Premises Collection (page 8)

Hydraulic platform at work on fire at commercial premises
Hydraulic platform at work on a fire at commercial premises in Carshalton, Surrey

Firefighters attending fire at commercial premises
Firefighters attending a fire at commercial premises in Cricklewood, NW London

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Arding & Hobbs, SW London
Firefighters working at the scene of a major fire at Arding & Hobbs Department Store, Clapham, in December 1909. Surprisingly, they have dispensed with their brass helmets

GLC-LFB Forced entry and lighting unit at Clapham
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

LCC-LFB Fire investigation, prevention after a fire
An electrical board was the primary cause of a fire in a branch of Barclays Bank in Gracechurch Street, City of London. Showing the affected electrical board

LCC-LFB fire, Talwin Street, Bow, East London
London Fire Brigade crews at the scene of a serious blaze, now under control, in an East London commercial premises at Talwin Street, Bow

LCC-LFB Commercial building fire, Avery Hardoll, Eltham
LFB firefighters in action at a commercial building fire at Avery Hardoll, Eltham, SE London. The fire started in a former shop and dwelling which had been converted into a commercial undertaking

London Fire Brigade canteen van at a fire
Firefighters of the London Fire Brigade queue at the canteen van for lunch, after dealing with a commercial fire

Help your neighborhood by keeping your premises clean Tenement House Dept. of the City of New York : FH La Guardia, Mayor : Langdon W. Post, Commissioner

Aftermath of fire, Salisbury Square, London
The aftermath of a fire in Salisbury Square, at the time the heart of the newspaper world of London. A disastrous fire broke out in Dorset Buildings

Advertisement for paper manufacturers
An advertisement for Spalding & Hodge, paper manufacturers of South Darenth, Kent, depicting their factory, Horton Kirby Paper Works

Beckett House, once the modern office block premises of the Department of Environment, now demolished. Date: 1970s

Roman Masonry
Roman masonry in the basement of business premises on the corner of Gracechurch Street and Leadenhal Market, London. Believed to the be base of a statue and part of the Forum. Date: 1st century

London street scene with Shanghai Restaurant
A London street scene, featuring the Shanghai Restaurant, and a shop to let on the corner. circa 1940s

Street in Central London
A street in Central London, possibly St Jamess Street, Westminster. Visible are the premises of Hooper & Co, Coachbuilders, and Franks Restaurant

Manchester Union Casual Wards, Manchester
Casual wards for tramps and vagrants at Tame Street, Ancoates, Manchester. The original premises were set up in a former cotton mill in 1897 but were rebuilt in around 1900 after being burnt down

Holland Park, London - Kensington College
Holland Park, London - The New Premises of Kensington College

Tangiers, Morocco - The Grand Mosque
A view toward the Grand Mosque at Tangiers, Morocco. The most interesting aspect of this particular postcard is that fact that the photographers premises is pictured in the top right-hand corner

Harry Price and Ottokar Fischer
Undated photograph of Harry Price and Ottokar Fischer outside the latters premises in Vienna. HPG/1/13/1 (xviii)

Foundling Hospital, Redhill, Surrey
The Foundling Hospital at Redhill, Surrey. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London

Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital, Rutland
The Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital operated during World War One in the premises of the Uppingham Union workhouse, Leicester Road, Uppingham, Rutland

Piccadilly Shops
The premises of N J Woolley, Chemist & Druggiest, at 35 Piccadilly, opposite St James church

Paternoster Row
The premises of the Religious Tract Society

Peace in the Strand
Londoners celebrate the victorious conclusion of the war in the Crimea by whooping it up in the Strand outside the premises of the Illustrated London News. Date: 1856

Crane Court
The Royal Society had its premises here at this time

Birkbeck Institute
New premises in Breams Buildings, Chancery Lane

Madame Tussauds Museum, London, 1884
Engraving showing a number of views of Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, London, 1884. These images show the museum shortly after it moved to its Marylebone Road premises that year

The Garrick Club, Covent Garden, London, 1864
Engraving showing the exterior of the Garrick Clubs premises in King Street, Covent Garden, 1864

Licensing Bill cartoon 1908
A cartoon referring to the 1908 Licensing Bill which sought to reduce the number of licensed premises selling alcohol. There was much criticism of the bill which was seen as an infringement of civil

The Licensing Bill, 1908
Poster criticising the Licensing Bill of 1908 which sought to restrict and reduce the number of licensed premises in the country in an attempt to curb drunken behaviour

Licensing Bill poster 1908
Poster criticising the Licensing Bill proposed by the government in 1908 to reduce licensed premises and curb drinking, while allowing private clubs to carry on without restrictions

The Making of the Illustrated London News: How the paper is
Illustration by Samuel Begg, showing an army artists at work in the offices of The Illustrated London News. At times of exceptional pressure, for instance, during a Coronation or a State Funeral

LINCOLNs INN GATE / 1939
LINCOLNs INN gateway was built in 1518 and bears the arms of Sir Thomas Lovell. The INN itself dates from the early 1300s

New York / Broadway 1895
New York: 229 Broadway, premises of the Atlantic Coast Line for all points south

Cinema, Bombay
The Novelty Theatre Cinematograoh, Bombay : in India as elsewhere, the first cinemas are converted premises in existing buildings, rather than purpose-built venues

Parliament Buildings
The Houses of Lords and Commons seen from Old Palace Yard, before the fortunate fire of 1834 which meant they could be replaced by their present palatial premises

San Francisco Quake 4
True Grit - a barber paints his sign on a tent set up on the ruined site of his premises, offering business as usual

Geological Museum
After starting life in 1835 in Whitehall, the Museum of Practical Geology moves to these premises in Jermyn Street in 1851, and finally to South Kensington in 1935

Dog Collar Maker
The trade card of Tachot, fabricant, specialising in dog collars, whose premises are in the Palais Royal, Paris, at no 34 in the Galerie Montpensier, a fairly posh address !

Drapery Store Photo 1905
Two ladies pause to appraise the hats in the window of Thos. Whites Drapery Premises, High Street, Tottenham

Debenhams Marble Hall
Elegantly dressed shoppers in the Marble Hall at Debenham & Freebodys new premises at 44 Wigmore Street, London

Boston Tea Party Planned
BOSTON TEA PARTY - it was in these unpretentious but picturesque premises that the plan for the outrage was discussed and developed

Licensing Bill Fails
The lions of Great Britain (symbolising the majority of the population) chase away the Licensing Bill, which sought to close a third of the countrys licensed premises

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