Service Collection (page 10)

George Beaumont with manual fire engine, Pinner
George Beaumont, Chief Officer of the Pinner Voluntary Fire Brigade, with a manual fire engine which was kept at Waxwell Lane, Pinner, having previously been housed at The Hall

Advert for Bensons luminous wrist watch 1915
Bensons active service wristlet watch, fully luminous figures and hands and self closing cover. Date: 1915

How To See London
Brochure front cover advertising Thomas Cooks World Travel Service, 1953. Date: 1953

National Childrens Home (NCH) Milton School, Farnborough
Boys on the lawn at the Milton Industrial School run by the National Childrens Home (NCH) in Farnborough, Hampshire. In 1933, the establishment became Milton Approved School

WW2 - Fit and ready to join the RAF - strong like Father
" We Must Hand it to the RAF" WW2 - Fit and ready to join the RAF - strong like Father! A girl is happy to hand over her boy to the service of the country

Barrabool - P&O Line (one class only) - England-Egypt-Ceylon (Sri Lanka)-Australia service - twin-screw vessel. Date: circa 1910s

P&O Mail and Passenger liner - SS Rawalpindi
P&O liner SS Rawalpindi - India Passenger and Mail Service - 16, 600 tons gross. Date: 1937

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat after modifications for military service

Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crew
Firefighters from Whitechapel fire station posing with their Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets with their open Dennis dual purpose appliance which could carry either an extension ladder

LCC-LFB Caledonian Road fire station, North London
Built in 1909, fire station B69 Caledonian Road was located at 158-164 Copenhagen Street. Although relatively new, the adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number

LCC-LFB Kensington fire station, SW London
Located in Old Court Place near Kensington Church Street, Kensington fire station retained a horse drawn turntable ladder until 1921 when it was finally replaced by a motorised version

LCC-LFB Bayswater fire station, Paddington
Opened in 1904 and located in Pickering Place, Bayswater fire station closed in the early 1920s. The adoption of motorised fire engines by the London Fire Brigade led to a reduction in the number of

LCC-LFB Islington fire station stables
Islingtons first fire station opened in 1860 in Florence Street. The station pictured here was located in Upper Street, and opened in 1899

Oil fuelled Merryweather pump

A London Fire Brigade pump escape

Firefighters working at scene of restaurant fire, Biggin Hill, SE London

Fireboat Fire-Dart, River Thames
Fireboat Fire-Dart on the River Thames

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge fire station, SW London
Opened in 1907, Knightsbridge fire station was a London Fire Brigade station (the name had changed from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1904)

LCC-LFB Northcote fire station, Battersea, SW London
Built by the London County Council, Northcote fire station was located at 59-61 Chatham Road, SW8. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of

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

LFB-AFS convoy and fire exercise
Part of the Civil Defence Corps until it was disbanded in the late 1960s, the Auxiliary Fire Service consisted of volunteer firefighters who would attend a fire station for drill and training

GLC-LFB Junior firemen learning to drive
The Junior firemen scheme in London ran from 1964 until 1969. 16-17 year old boys were put under extended training until they could be enrolled as operational firefighters at 18

GLC-LFB Warehouse fire, Herring Street, London
A serious warehouse fire in riverside wharfs and a turntable ladder at work in the distance. In the foreground salvage tenders from the London Salvage Corps are in attendance to mitigate damage

GLC-LFB appliance fleet - foam tender
The 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

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Brigade HQ
The 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 Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here the recruit squad are rescuing by carrying down on the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder pitched to the third

LCC-LFB Interior of Brigade Control Unit
The inside of the control unit and the preparation of the fire ground map, showing the layout of the affected building. It is used for planning the disposition of crews and lines of attack on the fire

Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
Firemen entering the basement of the major fire in the Smithfield Poultry Market on 23 January 1958 that had already cost the lives of two firemen

LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ
Lambeths (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 vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQ
The London Fire Brigade vehicle repair and maintenance workshops located within the extensive headquarters complex in Lambeth, SE1

LCC-LFB foam carrier and foam equipment
The foam carrier (lorry) and pump-escape from station 71 Battersea demonstrating the foam making capability of front-line fire engines

LCC-LFB major control unit at Lambeth HQ
Major control unit, based at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, with dedicated operational control unit staff. The unit attended all major fires and incidents

Barnet Voluntary Fire Brigade with manual horse pump
The officers and firemen of the Barnet voluntary fire brigade with the manual horse drawn pump fire engine

Barnet Fire Brigade fire crews with appliances outside the fire station

LCC- MFB motorised senior officers car
At the turn of the century motorised transport was making its presence felt in Londons fire brigade, Seen here is Superintendent Cs Egerton

Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomen
A Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomen

LCC-MFB horse drawn steamer at Greenwich
A horse drawn steamer and crew at Greenwich fire station, Bisset Street, SE London, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)

LCC-LFB in action at warehouse blaze
Two turntable ladders brought into action at a major warehouse fire with an LCC ambulance standing by in the foreground

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters, WW2
Blitz in London -- a personal photograph, taken by a colleague, of life in the AFS at a sub-station, showing firewomen on the Heavy Unit of Sub-station 67Z

MFB and LCC-LFB Mile End fire station, East London
Built by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1866, this station was passed to the LCC-London Fire Brigade in 1889 when the LCC was created

Edgeware Road fire station, Paddington. London Fire Brigade. Built in 1900

LCC-LFB Vehicle and equipment workshops complex
The Headquarters complex at Lambeth SE1 had extensive vehicle and equipment workshops. Maintenance, repair and restoration work could be undertaken by highly skilled mechanics and craftsmen

Example of a woman dialling 999 for the emergency services in a red telephone booth

NFS (London Region) ordinary fire in Islington, WW2
A fire in a shop and dwelling in Liverpool Street, Islington, North London. Despite the lull in enemy bombing, ordinary fires were still commonplace and some were of a serious nature

Firefighters attempt to right a fallen cart, WW2
Firefighters attempt to right a fallen cart in Clerkenwell Close

Members of the Canadian Fire Service join the NFS, WW2
Detachments from the Canadian Fire Service arrive in the UK to supplement National Fire Service numbers. Groups were allocated to the various Fire Regions

London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underway
The Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London

LCC-LFB emergency dam unit and trailer pump, WW2
Emergency 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

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