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GLC-LFB Fire boat - Fire HawkEntering 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
GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at East HamThe 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
Firefighters at the scene of a fire, Wildcroft ManorFirefighters at the scene of a fire at Wildcroft Manor, Putney Heath, SW London
LCC-LFB Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engineLCC-London Fire Brigade, Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engine with crew
LCC-LFB Dennis motorised fire pump and crewThe introduction of the Dennis fire appliances would see the creation of dual-purpose fire engines capable of carrying either the 50 foot wheeled escape or, as here, adapted as a pump
LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of LondonBishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate, City of London, 10 July 1904, showing the combination of horse drawn and mechanised fire engines
NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2An Austin K4-Merryweather 60 foot hand-operated turntable ladder (TL). A total of 50 such appliances were built and mounted on Austin K4 chassis for the Home Office between 1942 and 1943
NFS personnel coach from District 34-HQ, Ealing, WW2National Fire Service personnel coach from District 34-HQ, Ealing, West London
Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by sideRegular London firefighters side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts at Tottenham fire station. The building next door is Tottenham Town Hall
A motor sledge which may be used at the South PoleA suggestion for the type of motor sledge to be taken by Captain Scott, who in 1909 had announced his intention to set out on a new expedition to the South Pole
Brooklands PosterA poster for the racing programme at Brooklands Race Tract at Weybridge, Surrey, featuring Sir Malcolm Campbell driving (at the time) the worlds fastest car, Bluebird
Merryweathers EngineMerryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames
Foden / Rolls-Royce research vehicle, c.1979 Date: circa 1979
LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire stationPictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, an example of an 1930 enclosed London pump with carried breathing apparatus
LCC-LFB Euston fire stationOpened in 1902, and originally only having two engine bays, Euston fire stations appliances and crews pose for a photograph by the extended five bay station on its forecourt in the Euston Road
Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefightersPrincess Diana and her sons, Princes William and Harry, meeting firefighters at the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 25 October 1990
Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape, and a hose cart
LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat at BlackfriarsThe Massey Shaw was built in 1935 by the J Samuel White company at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was built to a London County Council design, and cost around £ 18, 000 to build
LCC-MFB Shadwell fire station, East LondonOpened in 1881, Shadwell fire station was located at 9 Glamis Road, Wapping. Seen here are the firemen posing with their two horse drawn escape carts
LCC-LFB Kennington fire station, LambethBuilt by the London County Council, Kennington fire station was located in Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington, South London. Seen here are its horse drawn escape ladder
GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11A Merryweather turntable ladder stands ready whilst fire crews wearing Proto oxygen breathing apparatus tackle a blaze in Victoria House & Victoria Mansions, South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth
GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Emergency TenderThe 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 appliance fleet -- a foam tenderThe 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 - Dual purpose pump fire engineThe 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 - Dual purpose pump-escape fire engineThe 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 - Croydon vehicle workshopsThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each location, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Middlesex Fire Brigade in the London Fire Brigade areaMutual assistance took place where a nearby fire brigade would attend a fire in the London Fire Brigade area, or vice-versa
LFB and London Salvage Corps at a serious fireWith 25 pumps attending a serious fire at Eversholt House, 163 Eversholt Street, NW1, the London Salvage Corps bring in reinforcements to deal with the effects of firefighting operations
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a fire in Hare Street, SE18A retail shop and dwellings above were seriously affected by a fire in Hare Street, London SE18, requiring additional fire engines to combat it
LCC-LFB Leyland Metz 100 foot turntable ladderLambeths (D61) turntable ladder at its base station, displayed in the Brigade headquarters drill yard. The hose line, when the TL is used as a water tower
LCC-LFB Lambeth fire station with appliancesLambeth fire station (Brigade Headquarters) with pump-escape, pump and 100 foot turntable ladder. The station had three other appliances: an emergency tender, breakdown lorry and canteen van
LCC-LFB fatal warehouse fire, Langley Street WC2Three firemen died fighting this blaze in a Covent Garden warehouse in Langley Street. The first crews to arrive, from Clerkenwell fire station, found the warehouse well alight
LCC-LFB AFS Green Goddess pump, Lambeth HQA typical AFS (government design) Green Goddess pump, at drill in the yard of Brigade Headquarters station, Lambeth. Created prior to the outbreak of WW2
LCC-LFB engines and crews, Whitechapel fire stationLocated at 27 Commercial Road, East London, Whitechapel fire station opened in 1874. It was also a superintendent station (district headquarters) and was known as Station No 27
LCC-LFB Merryweather self-propelled Hatfield pumpMerryweather Hatfield pump, with crew. This was one of the first motorised fire engines used by the London Fire Brigade, capable of 30 mph
LCC-MFB horse-drawn steamer at SouthwarkA horse-drawn steamer and crew at Southwark fire station, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)
LCC-LFB Merryweather self-propelled Fire King pumpFirst introduced into the UK by Merryweather of Greenwich, SE London, in 1899, by 1907 twenty-one Fire Kings were in operational use around the country, including the London Fire Brigade
Sub-station with taxis and crews, WW2A typical London Fire Brigade sub-station watch and their equipment. Taxis were used as makeshift fire engines which towed trailer pumps
LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of LondonThe pump, pump escape and turntable ladder, with their crews, on the forecourt of Bishopsgate fire station, City of London
LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in FulhamLFB firefighters in action at a fire in Fulham, where 100 tons of paraffin wax ignited in a riverside warehouse. The major blaze required 25 pumps
LFB wartime emergency appliance and trailer pump, WW2A Fordson Unit and trailer pump at the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. These were just some of the 2000 adapted vehicles utilised as AFS fire appliances
Benz Motor Car of 1888The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1888 - probably the first petrol car brought into England. A three-wheeled vehicle with a horizontal single cylinder motor
Caterpillar track steam engine by R. Hornsby & SonsThe first and original Caterpillar or walking engine made by R. Hornsby & Sons of Grantham. R. Hornsby & Sons grew into a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery, at their Spittle Gate Works
MAB First Ambulance InteriorInterior of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals
The Woodhouse, Bessbrook - an elevated view looking down on a large house and conservatory. There is a horse vehicle with people in the yard and a lady to the left
Broadway, Ballymena - a street scene with people and horse vehicle and motor cars. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s