Southwark Collection (page 8)

MFB at Southwark HQ and scaling ladders
A ladder cart at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade HQ at Southwark SE1. Scaling ladders were separate interlocking ladders which when placed together

Blitz in London -- Taylors Depository, Southwark
Blitz in London -- fire crew tackling a blaze following an air raid, at Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941, using turntable ladders

Blitz on London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2
London firefighters struggling to control a powerful jet of water whilst fighting a fire at the Blackfriars Goods (Railway) Depot, Southwark Street

Blitz in London - AFS substation, Southwark
Blitz in London -- an AFS substation located in Webber Street, Southwark. SE1, with building debris covering fire appliances in the yard area

LFB mechanical fire appliance at Southwark HQ
Two London firemen at drill with a motorised fire appliance (with its ladder removed), watching at drills being performed out of shot

Coronation and opening of New London Bridge
Scene at the coronation of King William IV and Queen Adelaide (8 September 1831), with the opening of the New London Bridge (1 August 1831) below, with a balloon visible in the top right

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pa. Ma. under the officers of

Sketches with the Co. B 8th Reg. Pa. Ma. i. e. militia unde
Sketches with the Co. B 8th Reg. Pa. Ma. i.e. militia under the officers of the old Southwark Gaurd sic night after leaving Camp McClure

Sketches with Co B. 8th Reg. Pa. Ma. under the officers of the Old Southwark Gaurd sic in Chambersburg. Union troops preparing to bivouac in church pews. Date 1862

Police guard MP at 5, 000 slate club share out

West Southwark Slate Club paying out, London
Scene showing people collecting their money on paying out day of the West Southwark Slate Club in London. A Slate Club was a society whose members contributed small sums weekly or monthly to a fund

The Waterman Arms, Southwark
A photograph of The Waterman Arms in Southwark, SE London, the first trust public house to be opened in London. While alcoholic drinks were still sold

Old Tabard Inn
The old Tabard inn, Southwark, London, demolished in 1876. Also known as The Talbot Inn. Date: 19th century

The Anchor Inn, Bankside, Southwark, south London. An ancient hostelry, built just after the Great Fire of London (1666), upon a much older site Date: 17th century

Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane
A view of Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane, Southwark. Date: 1862

Ark kitchen, Salvation Army, Southwark, London
The kitchen of The Ark, a Salvation Army night shelter for men, opened in 1891 on Southwark Street in south London. A large urn stands on the counter at the left

Alleyns Almshouses, Southwark, London, c. 1840
Engraving showing the exterior of Alleyns Almshouses in Southwark, London, sketched in 1840

Fire at Cottons Wharf, Southwark, 1861
Engraving showing the large fire which burnt down Cottons Wharf, Southwark, London, June 1861

The Hustings at Southwark Town Hall, London, 1852
Engraving showing the Hustings outside Southwark Town Hall, during the General Election of 1852

The Old Tabard Inn, Southwark, London, 1895
Photograph showing the old Tabard Inn, Southwark, which was pulled down in 1876

North Bank of the Thames from Blackfriars Bridge to London B
Engraving showing a view of the North bank of the River Thames from Blackfriars Bridge (extreme left) to London Bridge (extreme right), 1865

The Hustings in Borough Road, Southwark, 1870
Engraving showing the hustings for the Southwark election, held beside Borough Road, 1870

Southwark Park Opened
The opening of the Park

Southwark Street, London, 1865
Engraving showing the junction of Southwark Street, Borough, London in 1865

Thames Southwark
The Thames at Southwark, looking towards St Paul s

Guys Hospital, Southwark
A sketch showing the new building at Guys Hospital in 1852. Guys Hospital founded in 1721 by Thomas Guy, on a site near London Bridge. He died four years later but left a large fund for the hospital

Q Elizabeths School
A South View of Queen Elizabeths Free Grammar School in Tooley Street in the Parish of St Olave, Southwark, with a Plan of the Adjacent Neighbourhood done in 1813

South Eastern Companys works on the river
View from Southwark Bridge. Looking east, London Bridge can be seen in the distance

Telephone-room at Southwark fire engine station
The telephone-room at Southwark Chief Fire Engine Station showing an officer operating a switchboard, connecting the station with sub-stations in other London districts

George Inn, Southwark
First referred to in 1554, when it was owned by Mr Collet, MP for Southwark. Destroyed in the great fire of 1676, rebuilt in about 1677

Southwark / Bankside Map
A map of Bankside showing location of the theatres during the Elizabethan/ Jacobean period

Draytons Paper
Delivering Drayton Mill Toilet Papers by horse drawn carriage to 34 Great Guildford Street, Southwark, London

Southwark / Harvard Chapel
Southwark with Harvard Chapel in the distance

Christmas scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital
Christmas comes but once a year -- a scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital, founded in Southwark, London, in 1869. A sick little girl is visited by her mother and younger sister

Southwark Hop Exchange
The Hop Exchange in Southwark, London

Southwark Bridge 1905
with boats

Thames / Southwark 1905
The Thames at Southwark

Southwark / White Hart Inn
The headquarters of Jack Cade when he attacked London in 1450, mentioned in Shakespeares Henry VI, and where Pickwick met Sam Weller in Dickens Pickwick Papers

Queens Head, Southwark
Built in the early 1500s, this inn was later owned by John Harvard of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who migrated to America and gave his name to Harvard University, MA

Pilgrims Leave / Chaucer
The pilgrims leave the Tabard Inn Southwark on their pilgrimage to Canterbury

Thames Embankment 1877
Thames Embankment with St Pauls Cathedral and Southwark Bridge

London from St Saviours
A general view of London from the tower of St Saviours with Southwark bridge in the foreground

Tabard, Southwark, 1831
The Tabard Inn, Southwark, London, demolished in 1876. Also known as The Talbot Inn

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping