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Lewisham Collection (page 3)

Background imageLewisham Collection: LCC-LFB Lewisham fire station

LCC-LFB Lewisham fire station
Built in 1898 by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Lewisham fire station was located at 340 High Street, Lewisham, SE London

Background imageLewisham Collection: LCC-LFB Lee Green sub-station, Lewisham

LCC-LFB Lee Green sub-station, Lewisham
London was expanding and the London Fire Brigade not only built new fire stations but took over existing buildings and converted them

Background imageLewisham Collection: LCC-LFB Lewisham fire station, SE London

LCC-LFB Lewisham fire station, SE London
Located at 340 High Street, Lewisham, SE London, this station was built in 1898 and closed in 1967 when the new Lewisham Fire station (E21) was opened

Background imageLewisham Collection: Blitz in London -- rescue workers searching debris, WW2

Blitz in London -- rescue workers searching debris, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue workers (not firefighters) search through the debris of a bombed building, seeking survivors or extricating the dead, in the Ladywell area of Lewisham, SE London

Background imageLewisham Collection: London firefighters marching in SE London street, WW2

London firefighters marching in SE London street, WW2
LCC-LFB firefighters and AFS marching along Lewisham High Street, SE London, with policemen controlling traffic

Background imageLewisham Collection: LFB band of marching firemen, Lewisham, SE London

LFB band of marching firemen, Lewisham, SE London
The LCC-LFB band leading a London Fire Brigade marching contingent past the Lewisham Clock Tower in SE London

Background imageLewisham Collection: LFB band lead marching firefighters, SE London, WW2

LFB band lead marching firefighters, SE London, WW2
The LCC-LFB band playing and leading a fire brigade contingent on a march through a street in Lewisham, SE London

Background imageLewisham Collection: Firefighters parade prior to march through SE London, WW2

Firefighters parade prior to march through SE London, WW2
Somewhere in Lewisham, SE London, firefighters parade in a school playground before setting off on a march. They comprise both full time London firefighters and those from the AFS

Background imageLewisham Collection: East London Industrial School brass band

East London Industrial School brass band
The boys military-style brass band at the East London Industrial School. The boys are posed in uniform with instruments. The School opened in 1873 at 43 Leman Street Whitechapel but by 1909 was

Background imageLewisham Collection: Ravensbourne River, Kent

Ravensbourne River, Kent

Background imageLewisham Collection: protest, shells, work, south, africa

protest, shells, work, south, africa

Background imageLewisham Collection: Lewisham Hospital kitchens, south east London

Lewisham Hospital kitchens, south east London
Uniformed catering staff prepare meals in the kitchens of Lewisham Hospital in south east London. A cook at the right is making up plates of salad. Large metal boxes carry the names of hospital wards

Background imageLewisham Collection: Mrs Gerald Legge

Mrs Gerald Legge
Tatler front cover showing the Honourable Mrs Gerald Legge in a sumptuous red gown with white pom-poms. Raine McCorquodale, the daughter of Barbara Cartland and stepmother to Diana

Background imageLewisham Collection: Co-Op Butchery Dept

Co-Op Butchery Dept
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society butchery department shop (probably in Lewisham)

Background imageLewisham Collection: Lewisham 1808

Lewisham 1808
Now a busy Metropolitan Borough, Lewisham was once a quiet rural village in the county of Kent



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