Service Collection (page 95)

Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London
A Shand Mason Horsed Steamer at Bishopsgate, London. Date: 1906

AFS women, gas mask drill, WW2
AFS women doing a gas mask drill during the Second World War

Two LFB firefighters with lighting equipment, May 1932. Date: 1932

Firefighters with sweeping brushes, Southwark HQ
Firefighters with sweeping brushes at Southwark HQ, taking part in an escape competition

Ilford Fire Station decorated with flags
Ilford Fire Station, Essex, decorated with flags for a special occasion (a coronation or royal jubilee)

Visit to LFB by Mr Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, WW2
Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)

Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFS personnel training office workers in firefighting, 7 June 1941, with a diagram of a typical kilo magnesium electron incendiary bomb pinned to a blackboard. Date: 1941

LFB firefighters with Dennis fire appliance
LFB firefighters with a Dennis fire appliance

Mr Attlee attending hosepipe tests at Wimbledon, WW2
Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)

Salvaging furniture from damaged homes, London, WW2
Firefighters helping residents to salvage furniture from their damaged homes, London, 2 July 1944, Second World War. Date: 1944

Blitz in London -- building on fire in Southwark Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a building on fire in Southwark Street, 29 December 1940. Date: 1940

Prince of Wales at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at the Annual Review of the London Fire Brigade in Victoria Park. Date: 1929

Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2
Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

Unexploded land mine, Greycoat Hospital, London, WW2
An unexploded land mine which has fallen into Greycoat Hospital, Westminster, London, on 15 October 1940. Date: 1940

AFS despatch riders at lecture, London, WW2
AFS despatch riders, male and female, at a lecture, London, Second World War. Date: 1940s

First Leyland motor lorry used by LFB
The first Leyland motor lorry, first used by the LFB in 1911

Man with salvage cart, London, WW2
Man with a salvage cart full of bundles of material, near bombed-out buildings in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Firefighters outside canteen van
Firefighters outside a canteen van with mugs of tea. Date: 1933

LFB presentation of Christmas gifts to orphans, December 1951. Date: 1951

Fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping, East London, in September 1935, with billowing black smoke on the right. On the left, firefighters train their hoses from a fireboat on the River Thames. Date: 1935

Funeral of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, London
Funeral of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1828-1908), London -- taking the coffin into St Saviours Church, 29 August 1908. He was Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Watchroom at 55V sub-station, London, WW2
A man and two women at work in the watchroom of 55V LFS sub-station, London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Aftermath of fire, London Hop Exchange
Aftermath of a fire at the London Hop Exchange in Southwark Street on 20 October 1920. A board leaning up on the right lists the temporary addresses of the tenants

Women on upper floor where an escape took place
Women inspecting the upper floor of a building where an escape took place during a fire

Firefighters standing by during Blitz, London, WW2
Firefighters standing by during the Blitz, London -- in the early hours of the morning, after a night of bombing. Date: 1940s

LFB water relaying drills, Hyde Park, London
LFB water relaying drills taking place in Hyde Park, London, on 12 February 1938, watched by mothers and their children. Date: 1938

Lord Snell at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
Lord Snell (Chairman of the Council) at London Fire Brigade Annual Review in Victoria Park, 30 June 1934, inspecting firefighters wearing Proto breathing equipment. Date: 1934

Building on fire in Red Cross Street, London - Blitz, WW2
Building on fire in Red Cross Street, Southwark, London - Blitz, WW2

Massey Shaw fireboat in action, with men directing the large hose

Emergency call button in telephone box
The emergency call button in a public telephone box -- just press the button and ask for Fire, Ambulance or Police. No number or coins required

London Fire Brigade escape competition with dummies
London Fire Brigade escape competition at Drill HQ on 11 April 1933, aerial view, lowering a dummy down to the ground. Date: 1933

London Fire Brigade Annual Review demonstration, carrying a rescued man down a ladder during a fire. Date: 1931

Firefighters in action, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell
Firefighters attending a fire at a brush factory in Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London, on 18 September 1934. The London Salvage Corps is also in attendance. Date: 1934

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

View from St Pauls Cathedral, London, WW2
View from St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, during the Second World War, with many ruined buildings as a result of bombing. Date: 1940s

Firefighters in action at Ludgate Circus, London, in May 1932, watched by a large crowd. Date: 1932

Presentation of long service medals, Southwark HQ
Presentation of long service medals at Southwark HQ, showing C.O. Sladen (Lieutenant Commander RN) and D.C.O. Mr Gamble. Date: 1915

Firefighter using railing expander to release boy
Firefighter using railing expander to release a boy who has got his head stuck

Firefighter taking part in a hose training drill

Firefighter using hook belt at top of ladder
Firefighter using his hook belt at the top of a ladder

Two men on switchboard at LFB HQ
Two men taking calls on the switchboard at LFB HQ. Date: 1925

LCC-LFB trainees looking at an engine
A group of trainee firefighters and an instructor, looking at the engine of a motorised fire vehicle with an L plate on the front before setting out on the road. Date: circa 1920s

Auxiliary Ambulance Girl - Wartime London - 1940s. circa 1942

Incident at East Surrey Grove, SE London, 7 May 1955. Showing a fire engine (pump) on the pavement and front gardens of two private houses

Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East London
Firefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint

Car in basement, Belgrave Square, London
An Austin A70 car which has crashed through iron railings at street level and fallen into the basement area of a private house in Belgrave Square, London, on 20 May 1955

LFB annual review and inspection at HQ
LFB annual review at HQ, 2 July 1955, with the Home Secretary, Major Gwilym Lloyd George (1st Viscount Tenby, 1894-1967), inspecting the parade. Date: 1955

Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London
Distorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford

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