Units Collection (page 3)

LCC-LFB Coach purchased as a Brigade Control Unit
This rather dishevelled looking former coach was purchased by the London Fire Brigade as its new Brigade Control Unit. Following a thorough overhaul

GLC LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
Battery operated communications equipment for use with compressed air breathing apparatus sets. Microphones are fitted into the specially adapted full face masks

LCC-MFB Streatham fire station wireless van
Whilst the new Streatham fire station was being built, a sub-station was employed to serve the local area. Seen here is the interior of the horse drawn mobile MFB wireless van that housed

GLC-LFB Brigade Headquarters Control Unit (CU)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB Salvage Tender
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB Breathing apparatus cylinder van
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

AFS Control unit at major exercise, Gloucestershire
Auxiliary firefighters working in the AFS control unit during a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

LCC-LFB Brigade major control unit at Lambeth
Based at the Brigade Headquarters, with dedicated operational control unit staff who worked there, this unit attended all major fires and incidents

LCC-LFB Brigade major control unit at Lambeth HQ
Control Unit vehicle based at LFB Headquarters. It had its own dedicated operational staff, and attended all major fires and incidents

Conversion of NFS mobile kitchen unit to LFB control unit
London Fire Brigade mobile kitchen ready for conversion to a control Unit

Auxiliary Fire Service mobile control unit

NFS heavy unit with hosereels and water tank, WW2
Home Office (NFS) heavy unit fitted with hose reels and water tank on display at London Regional headquarters, Lambeth SE1

NFS (London Region) Communications caravan, WW2
Firewomen control officers inside a communications caravan on location at an NFS training exercise in Northwood. Middlesex

Home Office-NFS Fire Force control unit, WW2
An example of the Home Office fire control units that were issued to the various Fire Force Area headquarters. They were built to a standard design and were the command point at larger fires

NFS-London Region open water exercise, WW2
Four heavy units and trailer pumps at work by an emergency dam undertaking a pumping exercise

NFS (London Region) Fire Force 35 Control Unit, WW2
There were five Fire Force areas in the London Region of the NFS, Nos. 34 to 38. Each Fire Force area had its own local headquarters and Control Unit with dedicated staff

NFS (London Region) constructing a water dam, WW2
London firefighters constructing a self-assembly emergency dam. These dams were carried on special water units that also towed a trailer pump and could provided a static water supply close to fires

NFS (London Region No 5) Towing Unit, WW2
An NFS towing and trailer unit in uniform grey livery, displayed in the Regional Fire Service Headquarters station drill yard

Blitz in London -- Queen Victoria Street and Thames Street
Blitz in London -- the apparent confusion of fire hose as London firefighters try to get to grips with the widespread fires started by enemy bombing attacks

LFB fire Control Unit at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2
One of the LCC-LFB fire control units allocated to Brigade and District headquarters which attended major fires during the Second World War

Blitz in London -- LFB Southern Division control unit, WW2
Blitz in London -- two men and a woman working side by side in an LFB Southern Division control unit during the Second World War

Pumps working from dams, Thames Haven, WW2
Two major pumping units (NFS) set into an emergency inflatable dam and supplying water to the scene of a serious oil tank fire at the Thames Haven oil tank farm near Thurrock in Essex

Parris Island, South Carolina. Special United States Marine units in training bedding down a big barrage balloon. Date 1942 May

Advertisement for refrigeration units for ships
An advertisement for The Bell-Coleman Mechanical Refrigeration Company of Glasgow and London, Makers of Cold Air and Ice Making Machinery, as used on board various ships

Sissons sinks advertisement, 1950s
Advertisement for Sissons stainless steel sinks, bringing gleaming glamour to your kitchen. c.1950

Ezee Kitchens advertisement
Advertisement for Ezee Kitchens featuring a proud looking housewife showing off her new kitchen units. c.1950

English Rose Kitchens advertisement
Advertisement for English Rose Kitchens Limited, the quintessential retro kitchen system. Date: 1960

Scouts shaking hands
An Air Scout shakes hands with both a Sea Scout and a Scout to celebrate the formation of the Air Scouts. 1941

Police map operator plotting the position of various police units on a large table map of london. Exact positions are found using the table magnifying glass

Blue 1950s kitchen
Blue formica surfaces combine with cool white for the practical blue kitchen scene visualised here. The accent colour, red, appears in the gay utensils

German Prisoners escorted by Spahis
German prisoners escorted by Spahis, Algerian and Senegalese Cavalry units, who fought on the allied side during the First World War

Anti-Aircraft Rockets, Britain; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the firing of anti-aircraft rockets at night, by British Home Guard units, during 1944

Freikorps Set up Mortars
The Freikorps set up mortars in Berlins Alexanderplatz. These right wing units were used in 1919 to suppress the Communist Spartacist uprisings

Freikorp Units / 1920
Freikorp units in Saxony. They were often ex-soldiers who subscribed to the myth that the government had stabbed them in the back by signing the Armistice

Soviet Recce Units
Soviet reconnaissance units operating in the Kuban, Crimea

Dairy Cows / Feeding Time
A row of cows heads poke out of their narrow units around feeding time

Santa Barbara Mission was founded in 1786. Portions of five units of its extensive water works survive today. Ruins of tanning vats and pottery kilns also survive

Mopping Kitchen Floor
A young housewife mops her kitchen linoleum floor, using a squeegy mop

Hungarian Dismemberment
After World War One, the Allies proposed to break up Hungary into smaller units. This card protests against the dismemberment - but it happened anyway

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