement area after it crashed through the railings

Fireman from Massey Shaw reunited with family, WW2
A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations of late May and early June 1940

Armed London fireman reunited with family, WW2
A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his wife and daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations in which the Massey Shaw

NFS (London Region) Fire Force 34 Control Unit, WW2
There were five Fire Force areas in the London Region of the NFS, Nos 34 to 38. Each Fire Force area had its own local headquarters and Control Unit with dedicated staff

Damaged heavy unit at NFS, London Regional HQ, WW2
A damaged heavy unit awaiting repair at the Lambeth vehicle and equipment workshops, Daltons Drive

Senior fire officer Lucas, at LFB HQ, Lambeth SE1
Senior fire officer Lucas in the 8th floor roof garden of Brigade headquarters

Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatus
Blitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth

NFS mobile kitchen / canteen unit, WW2
A mobile kitchen used by the National Fire Service (NFS), donated to the British home front war effort by the Canadian Red Cross, seen here on display at Regional (London) headquarters, Lambeth. SE1

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

AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, Lambeth
Beresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car. Such combinations were utilised by the Auxiliary Fire Service in London to supplement the full time force in preparations for the forthcoming

Lambeth Union Workhouse, Renfrew Road, London
In 1871-3, a new Lambeth workhouse was built at Renfrew Road to a design by Thomas W Aldwinckle. In 1896, the future star of the silent screen Charles Chaplin (then aged seven)

Lambeth Workhouse Schools, Norwood, South London
The parish of Lambeth operated a workhouse school on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. In 1885, the premises were extended with the erection of the New School buildings

Rebuilding Elephant and Castle, 1957
Rebuilding Elephant and Castle, as reported in The Sphere on 9th November 1957. Date: 1957

Surrey Theatre, Great Surrey Street, London
The Surrey Theatre (formerly The Royal Circus), Great Surrey Street, London, with a map below. 1814

The embankment south-east of Westminster Bridge
The scene from the embankment south-east of Westminster Bridge. The Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Lambeth Pier in foreground, London. Date: 1950s

Lady Malcolms Servants Ball
Page from The Bystander magazine illustrating two contrasting dances - the Lambeth Walk as painted by William Roberts at the top, and the Palais Glide

Tour of the Colonies - Westminster Bridge - View towards bridge and river. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Tour of the Colonies - Westminster Bridge Decorated - Decorations on Bridge. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Lambeth Palace, London - residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Date: circa 1909

Babies Home, Tulse Hill, London
A babies home on Upper Tulse Hill, Lambeth, run by the Childrens Aid Society. Date: Date unknown

Woman police officer leaving police station, London
Woman police officer walking down the front steps of Kennington Road police station into a London street. circa 1960s

Daniel Featley
DANIEL FEATLEY (orig. Fair- -clough) English churchman, rector of Lambeth, engaged in controversy with Jesuits on one hand, Baptists on other, imprisoned for Royalist views. Date: 1582 - 1645

Lambeth Palace / Turner
Lambeth Palace Date: circa 1790

Farington / From Lambeth
A general London view from Lambeth, with Lambeth Palace in the foreground, and Westminster Abbey in the distance. Date: 1795

Trade / Market / London
A rather gloomy market at New Cut, Lambeth, London. Date: 1870

Design for the new Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade - Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London. Opened by King George VI on 21st July 1937. Date: 1937

First Branch of National Childrens Home, Lambeth
The first ever branch of the National Childrens Home, at Church Street, Lambeth

William Curtis, author of the Flora Londinensis, Botanical Magazine, etc.. Copperplate engraving of a portrait published in William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Germinating seed of the radish 1-7, wheat 8 and barley 9.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Compound flowers: daisy Bellis perennis, thistle Onopordum acanthium and dandelion Taraxacum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss

Pea, Pisum sativum, seeds in stages of vegetation.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Corolla of wolfs bane Eranthis hyemalis and stinking hellebore Helleborus foetida.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Corolla examples: monopetalous bindweed, hexapetala lily and polypetala waterlily.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Calyx of the tulip Tulipa and carnation Dianthus caryophyllus.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Auricula, Primula auricula.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth

Corolla examples: deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Calyx examples: primrose, snowdrop, hazel, hemlock, grass, mushroom, and moss.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Woody or bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Hemlock, Conium maculatum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth

Buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Ladies bed straw, Galium verum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Redcurrant, Ribes rubrum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany, as delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth

Germander speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

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