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Metropolitan Police officers, Battle of Cable StreetMetropolitan Police officers attempt to dismantle a barricade set up by anti-fascist demonstrators in the East End of London
LFDCA-LFB Lambeth HQ and Lambeth river stationA modernised Lambeth river fire station and the new fireboat London Phoenix, seen here from the north bank of the River Thames
Highwood School, Brentwood, EssexThe administration block at Highwood (or High Wood) School, Brentwood, Essex. The school was opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for the treatment of ophthalmia in children
Police Group 1864Group of police officers wearing combed back helmets, in use between 1864 and 1870. Metropolitan Police
Police Officer LondonPolice officer on duty in London with a George Vi helmet plate Metropolitan Police
Police Public Call Box in the snow, LondonA Police Public Call Box, on a London street on a snowy day. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937
Metropolitan Police recruitment posterA Metropolitan Police recruitment poster, asking for ex-servicemen to apply. There are several hundred vacancies to fill
Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware RoadThe Metropolitan Music Hall, 207 Edgware Road London - a very fine Music Hall which was sadly demolished in 1963 to allow the building of a flyover for the A40
Metropolitan Police B Division on duty for football matchOfficers of the Metropolitan Police B Division on duty for a football match between Fulham FC and West Ham United FC Reserves, competing for the Combination Cup
Metropolitan Police whistle and chainA Metropolitan Police whistle and chain
Policeman on BSA motorcycle, LondonA Metropolitan Police officer riding a BSA motorcycle in London. The BSA could travel at up to 70 miles per hour
Police Recruitment SignMetropolitan Police recruitment poster for more police, offering a job or career in the police force
Police Officers LondonPolice officers wearing old and new uniforms. On left wearing 1980 uniform, on right the old from the period 1959-1980 Metropolitan Police in London near Houses of Parliament
Police Officer & TriumphMetropolitan Police officer on a Triumph motorcycle during World War II
Anti Fruit Throwing SignMetropolitan Police notice warning against throwing or despositing orange peel, banana or other fruit skins in the street in London
Caledonian Park Clock Tower Metropolitan Cattle MarketThe Caledonian Park Clock Tower - a Grade II*-listed structure, as the centrepiece of a vast cattle market. The Metropolitan Cattle Market opened in 1855 in Holloway
Music Hall at the Metropolitan Theatre, London - BrochureMusic Hall brochure for The Metropolitan Theatre - a West End music hall and theatre located at 267 Edgware Road, Paddington, London
MFB Bow fire station, East LondonBow fire station was built for the MFB by the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1868, located in Glebe Road, High Street, Bow E3
Catford Police Station with officers posing outsideCatford Police Station in south east London with officers posing outside. Date: 1850
Metropolitan Police officer on traffic dutyA Metropolitan Police officer, PC Edward Ridout of Chelsea Police Station, on traffic duty. He is standing by a zebra crossing to help a little boy across the road
Four early women police officers in uniform, WW1Four early women police officers in uniform, in the street outside the Women Police Service building, London, on duty during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
GLC-LFB Deptford fire station, Evelyn Street, DeptfordDeptford fire station was one of the last stations built for the London County Councils Metropolitan Fire Brigade and was opened in 1904
Tooting Bec Asylum, SurreyA woman pushes a pram at the entrance to the Tooting Bec Asylum at Tooting Graveney, erected in 1899-1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
Jussi BjorlingOpera singer Jussi Bjorling talking with Bidu Sayao at the Metropolitan Opera, New York 1st December 1940 Date: 1st December 1940
Police in LondonPolice officers on the radio in the street in London. Metropolitan Police
London arms and sealsThe Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries
Seven women police officers in netball teamSeven women police officers in the 1954 Met Police netball team, posing with a ball and a netball post. They include Heather Walker, Nora Blacklock, June Barrett and Pat Stacke. Date: 1954
LCC-MFB, HQ station, Southwark SE1The new headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) opened in 1878 under its Chief Officer Captain Eyre Massey Shaw
Met Police officers during Grunwick disputeTwo Metropolitan Police officers relax on deckchairs in The Mall, Central London, waiting for a political demonstration over the Grunwick dispute to begin
Met Police cadets giving a displayA group of Metropolitan Police cadets in sports gear, giving a display of their athletic skills. Seven poles are held in place so that seven cadets can climb up and sit at the top
Highwood Hospital, Brentwood, EssexAerial view of Highwood (or High Wood) Hospital, Brentwood, Essex, used for the care of children with tuberculosis. The site was originally opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for
SALTAIRE - 1909Gordon Terrace, Saltaire, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire
Police BadgeMetropolitan Police badge with EIIR for Queen Elizabeth II
Fingerprint SheetFingerprints on a fingerprint record sheet from the New Scotland Yard criminal record office. Metropolitan Police
London going out of town -- the expansion of LondonLondon going out of town, or, The March of Bricks & Mortar -- Cruikshanks cartoon comment on the expansion of London
Police Motorcycle Team at Crystal PalaceThe Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Team at Crystal Palace Centre. Five of the riders are wearing white corker helmets and all are riding White Triumph motorcycles with white legshields
Police Officer WalkingMetropolitan Police officer pounding the beat in London
The Metropolitan Tabernacle, LondonThe Metropolitan Tabernacle - a large Independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle in London. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861 Date: circa 1885
LCC-MFB horse-drawn steamer at SouthwarkA horse-drawn steamer and crew at Southwark fire station, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)
LCC-LFB Camden Town fire station, NW LondonCamden Town fire station, one of the last stations built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1885. Call sign A3, and then A22
St Lawrences Hospital, Caterham, SurreyAerial view of St Lawrences Hospital at Caterham in Surrey, originally opened in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as an imbeciles asylum for Londons sick poor suffering from mental conditions
Policeman at a police call boxA policeman on the phone at a police public call box on a London street
Metropolitan Police air raid sirenA Metropolitan Police air raid siren, as used in wartime
Metropolitan Police walkie talkie radioA Metropolitan Police walkie talkie radio
Police Public Call Box, LondonA police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937
Police and Fire Brigade attending a fire at Chelsea FCMetropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade attending a fire at Chelsea FC. This photograph by Sub-Inspector C R C Turner shows Inspector A J Jones (Officer in Charge) and others at Walham Green
South Eastern Fever Hospital, New Cross, LondonThe South Eastern Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Avonley Road at New Cross, near Deptford in south east London. It was the fifth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
MAB First Ambulance InteriorInterior of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals