Visits Collection (page 8)

Visit by HM The Queen Mother to Chelsea Fire Station on 4 July 1996, with Chief Fire Officer Robinson, ACO Gill and others

King George VI inspecting dispatch riders of the LFB, WW2
King George VI visits the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

King George VI inspecting firefighters on parade, WW2
King George VI visits the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

King George VI inspecting firefighting equipment, WW2
King George VI visits the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

King George VI visiting LFB Headquarters, Lambeth, WW2
King George VI visiting the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Lambeth on 16 October 1940 during the Second World War

LCC-LFB - Safety in the home, fire prevention campaign
A photograph from the Brigades fire prevention campaign. The hazards of drying cloths and teatowels over a lit gas cooker are highlighted, showing how this could lead to fires

LCC-LFB Chief Officers car at Lambeth HQ
The Chief Officer lived at fire brigade headquarters, Lambeth SE1. His Wolseley 4/44 staff car was driven by a firefighter to transport him on official visits and to major fires and incidents

LCC-LFB Royal visit by HRH Prince Philip Lambeth
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on an informal visit to Brigade headquarters. Here he is visiting the Lambeth River fire station on the Albert Embankment, SE1

Royal visit to County Hall Civil Defence workers, WW2
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth visiting Londons Civil Defence organisations, including the London Fire Brigade (then incorporated into the National Fire Service)

Royal visit to LCC County Hall to meet Civil Defence workers
Queen Elizabeth visits Londons Civil Defence organisations, including the London Fire Brigade (incorporated into the National Fire Service), at the London County Council Headquarters, County Hall

Small Heath Park in Birmingham, on the occasion of the Queens visit. Date: 1887

Queen Victorias visit to Victoria Park
Queen Victoria rides through Victoria Park in London, with crowds of well-wishers lining her path. Date: 1873

Prince Henry at the Fresh Air Fund HQ at Loughton
Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester, entering wholeheartedly into all the fun of the fair as he has a go a the coconut shy during a visit to the Fresh Air Fund Headquarters at Loughton

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Prince of Wales, Prince George and Stanley Baldwin on board
An interesting group on the bridge of the liner, Empress of Australia, which carried the Royal travellers and the Prime Minister to Canada

Duke of York (George VI) at Cadet camp
The Duke of York (later King George VI) pictured in shorts and a rather jolly V-necked jumper, leaving GHQ during a visit to the annual summer camp at Jesson near New Romney where 480 boys were in

Albert Visits Factory
ALBERT I was a keen promoter of Belgian industry and commerce : here he visits a steelworks circa 1930. Date: 1875 - 1934

Albert Visits Danse
ALBERT I and Elisabeth visit the engraver Danse on his 100th birthday. Date: 1875 - 1934

Water Shrine close to Venice, Italy
A Scene in Venice A Water Shrine near Venice, Italy - a boat carries a family who bring offerings of flowers to place at the feet of the Madonna in the shrine

Dr Syntax visits Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Dr Syntax is being shown a grand painting in a large rooom of Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Date: 1820

Queen Elizabeth II - opening London Graduate School, 1970
Queen Elizabeth II at the opening of the new building of the London Graduate School of Business Studies at Sussex Place, Regents Park, London on 18th November 1970. Date: 1970

Queen Elizabeth II - British Columbia, 1971
Queen Elizabeth II meeting local Indian tribes during a royal tour of British Columbia in Canada as part of the centenary celebrations in June 1971. Date: 1971

The Queen visits a Birmingham factory
The Queen takes a closer look at the work in progress at one of the benches of the John Lucas factory in Birmingham. Date: 1955

The Queen visits the Police Headquarters at Hutton, Preston
It is claimed that this visit was the first time that the reigning monarch has visited a provincial police headquarters. The Queen is speaking to Seargeant C

Queen Elizabeth II, Canada tour 1967
Queen Elizabeth II at the Montreal Expo 67 fair during her tour of Canada in 1967 accompanied by Sir William Oliver, British commissioner-general of the exhibition

Queen Elizabeth II - state visit to Denmark, 1957
Queen Elizabeth II appears on the balcony of the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen to wave in acknowledgement to the welcome from the crowds below, during a state visit to Denmark in 1957

The Queen waves on a state visit to Sweden
The Queen acknowleges the cheering crowd from a balcony of the Royal Palace of Stockholm. She is with King Gustav of Sweden. Date: 1956

The Kabaka of Buganda with his consort
King Daubi Chwa, the Kabaka of Buganda with his consort, Queen Irene and his ministers at Mengo.During the Duke and Duchess of Yorks visit to Uganda

Queen Mary drinking tea
Queen Mary, consort of King George V, pictured during World War II enjoying a cup of tea from a mobile YMCA canteen in Cheltenham. Date: c.1943

Mary Churchill visits the Church Army H. Q 1944
Subaltern Mary Churchill, A.TS, youngest daughter of Winston Churchill, lunched with the Reverend H.H Treacher, head of the Church Army, when she inspected hostel adjoining the headquarters. 1944

Queen Victorias visit to Ireland, 1900
Colour supplement to the Sketch, commemorating Queen Victorias visit to Ireland in 1900. The monarchs face is shown on a shamrock on a union jack flag, with an Irish girl curtseying

Queen Elizabeth II views her own portrait
Queen Elizabeth II visiting an exhibition at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at 195 Piccadilly where she saw portraits of herself. Date: 1952

Lord Mayo / India 1870
Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India 1869-1872, visits Peshawar in 1870. Date: May 1870

Vic Visits Wombwells
WOMBWELLs MENAGERIE Queen Victoria and the royal family visit the lions. Date: 1847

Ambassador / Buck Palace
The Turkish Ambassador visits Buckingham Palace Date: 1795

West End Visits East
The West End visits the East End of London - a party of slummers are welcomed by some, but the barefoot children are scared and the sick creature in bed sees them as monsters. Date: circa 1890

The Queen at Biarritz
Queen Victoria arriving at Biarritz for a visit in March 1889, accompanied by Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg, where she stayed at the villa of Count La Rochefoucauld

S Teerwood. Doctors car
A smart little car waits outside a house while its owner, a doctor, visits his patient

Garibaldi visits the Isle of Wight
Garibaldi in the balcony of the townhall of Newport, Isle of Wight

Reception of Queen Victoria in the market square, Kelso
The Queens visit to the Scottish border. Reception of Her Majesty in the Market Square, Kelso viewed by a large crowd of well-wishers

Fireworks at Floors Castle
The Queens visit to the Scottish border. Fireworks and beacons viewed from Floors Castle in Kelso on the occasion of Queen Victorias visit

Throne of England, St Jamess Palace, London
The throne of England in the Throne Room at St Jamess Palace, Central London. St. Jamess Throne Room is used for official occasions

King and Queen at a Communal Centre during the war
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured visiting a communal centre established in South London during the Blitz to provide meals for people who had been bombed out of their homes by German air

King and Queen meeting widows of the Ajax and Exeter
King George VI together with Queen Elizabeth meeting widows and children of members of the crew of the Ajax and the Exeter

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901 - 2004) inspecting a mobile canteen presented to the British Red Cross and Order of St

King George VI talking to wartime farm helpers
King George VI visiting schoolboys working as volunteers on farms in the Southern Counties during the war

King and Queen with ARP wardens in London
King George VI together with Queen Elizabeth chatting with Air Raid Patrol wardens and inspecting bomb damage in South West London during the Blitz, 1940

Royal Visit to the USaF
Their Majesties, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth visiting a USaF station in 1944 and with General Doolittle shortly after Princess Elizabeth had christened

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