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Mass jets at the LFB annual review at Lambeth HQLondon firefighters from East London demonstrating mass jets during the Annual Review display at the Brigades headquarters. Lambeth, SE1
The Railway Junction. A signal changing from stop to go. This is a classic British semaphore stop signal (lower quadrant type)
GLC-LFB ERF diesel pump-escape fire engineThe ERF pump escape attached to Millwall fire station, the latest addition to the Brigades appliance fleet. It was a dual-purpose appliance that could carry either the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder
Hendon Fire Brigade (later part of Middlesex FB)In 1855 a fire brigade was established in Hendon, renamed the Hendon Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1866, and a manual fire engine was kept in a building near the church
LCC-LFB - North Kensington fire stationThe firefighters from North Kensington fire station, Faraday Road, W10, pose on the station forecourt on their pump escape and pump
LCC-MFB firefighters at Dulwich fire stationOpened in 1892, Dulwich fire station was located at 250 Lordship Lane. The firefighters pose on the horse drawn steamer whilst a child looks out the first floor window
West Ham Fire BrigadeA manual horse drawn fire pump belonging to West Ham Fire Brigade with a Victorian fire crew
Scene at a petrol station, with an attendant filling up a car
Blitz in London -- Auxiliary towing vehicle and trailer, WW2An example of an Auxiliary towing vehicle and its trailer pump, used during the London Blitz. Such units would have been allocated to sub-stations (under the control of a regular fire station)
LCC-MFB Brixton fire station, Stockwell, SW LondonBrixton fire station, located in Shepherds Lane, Ferndale Road, Brixton, built in 1867. Brixton firemen pose with their two engines (an escape cart and steamer pump)
GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at EdmontonThe 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
LCC-LFB Wandsworth Fire Station appliance roomThe newly opened fire station at Wandsworth, West Hill, with the stations appliances plus an Auxiliary Fire Service pump lined up in the appliance room
GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQTo celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters
Advertisement for various types of steam engineAdvertisement for Robey & Co of Lincoln (Globe Works), London, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Paris, manufacturers of various types of steam engine. circa 1883
Refuelling in a MiniThe modern female petrol pump operator, refuelling a car in her mini skirt
The Square, Magherafelt - a view of part of the square with a boy in the foreground at a water pump and shop fronts and people and horse vehicles behind
Main Street, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. Date: circa 1925
Advertisement for Pratts petrol and motor oilsAdvertisement for Pratts high test petrol and motor oils, the essence of refinement. Date: circa 1930s
Joseph Bramahs hydrostatic (hydraulic) press, 18th century.. Joseph Bramahs hydrostatic (hydraulic) press, sections of the pump and cylinder, 18th century
LCC-LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump-escapeThe Dennis dual-purpose pump-escape from D66 station Brixton (Gresham Road, SW4), pictured on Lambeth Bridge. The hose-reel tubing
NFS-London Region 100ft turntable with pump, WW2A Merryweather turntable ladder fitted with an integral fire pump that feeds the monitor at the head of the ladder and therefore does not require a separate pumping appliance to feed it
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. Firefighters trying to push a fire appliance (open topped pump)
Advertisement for Redex Engine treatmentA tin/alloy sign advertising Redex engine treatment which according to this advertisement - makes your car faster, smoother and cheaper to run. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
Double cylinder steam fire engine made by Thomas CoatesA double cylinder steam fire engine, made by Thomas Coates, awarded the Champion Gold Medal at Crystal Palace, London, in 1890. Date: late 19th century
Oil fuelled Merryweather pump
A London Fire Brigade pump escape
LCC-LFB Dual purpose appliances (pump escape)Introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1934, dual purpose appliances meant that the ladders the fire engines carried were interchangeable
GLC-LFB appliance fleet - foam tenderThe 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
LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQLambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen
LCC-LFB foam carrier and foam equipmentThe foam carrier (lorry) and pump-escape from station 71 Battersea demonstrating the foam making capability of front-line fire engines
Barnet Voluntary Fire Brigade with manual horse pumpThe officers and firemen of the Barnet voluntary fire brigade with the manual horse drawn pump fire engine
Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomenA Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomen
LCC-LFB emergency dam unit and trailer pump, WW2Emergency water supplies were vital to supplementing the available mains supply for fighting the vast swathe of fires that swept parts of London during the Blitz
Government supplied NFS pump escape and trailer pumpA grey pump escape and trailer pump prior to having its NFS station identification number painted on the side. Seen here at the London Fire Brigade headquarters in Lambeth
Redex Petrol AdditiveA tin/alloy sign advertising Redex petrol additive which makes the engine BETTER. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
Roman Fire Engine / PumpRoman fire engine, consisting of two double-cylindered force pumps worked by means of a rocking beam (now lost)
TOZER FIRE PUMP / C. 1870Tozer Fire-Pump, a portable and extremely useful fire- pump, named after the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade of the City of Birmingham
Portable Steam Pump / 1883Valiant portable Steam Pump. designed and patented by Merryweathers in 1883. A powerful self-contained pumping engine
The Grand Pump Room and Abbey, Bath, Somerset. circa 1920s
Trade catalogue of womens perfume sprays 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a page crystal cut glass and diamond cut perfume sprays bottles. Date: 1911
Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and waterDiagram illustrating how heat in the earth and water can provide heating for homes and factories. City Electrical Engineer of Norwich
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at SouthwarkAn early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters
LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQAn early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine in a Clapham streetA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape which was visiting Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London
LCC-LFB Motorised pump escape at Southwark HQThe pump escape of No 1 station, the Brigade Headquarters fire station located at Southwark Bridge Road SE1. The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB would lead to a reduction in the number
English Village WellA mother and child fetch a pail of water from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. England. Date: 1930s
Walsingham Village PumpThe old village pump, with its brick-built housing at Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Date: 1960s
American Roadside Gas Station and BarbershopAmerican Roadside Gas Station, Hardings United Purity Stores and Barbershop Date: 1946