Service Collection (page 98)

Firefighting training display at Southwark Headquarters
Over 100 years ago, the London Fire Brigade encouraged a good public image, often opening its doors to exercises and special training events

London Fire Brigade and AFS with canteen van, WW2
London Fire Brigade crew and AFS staff enjoying a cup of tea outside a canteen van during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

LCC-London Fire Brigade. Kensington fire station
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-London Fire Brigade crews and vehicles, Vauxhall
LCC-London Fire Brigade crews and motorised vehicles at Vauxhall Fire Station, London. Date: circa 1900

London Fire Brigade band members
Members of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band, standing in a row playing their instruments. Date: 1937

Fire engine and crew, LCC-London Fire Brigate
A fire engine and its crew at Southwark HQ -- the first pneumatic tyred appliance, commissioned in April 1928, with a Dennis Tamini pump capacity of 500 gallons per minute. Date: circa 1928

LCC-London Fire Brigade, motorised pump at hose drill
Fire crew in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump. Date: 1909

Refreshment vehicle at Lambeth HQ
Refreshment vehicle at the new Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth, probably during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for the opening of the building. Date: 1937

Firemen riding a fire engine
Firemen riding an early fire engine bearing the initials MFB (Middlesex Fire Brigade?)

Self-propelled fire engine at LFB Southwark HQ
A self-propelled fire engine at LFB Southwark Headquarters, with firemen training. Date: 1910

Firemen with early fire engine
A group of firemen with an early fire engine

Couplings and other equipment
A pile of couplings and other equipment

Large Dennis trailer water pump

Florist and food shop in Henley-on-Thames. A proud owner with his assistant stand outside the shop whilst at the side of the road his delivery service vehicle (!) stands at the ready

Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2
The latest trailer water pump, presented in September 1940, seen here at Dulwich Fire Station, south London. Date: 1940

Scammell 45 gallon water pump, WW2
A Scammell 45 gallon water pump in position on a trolley during the Second World War (17 September 1942). Date: 1942

London firefighters at work in Hampstead High Street
London firefighters at work outside a Woolworths building in Hampstead High Street, north-west London (11 May 1946). General aerial view of the front of the premises after the fire has been

Rescue following V2 rocket attack, Manor Park, London, WW2
Rescue of a woman following a V2 rocket attack in Manor Park. Although many rescues took place, hundreds of Londoners died in these attacks, launched in the latter stages of WW2

London firefighters at work in Dingley Road, WW2
London firefighters at work with hosepipes and ladders in Dingley Road, City of London, during the Second World War (30 June 1940). Date: 1940

London firefighters at work on staircase, Carron Wharf
London firefighters at work on an adjoining external staircase during a fire at Carron Wharf, Upper Thames Street, on 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work, Blackfriars, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with hosepipes at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940

Firefighters cutting through a roof
Firefighters cutting through the roof of a burning building

Firefighters wearing breathing equipment on the street, one of them drinking a mug of tea

London firefighters at work with hosepipes

Section Officer Pennington with OBE medal, WW2
Section Officer M. Pennington of Southwark Fire Station showing her OBE medal to AFS colleagues, Second World War (5 March 1941). Date: 1941

London Fire Brigade cinematographer at work
London Fire Brigade fireman-cinematographer at work, filming a fierce fire at the warehouse of Messrs Cameron and Co, Upper Thames Street, City of London, 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

London Fire Brigade photographer, Barbican, London
London Fire Brigade fireman-photographer at work, taking pictures of gutted buildings after a big fire in the Barbican, City of London, on 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

London firefighters with hosepipes
London firefighters with their hosepipes trained on a building, with a fire engine and water supply on the street below

London firefighters sliding down a pole. Date: 1960s

The London Fire Brigade, Lambeth headquarters
The London Fire Brigades Lambeth headquarters under construction in February 1936. Date: 1936

London Fire Brigade band at Brigade Headquarters
Group photograph of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band with the Deputy Chief Officer, Major Frank Whitford Jackson, sitting in the centre of the front row

Firefighter training, LFB HQ, Lambeth
Firefighter training at the London Fire Brigade HQ in Lambeth, with a man operating a hose at the top of the turntable ladder. Aerial view, probably taken from the top of the drill tower

Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939

Fire engine and drill tower, LFB HQ, Lambeth
Fire engine and drill tower at the London Fire Brigade HQ in Lambeth, with a training exercise in progress

Firefighters with Essex County Fire Brigade engine
Firefighters with an Essex County Fire Brigade engine (TLP, turntable ladder pump)

Firefighter at the wheel of a fire engine
A firefighter sitting at the wheel of a fire engine at the London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1

Controls of a Leyland Metz fire engine, WW2
Controls of a Leyland Metz TLP (turntable ladder pump) fire engine, showing extension and elevation dials, 3 November 1944. Date: 1944

Lady Londonderry, President of Womens War Service Legion
Lady Londonderry, formerly the Hon. Edith Chaplin, pictured in 1918 when she was President of the Womens War Services Legion (previously known as the Womens Legion)

Blitz in London -- fire at Albert Embankment, WW2
Blitz in London -- aerial view of fire damage caused by an air raid, Tucks India Rubber Works, Albert Embankment, 17 April 1941. Date: 1941

Blitz in London -- house in Carew Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a house in Carew Street, SE5, hit by a high explosive bomb on 29 August 1940. Three people were removed from the debris. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- a ruined building, WW2
Blitz in London -- a ruined building, with debris consisting of wood and metal. Date: 1940s

Parade of Old Contemptibles, St Pauls, London, WW2
Parade of Old Contemptibles outside St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 11 May 1941, with a distant fire resulting from bombing during the Blitz

Blitz in London - High Holborn, WW2
Blitz in London -- scene at the premises of Ensign Ltd in High Holborn, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, WW2
St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, seen here on the night of 10-11 May 1941, when it was nearly destroyed in a bombing raid

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work in Bermondsey, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work at a fire at Youngs Glue Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, during the Second World War, 12 October 1940

Prince Albert as sailor
After passing through Osborne and the Naval College in Dartmouth, Prince Albert, second son of King George V and father of Queen Elizabeth II

Boys scouts at the outbreak of World War I
A London troop of Boy Scouts assist in the transport of baggage from barracks to railway station, at the beginning of World War I. Date: 1914

Firefighters at work in Rotherhithe Street, WW2
Firefighters at work in Rotherhithe Street, Southwark, during the Second World War, 8 September 1940. Date: 1940

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