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St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, SussexInmates of the St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex Date: circa 1924
Boys on an 18th century fire engine, WirksworthBoys playing on an 18th century fire engine at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It was believed to be the oldest fire engine in England, dating back to 1721, made by Newsome
General Service cap - badge of Northumberland FusiliersGeneral Service cap with the badge of the Northumberland Fusiliers. Trench Art
Advert, Southern Railway ExcursionsAdvertisement for Southern Railway Excursions to Birmingham, Cambridge, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Rugby, Wolverhampton, etc, every Sunday from December to March
Madeira, Winter 1951-1952Brochure front cover advertising Thomas Cooks travel service. Date: 1951-1952
Coastal view of Funchal, Madeira with seaplane taking offCoastal view of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal with seaplane taking off on the regular mainland service. Date: circa 1940s
LCC-MFB Kentish Town fire station, NW LondonBuilt in 1885, Kentish Town fire station was located at Fortress Walk NW5. It remained operational until 1972 when it was closed and subsequently demolished
LCC-LFB Pageants Wharf fire station, RotherhitheBuilt by the London County Council and opened in 1903, Pageants Wharf fire station still stands at 241 Rotherhithe Street, SE16
LCC-LFB Plumstead fire station, SE LondonSituated in Plumstead High Street and opened in 1906, Plumstead fire station was one of the LCC boundary fire stations bordering onto the Kent Fire Brigade until 1965
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine at Clapham fire stationA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape at Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council
GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump fire engineThe 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
Join the Navy, the service for fighting men. Poster showing a sailor astride a torpedo. Date 1917
Cuba - First Pan American Airways serviceCuba - The First Pan American Airways (PAN-AM) service between Key West, United States and Havana, Cuba in October 1927. Pan American Airways was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Poster advertising New Zealand LinePoster advertising the New Zealand Line, offering a regular service via the Panama Canal
The Great Western Railway service from PenzanceThe inaugural trip of the Great Western Railway service from Penzance. The new express service, which shortens the journey by forty minutes
Exterior - Automat Dining Room, Times Square, New York, USAThe exterior of the Automat Dining Room - Times Square branch, New York, USA. Horn & Hardart was a food services company of the USA noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia
LCC-MFB Euston fire station, NW LondonEuston fire station, located in Euston Road NW1, still operational today
LCC-MFB New Cross fire station, Hatcham, SE LondonBuilt by the London County Council, New Cross fire station is located at 266 Queens Road SE14. Opened in 1893, it remains operational today
LCC-MFB Peckham fire station, CamberwellBuilt by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) and opened in 1867, Peckham fire station was located in Peckham Road opposite Southampton Way SE5
LCC-MFB Cherry Garden river fire station, SE LondonBuilt by the London County Council, Cherry Garden river fire station was located at Cherry Garden Street in Bermondsey. It was one of four Metropolitan Fire Brigade river stations and, from 1904
LCC- MFB Stoke Newington fire stationStoke Newington fire station was one of the last to be built by the MFB in 1886 prior to the creation of the London County Council in 1889
LCC-LFB Highbury fire station, N5Built by the London County Council, Highbury fire station was located at 215 Blackstock Road, N5. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of fire
LCC-MFB Rotherhithe fire station, SE LondonRotherhithe fire station was built for the MFB by the London County Council in 1887, located at Gomm Road, Lower Road. It was closed in 1928 with the opening of Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey
GLC-LFB Road traffic accident (RTA)A collision between a bus and car resulted in the bus careering into a terraced house and a response by all the emergency services
GLC-LFB Lambeths pump escape on the roadLambeth fire stations pump-escape pictured on Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, in September 1966, with the Houses of Parliament in the background
LCC-LFB general purpose lorryA general purpose lorry, manufactured by Dennis of Guildford
LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin SpragueView of the funeral procession of Fireman Martin Sprague, who was killed in a fire. Showing the start of the procession from MFB headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road to Highgate Cemetery in North
LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance roomStation 76 was Holloway fire station, North London, located in Mayton Street, opened in 1907. Here its self propelled pump and pump-escape stand ready in the appliance room
NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!
Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing CrossBlitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941
Yellowstone National Park, Ranger Naturalist Service. Poster shows Old Faithful erupting at Yellowstone National Park. Date ca. 1938
Grand Canyon National Park, a free government service. Poster shows view of the Grand Canyon. Date ca. 1938
Shire horses and cart on Marazion beach, CornwallTwo white shire horses pulling a cart along Marazion beach in Cornwall, with St Michaels Mount in the background
Airmail postcards at Gamages, LondonPeople at Gamages in Holborn, Central London, addressing postcards and posting them in the special London Aerial Postbox, in time for the first aerial mail service from Hendon to Windsor
Sir John George Shaw-LefevreCaricature portrait of Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre KCB (1797-1879). Shaw-Lefevre was a British barrister, Whig politician, and civil servant
Chesterfield ChurchThe spire of Chesterfield Church, Derbyshire. The Devil wound his tail around the spire, but the incense from a Mass service made him sneeze and bent the spire!
Edward VIII & PatailasEDWARD VIII When Prince of Wales, meeting Pataila soldiers who lost limbs whilst on active service during World War One
Persian ArchersSoldiers from Elam, armed with spear, bow and arrows, in the service of Darius when he attacked Greece
London Tram 1952The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952
LCC-LFB Westminster fire station, SW LondonOpened in 1906, Westminster fire station was a London Fire Brigade station (the name had changed from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1904)
LCC-LFB Brixton fire station, London SW8Built by the London County Council, Brixton fire station is located at 84 Gresham Road SW8. It remains operational and is one of the London Fire Brigades busiest stations
LCC-MFB Dulwich fire stationBuilt by the London County Council, Dulwich fire station was located at 250 Lordship Lane, Forest Hill. It was closed in 1947
LCC-LFB Mile End fire station, E1Built by the London County Council, Mile End fire station was located at 263 Mile End Road. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of fire
LCC-MFB Hackney fire station, E9Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) for the MFB, Hackney fire station was located at 2-2A Bodney Road, East London
LFDCA-LFB Volvo dual purpose diesel pump ladderPictured on Blackheath in SE London, the pump ladder from Greenwich fire station
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
Summer Holidays in the British IslesCover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an English seaside resort, with a sandy beach, sailing boats on the sea, a pier and a blue sky