Service Collection (#91)

LFB monitor on dual purpose appliance
LFB monitor at work on a dual purpose appliance

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view)
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view)

Close-up of wheels on LFB fire engine
Close-up of wheels on a London Fire Brigade fire engine

Close-up of LFB fire engine
Close-up of a London Fire Brigade fire engine

LFB crew on motorised vehicle
LCC London Fire Brigade crew on a motorised vehicle, February 1934. Date: 1934

LFB Dennis fire engine (back view)
A London Fire Brigade Dennis fire engine (back view, showing the gallows)

LFB Merryweather fire engine with stored hoses

LFB fire engine with raised ladder (side view)

Merryweather escape carrying unit (front view) with Fordson chassis

LFB towing unit (rear view)
London Fire Brigade towing unit (rear view)

Bailey escape ladder fitted with Miles mounting

Books stacked on staircase, London SE15
Books indiscriminately stacked on a staircase between first and second floors, discovered during a four-pump fire in Lyndhurst Grove, London SE15, on 27 January 1963. Date: 1963

Aftermath of fire, Arts Theatre Club, London
Aftermath of a fire at the Arts Theatre Club, Great Newport Street, Central London, on 4 August 1951. Date: 1951

Auxiliary Fire Service crew with fire engine, WW2
At the London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, two members of the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) crew pose for their photo with a fire engine. Date: circa 1940

Princess Anne at the Birmingham Fire Show, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, on 21 May 1984, with Chief Officer B Fuller - The CFB Stand. Date: 1984

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

Children at Christmas party, Lambeth HQ, London
Children having fun at a Christmas party at the London Fire Brigades Lambeth HQ in London. Date: 1952

Ladder, carriage frame and runners (battery operated). Showing the Miles mounting quadrant

Motorised fire vehicle and crew, Twickenham
Motorised fire vehicle and crew of Twickenham Fire Brigade. Date: 1920s

Shand Mason fire appliance in a steam museum
Shand Mason fire appliance (marked First Grand Prize) on display in a steam museum, August 1938

Horse-drawn fire engine with crew, Southgate, North London
Horse-drawn fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service

Horse-drawn steamer taking part in special drill
A horse-drawn steamer and crew taking part in a special drill display given at Lambeth HQ for chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937. Seen here are hosepipes in action

Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew
A Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew, taking part in a special drill display given to chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937

Horse-drawn fire engine with crew, Willesden, London
A horse-drawn fire engine with crew, High Road, Willesden Green, NW London, with Willesden Chapel in the background

Horse-drawn steamer taking part in display
Horse-drawn steamer taking part in a display, with crew in traditional uniform, including brass helmets

Steam pump fire appliance in a steam museum
Steam pump fire appliance on display in a steam museum, August 1938

Engraving of worm-driven fire squirt
Engraving of people operating a large worm-driven fire squirt mounted on two wheels, to put out a fire in a burning building, reproduced from Besoni, Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum, 1568

Horse-drawn fire vehicle and crew in display
A horse-drawn fire vehicle and crew in traditional dress, taking part in a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Weekly LFB drill display with manual and motor pumps
Weekly LFB drill display with an old manual pump and a modern turbine motor pump both brought into action, 26 August 1936. Date: 1936

Weekly LFB drill display with old manual pump
Weekly LFB drill display with an old manual pump brought into action, 26 August 1936. Date: 1936

Firefighter in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
Firefighter operating a two-man manual hose in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump and crew
A Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump, with crew from Red Cross Street fire station in traditional costume, taking part in the 1932 Lord Mayors Show, City of London

Massey Shaw fireboat, River Thames, London
The London Fire Brigades Massey Shaw fireboat with two firefighters on deck operating the hoses

Massey Shaw fireboat in action, River Thames, London
The London Fire Brigades Massey Shaw fireboat in action with hoses spraying, on the River Thames near the Thames Barrier at Woolwich, with firefighters on deck

Los Angeles Fire Department duplex pump, USA
Los Angeles Fire Department duplex pump in action, California, USA, May 1937. Date: 1937

Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity

American fog gun in operation, WW2
An American Hardie fog gun (water hose) in operation, firing a water jet into the air, 8 September 1944. Date: 1944

Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC, USA
Entertaining orphan boys on a DCFD fire department truck at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC, on Fathers Day, 18 June 1950. Date: 1950

Blitz in London -- AFS women outside control unit, WW2
Blitz in London -- two AFS women outside a control unit, 27 June 1941. Date: 1941

First mobile kitchen donation, WW2
The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, receiving the keys to the first mobile kitchen from Lord Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett)

AFS firefighters being served from mobile kitchen, WW2
AFS firefighters being served hot meals from a mobile kitchen presented by the Junior Red Cross of Saskatchewan, Canada. Date: 1940s

Interior of a mobile kitchen, WW2
Interior of a mobile kitchen, looking towards the rear, 25 August 1941. Date: 1941

Tea break for AFS man and woman, London, WW2
Tea break for a man and woman of the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), standing by a canteen van in London, Second World War. Date: 1940s

NFS mobile kitchen in operation, WW2
An NFS (London Region No 5) mobile kitchen in operation, handing out meals to women in uniform. The vehicle was donated by the Canadian Red Cross. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London - AFS firefighter, WW2
Blitz in London - a smiling AFS firefighter, a former Smithfield meat porter named Eddie. Date: 1940s

Two London firefighters awarded George Medal, WW2
Two London firefighters awarded the George Medal, 20 September 1941. From left to right: J C Cunningham and H W Mould of Bishopsgate, being congratulated by a colleague after hearing the news

King George VI inspecting firefighters on parade, WW2
King George VI visiting the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth. Date: 1940

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