Vehicle Collection

The Great Train Robbery: aftermath & reportage, 1963
" The most daring and fruitful mail robbery in English History" : a page from The Illustrated London News, detailing the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery of 8th August 1963

Sunbeam Talbot advertisement, 1939
An advertisement for Britains Most Exclusive Light Car, the Sunbeam Talbot 10, where the ad lets the car do the talking! Date: 1939

Vintage Racing Car
A vintage racing car hurtling along a country lane

LFDCA-LFB Lambeth HQ and Lambeth river station
A modernised Lambeth river fire station and the new fireboat London Phoenix, seen here from the north bank of the River Thames

Lea Francis Vintage Car, England. Date: 1920s

The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson
Double page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film

Display of JCB Extradig diggers in a field
Display of bright yellow JCB Extradig Sitemaster diggers in a field, with a Turbo 4x4 underneath. Date: circa 1980s

Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, SE London
Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, Eltham, SE London

Milkman delivering milk
Fresh milk is delivered by the milkman, who stands by his milk float. Date: 1975

Chris Reynolds Victorian fire engine cartoon
Chris Reynolds was a fireman at Paddington fire station and a talented cartoon artist. He produced a series of LFB/MFB cartoons of which this is one

Churchill AVRE Tank in France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank moving up to the front, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank was equipped with a Petard mortar

Ballygally Hd. and Strand - a view along the beach, with horse vehicle and two women on the sand, to the headland of Ballygally. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

LCC-LFB Tooley Street fire station and its crews
Built in 1879, and located at 165 Tooley Street, this station remained operational until 1928 when the new Dockhead fire station was opened and the engines and crews transferred there

GLC-LFB Dennis diesel Compact Pump
Introduced into London in the mid-1970s, this narrow wheel base pump was not a dual purpose fire engine. It could only carry an extension ladder and not the 50 foot wheeled escape

The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, London
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London, alongside the Great Western Railway line and between Wormwood Scrubs

St. Lawrences Gate, Drogheda - a view up a street to the stone gate tower, there are people and a horse vehicle. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Louth: Drogheda). Date: circa early 1900s

Irish Street, Downpatrick - a street scene looking downhill with people and horse vehicle and man with bicycle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Scotch Street, Armagh - a busy street scene with shop fronts and horse vehicle and people. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Armagh: Armagh). Date: circa early 1900s

Ballycarry, Co. Antrim - a rural street scene with people on the left and a horse vehicle on the right, there are thatched buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim; Ballycarry)

Portaferry from the Beach - a view from the beach with two girls present to Shore street with horse vehicle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Portaferry). Date: circa early 1900s

Land Rover advertisement, 1960
Advertisement for Land Rover showing a photograph of it in use to travel over rough terrain during the work on the new Slough - Maidenhead by-pass in 1960. Date: 1960

Bus embedded in house, Blackstock Road, London
Bus embedded in the front of a house in Blackstock Road, London NW4, on 13 January 1974. The car in the foreground was shunted through a garden wall after being struck by the bus

LFCDA-LFB Leyton fire station
The fire station at Leyton, located at 90b Church Road, London E10

Horse-drawn fish and chips wagon - Cornwall
A horse-drawn hot fish and chips wagon in Cornwall, close to St Austell

Ballyhackamore, Belfast - a street scene with a tram, shop fronts, people and horse vehicle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Holywood - a street scene view up to the Maypole and Church street with shop fronts and horse vehicle and a lot of people around the Maypole. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Holywood)

Ballyholme, Bangor - a street view along Ballyholme Esplanade with horse vehicle and boy with bicycle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Bangor). Date: circa early 1900s

Land Rover advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Land Rover, Britains most versatile vehicle. Date: 1953

Autocar Poster -- Circuit des Ardennes race
Autocar Poster -- British driver Charles Jarrott winning the Circuit des Ardennes race in the famous 70 Panhard. His average speed during the race was 54 mph. Date: 1903

Multi service emergency vehicles and their personnel

GLC-LFB New Lewisham fire station appliance room
The appliance room of the newly commissioned Lewisham Fire Station, located in Lewisham High Street, SE London. Showing Lewishams appliances, a pump-escape, pump and emergency tender

GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump fire engine
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

LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, Hackney
Built in 1895, station B27, Shoreditch fire station, was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street. The stations pump

Bedford Heavy Unit in the NFS (London Region)
About 1000 of the pumps were built on a Bedford chassis and most were capable of pumping water at 700 gallons per minute. Here a heavy unit and crew are undertaking hose drills at Lambeth

Vintage Bentley Speed 6 at Locquirec, Brittany, France
Vintage Bentley Speed 6 (6.5 litre) with driver at the wheel in Locquirec, Brittany, north-west France. Date: circa 1960s

The Humber Super Snipe Saloon, advertised in a Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam Rootes Motors Limited brochure. 1960

Falls Road, Belfast - a view of the Falls with tram, horse vehicle and motor car. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Land Rover advertisement, 1955
Advertisement for the Land Rover, the British four-wheel drive, off-road, cross country vehicle. Date: 1955

East Street, Farnham, Surrey
East Street, Farnham, near Aldershot, Surrey, England. Showing Convertible Vintage Car & Farnham Cycle Works Date: 1920s

Victoria Cross Gallery & Fire Station, Market Place, Oxfords
Victoria Cross Gallery & Fire Station, Market Place, Wantage, near Grove, Oxfordshire, England. Showing Bear Hotel & Fire Station and Wolseley 15 Vintage Car Date: 1920s

Autocar Poster -- Targa Florio race, Sicily
Autocar Poster -- Italian champion Felice Nazzaro driving the Fiat car in which he won the Targa Florio race in Sicily. His average speed for the race was around 33 mph on gruelling mountain roads

Finchleys Zwicky Fire Engine
Finchleys engine - a " Zwicky" built in Tottenhams council works around 1907 by Jean Zwicky who also designed it

Firefighters on parade in front of their appliance during a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Lambeth HQ
A Dennis F7 pump escape at Lambeth HQ, a classic postwar fire engine newly in service in London. It was powered by a 150 bhp 5.7 litre Rolls-Royce engine and served initially at Lambeth Fire Station

LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ Southwark
The London Fire Brigade encouraged, for very many years, a good public image by opening its doors to the public to special fire brigade displays

LCC-LFB Cannon Street fire station, City of London
Cannon Street fire station was opened in 1906. Seen here are its three appliances on the station forecourt. Fire brigade horses had now been replaced by motorised fire appliances

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

GLC-LFB Fire boat - Fire Hawk
Entering service in February 1976, the Fire Hawk was built by Watercraft of Shoreham at a cost of £ 60, 000. Measuring 45 feet in length, 13.5 inch beam and with a 3.5 foot draft

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