Images Dated 1960 May

31 May 1960 Collection
18 Items

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

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw, Westminster, London
A publicity photograph of the Massey Shaw fireboat with the Houses of Parliament in the background, used by the London County Council to promote the London Fire Brigade in its publications

Edgeware Road fire station, Paddington. London Fire Brigade. Built in 1900

Mass jets at the LFB annual review at Lambeth HQ
London firefighters from East London demonstrating mass jets during the Annual Review display at the Brigades headquarters. Lambeth, SE1

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey SE1
Opened in 1928, Dockhead fire station was also the fictional fire station Blackwall in the highly acclaimed London Weekend Television series Londons Burning (1998-2002)

LCC-LFB Edgware Road fire station Paddington
Built by the London County Council (LCC) Edgware Road fire station opened in 1899, located at 494 Edgware Road

LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with engines
London firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London

LFB-AFS convoy and fire exercise
Part of the Civil Defence Corps until it was disbanded in the late 1960s

LFB-AFS parade for an exercise
Part of the Civil Defence Corps, until it was disbanded in the late 1960s

LCC-LFB Eltham fire station, Eltham High Street, SE9
A front view of Eltham fire station in SE London, located on London County Councils boundary with Kent County Council

Greater London Council (GLC)-LFB Press Conference
The Leader of the GLC (standing), Paddy Henry, Chairman of the GLCs Fire Brigades Committee (to his left) and Joe Milner

GLC-LFB HQ Major Control Unit
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 Fire engine parked in a London street
Although there is no sign of an obvious fire, all eyes are drawn towards the parade of shops as a single fire engine stands in the roadway and the firefighters are engaged out of sight

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

LCC-LFB Perry Vale fire station, SE London
Built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1901, Perry Vale fire station was located at 199 Perry Vale

LCC-LFB Bethnal Green fire station, East London
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1899, Bethnal Green fire station was located at 51 Green Street. It was closed in 1969 with the opening of the new Bethnal Green fire station

LCC-LFB Lewisham fire station, High Street, Lewisham
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1898, Lewisham fire station was located at 340 High Street. Lewisham, SE London

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 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

LCC-LFB Brixton fire station, London SW8
Located in Gresham Road, Brixton, the station was opened in 1906. From, the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the London Fire Brigades busiest operational fire stations

Massey Shaw fireboat, River Thames, London
The Massey Shaw fireboat was built in 1935 on the Isle of Wight, and fitted out with powerful Merryweather pumps in Greenwich, SE London

LCC-LFB Bethnal Green fire station, East London
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1899, Bethnal Green fire station was located at 51 Green Street. It was closed in 1969 with the opening of the new Bethnal Green fire station

LCC-LFB Lewisham fire station, High Street, Lewisham
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1898, Lewisham fire station was located at 340 High Street. Lewisham, SE London

LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance
Side view of a dual purpose appliance showing the equipment stowage

LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance
Side view of a new diesel dual-purpose appliance

LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance
Locker layout of the new diesel dual-purpose appliance. Standard stowage was becoming the norm and the through hose locker was behind the crew cab

LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance
Internal view of the rear cab of a London Fire Brigade pump showing the Proto Oxygen breathing apparatus set hanging from the carrying brackets

LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance
An LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance. All postwar appliances of the type shown provide enclosed accommodation for the crew. This pump escape is from D60, Clapham fire station

LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance
An LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance. All postwar appliances of the type shown provide enclosed accommodation for the crew

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw, Westminster, London
A publicity photograph of the Massey Shaw fireboat with the Houses of Parliament in the background, used by the London County Council to promote the London Fire Brigade in its publications

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