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The Square, Cushendall - a street scene with shop fronts and few people and horse vehicles. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Cushendall). Date: circa early 1900s
Main Street and Esplanade, Portstewart - a street scene with shop fronts and people and horse vehicles. This is a perspective view of the esplanade
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
IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, WestminsterThe fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage
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 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 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 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
Badge of the Royal Armoured Corps. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Captain Charles UphamPortrait of double VC winner, Captain Charles Upham (). Born in New Zealand, Upham was a sheep farmer who distinguished himself during World War Two on two occasions
German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground)
London Rag & Bone MenA rag and bone horse and cart and other horse drawn vehicles, about to cross Tower Bridge, London, England
Market Sq. Armagh - a street scene with shop fronts and people and horse vehicles. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Armagh: Armagh). Date: circa early 1900s
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine at Clapham fire stationA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape at Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council
Two biplanes with ground support vehicles, IraqTwo biplanes with ground support vehicles in the desert, somewhere in Iraq
GLC-LFB Lambeths pump escape on the roadLambeth fire stations pump-escape pictured on Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, in September 1966, with the Houses of Parliament in the background
LCC-LFB general purpose lorryA general purpose lorry, manufactured by Dennis of Guildford
LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance roomStation 76 was Holloway fire station, North London, located in Mayton Street, opened in 1907. Here its self propelled pump and pump-escape stand ready in the appliance room
Michelin Tyre AdvertThe Michelin Man sits atop Olympia and makes sure all the exhibits for the 1913 motor show are equipped with the best tyres. Date: 1913
No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, BerkshireRear view of the entrance to the No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Reading Union Workhouse. Several uniformed soldiers can be seen, one on crutches
LFDCA-LFB Volvo dual purpose diesel pump ladderPictured on Blackheath in SE London, the pump ladder from Greenwich fire station