Phone Collection (page 5)

RAF recruitment poster, Battle of Britain Show
Recruitment poster, Learn about life in the RAF at the Battle of Britain Show. Date: circa 1950s

Studio portrait, little boy on the phone
Studio portrait of a little boy on the phone. Date: circa 1960s

WW2 Christmas card, air raid
WW2 Christmas card, keeping calm in an air raid. Date: circa 1942

Telephone Cable Repair
The intricate work of repairing and connecting telephone land lines. London, 1998 Date: 1998

Dial 999 display in an LFB exhibition
A Dial 999 display in a London Fire Brigade exhibition with details on either side of the services available

Fire safety in the theatre -- a notice in a backstage area: Release for stage lantern, in case of fire pull down lever

Fire safety at bedtime -- a staged photograph for a Safe at Night fire prevention scheme, 28 February 1969. This family have been woken by a smell of smoke

Blitz in London scene in a fire station control room, WW2
Blitz in London -- scene at night in a fire station control room, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940

Street telephone fire alarm with group of children
Street telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with a group of children looking up at it

Street telephone fire alarm, out of order
Street telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with an out of order notice on it

Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box, London
Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box near the Royal Festival Hall on Londons South Bank, used for a fire service exhibition. Date: 1957

Emergency call button in telephone box
The emergency call button in a public telephone box -- just press the button and ask for Fire, Ambulance or Police. No number or coins required

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

Two men on switchboard at LFB HQ
Two men taking calls on the switchboard at LFB HQ. Date: 1925

LFB Telephone Switchboard - Lambeth HQ, SE1 Date: circa 1930s

Woman operating field telephone van, WW2
Woman operating a field telephone van during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Two women in control room, WW2
Two women taking messages in a fire station control room during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

LCC-London Fire Brigade training in use of telephone
LCC-London Fire Brigade training recruits in taking messages over the telephone, at Lambeth HQ

Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939

Belgian boy scout in phone box
A Belgian boy scout (or cub) in a phone box

Woman on the phone, with toddler
Woman on the phone, with her toddler looking up at her. circa 1960s

Three Brownies in Baden Powell House, London
Three Brownies on telephones in Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, with a portrait of Lord Baden Powell behind them. Date: circa 1960s

British telephone exchange for observation balloon, WW1
A British telephone exchange inside a lorry, for communications with RFA observation balloons on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Men in basket of observation balloon, WW1
Two men with telephones and maps in the basket of an RFA observation balloon on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Bonzos bath night by George Studdy
Bonzos bath night -- as bath night approaches he gets more and more nervous and jumps at every little sound. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Number Engaged by Pat Charles
An impression by Pat Charles of the latest fiances and fiancees to announce their engagement in 1932, all interconnected by telephone lines

Letter headed paper by Muriel Dawson, giving her address and phone number, with a decorative border of children. Date: 1920s

Interior of carriage where Armistice signed, France, WW1
Interior of Marshal Fochs railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France, where the Armistice was signed on 11 November 1918 to end the First World War

Seaside scene, Come Right Along Now! Showing a young woman in a bathing costume near a beach, on the phone to a friend. Date: July 1914

Print Users Yearbook -- people in underwear
Print Users Yearbook -- people viewed in a cutaway of a house, all in underwear. A new standard of intimacy. Who would have guessed that undies were the correct garb to don when entertaining guests

Cover design, Telephone Numbers book
Cover design for a Telephone Numbers book, depicting a woman writing at a desk with a telephone next to her

Training in taking telephone messages
Men of the London Fire Brigade being trained in taking telephone messages. Date: 1930

Men working at watchroom telephone switchboard
Firefighters working on the watchroom telephone switchboard at Southwark Fire Station. Date: circa 1909

James Sutton Removals
A removal van belonging to James Sutton Removals. Storage is also offered

Secretary Taking Notes
A secretary takes notes as a man at a desk talks on the phone. Date: late 1960s

AIRHOSTESS
An air hostess talks on the phone. Date: late 1960s

Doctor and Nurse
A doctor sits at his desk taking an appointment over the phone with a nurse looking at it over his shoulder. Date: late 1960s

New phone line at the number 27 Post Office, Japan
The opening of the new telephone line at the number 27 Post Office, Japan. Inset portraits of two postal officials. Date: 1911

Communication - Far easier for the younger generation, even in 1903! The little girl: " Grandmother, Dad said he did not want to kiss you, by phone" - the response is a miserable Granny

Railway crisis, go by air Phone Avro Sandwich board man
Railway crisis, go by air. Phone Avro. Sandwich board man

Cat answering the telephone

Advert for G. P. O telephone 1933
Why not include it among your Christmas gifts ? Date: 1933

Bell Demonstrates Phone
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL successfully demonstrates his device at Boston, sending a message to North Conway, a distance of about 230 km. Date: 1877

London Fire Brigade Headquarters telephone switchboard

London Fire Brigade telephone switchboard operator
A London Fire Brigade telephone switchboard operator

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters station watchroom
The watchroom of Southwark Fire Station. Although this had a telephone switchboard serving the adjacent headquarters of the Brigade

LCC-MFB Firemen in switchboard & control room
Watchroom at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road, with men manning the switchboard and monitoring the fire alarm control board where calls for assistance were received

NFS radio operator at Ealing HQ (34 D), WW2
NFS radio operator at the radio desk, Fire Force Area 34, Ealing HQ (34 D). On the board in front of her is the listing for the London Regional Area call signs

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