Southwark Collection (page 4)

GLC-LFB Fifty pump fire, Tooley Street, Southwark
The biggest blaze of the decade was fought at Wilsons Wharf, near Tooley Street, Southwark, in the summer of 1971. It was the same location that cost the life of Londons Fire Chief

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew
Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew. By the 1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more that just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus and lighting at incidents

LFB fire towing unit and trailer pump in bomb crater, WW2
Quite a few London Fire Brigade vehicles came to grief during the Blitz raids. This Commer towing van and trailer pump have ploughed into a bomb crater in Southwark Bridge Road just south of

AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War

Ray Gunter (1909-1977) English Labour politician shortly after he became MP for Southwark in 1964

Magdalen Hospital, Southwark
The Magdalen Hospital premises on Great Surrey Street (now Blackfriars Road, Southwark, opened in 1772. Date: early 1800s

London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral, London - View South Date: circa 1920s

Store vats at Barclay and Perkinss Brewery, 1847
A visit to Messrs. Barclay and Perkinss Brewery in Southwark, London, 1847. Visitors look at the huge store vats. Date: 1847

The Bosses of Southwark Cathedral, London - removed from the 15th century timber roof. The centre piece in the third row depicts the Devil swallowing Judas Iscariot! Date: circa 1909

London, England - view south across London Bridge - with Fishmongers Hall on right and Southwark Cathedral Tower in the distance. Date: circa 1905

Asbestos logo from Asbestos company letterhead
Asbestos logo from the letterhead of Asbestos Cement Building Products Ltd, Asbestos House, Southwark Street, London SE1. 1920

Letterhead, Asbestos Cement Building Products Ltd, Asbestos House, Southwark Street, London SE1. 1920

17th Century Tavern
The Falcon tavern, on the Bankside, Southwark, London, a favourite resort of Shakespeare and his fellow actors, built 16th century or so, here as it was in 1805 Date: 1600 - 1805

Edward Stuart Talbot 1911
EDWARD STUART TALBOT Bishop of (in turn) Rochester, Southwark and Winchester 1844 - 1934

John Bunyan / Southwark
JOHN BUNYAN English preachers Meeting House in Zoar Street, Gravel Lane, Southwark: it was built in 1687 Date: 1628 - 1688

London Bridge Station
The great joint station of the Croydon, Brighton and Dover Railway, at Southwark, built 1840 - 1844, completing the South-Eastern Railway for the time being Date: 1844

Whichelow / Southwark St
A couple of men talking in a deserted street, St Marys Priory, Southwark, London. Date: 1811

Factory Interior
A builders yard at Southwark, London Date: circa 1815

John Locke, English barrister, author and politician
John Locke (1805 -1880), English barrister, author, and Liberal politician, MP for Southwark. Date: 1871

The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Evelina hospital
Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra visiting the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark Bridge Road, London. Date: 1890

Christening, London
Christening, Southwark, County of London, England. Date: 1957

Barclay Perkins Brewery
The Anchor Brewery in Southwark taken over by Barclay Perkins and Co in 1781. By 1815 it was the most productive brewery in the world with 330, 000 barrels a year but was burned down in 1832. C.1820

Firefighters in action, Victory Place, SE17
Firefighters in action with hosepipes during a fire at a warehouse in Victory Place, Southwark, SE17, on 27 April 1958. Seen here in the main entrance of the building -- two jets had been at work

Firefighters taking a break, Victory Place, SE17
Firefighters taking a break during a fire at a warehouse in Victory Place, Southwark, SE17, on 27 April 1958. Date: 1958

Firefighters taking part in a hose training drill
Two firefighters taking part in a hose training drill

LCC-LFB learner drivers on a London street
A picture taken outside the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, on 14 September 1935, showing a motorised Dennis fire engine with an L-plate on the front

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

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

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

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

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

Building on fire in Southwark Street, London - WW2, Blitz - 29th December 1940 Date: 1940

Rear of damaged properties in Southwark St - WW2, Blitz - 30th December 1940. Date: 1940

Devastation at Southwark Street and Summer Street, London
Blitz bomb damage at the junction of Southwark Street and Summer Street, London - 30th December 1940. Date: 1940

Firefighters in new cork helmets
LFB firefighters at Southwark HQ wearing new cork and rubber helmets at an inspection, 14 July 1934. These new, lighter helmets replaced the old brass ones. Date: 1934

Firefighters at Lyons Maid, Stamford Street, London
Firefighters and onlookers outside Lyons Maid Ltd in Stamford Street, Southwark, London SE1, on 24 April 1968. Date: 1968

AFS women, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women in their bunk room at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940

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

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

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

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

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

London recruits at Southwark Town Hall, WW1
Crowds of men anxious to attest under the Derby scheme, crowded into the corridors of Southwark Town Hall in December 1915

Proposal for Southwark Cathedral, London
Londons hidden cathedral: a proposal to make Southwark Cathedral (near London Bridge) more visible, showing the area which currently obscures it from public view. Date: 1912

Ladder drill at LFB Southwark HQ. Date: early 20th century

General aerial view of Old London Bridge, London, looking northwards, as it looked in the 16th century. The old St Pauls Cathedral can be seen on the north side of the river to the left

Men working at watchroom telephone switchboard
Firefighters working on the watchroom telephone switchboard at Southwark Fire Station. Date: circa 1909

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