Images Dated 15th August 2015

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London Fire Brigades organisation and equipment
A selection of small drawings of the events that take place in 1937

Queen Mary Ocean liner 1936
Front cover of Weekly Illustrated Magazine showing Queen Mary Ocean liner at Clydebank, Scotland, built by John Brown & Company Scotland. Now permanently moored at Long Beach, California, USA. 1936

Princess Alexandra with her five children
Princess Alexandra of Wales (1844 1925) (later Queen Alexandra consort) of Edward VII, photographed with her five children (left to right) Princess Victoria, who remained single

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State funeral of King George V in London
The state funeral procession of King George V in London: The gun carriage passing through Decimus Burton's world famous arch at Densely crowded Hyde Park Corner. Date: 1936

King George V, Lying-in-State
Front cover showing King George V, Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall, London. The coffin was guarded by officers of the Household troops, Gentlemen-at-Arms and Yeomen of the Guard. Date: 1936

George V last journey at Norfolk
King George V last journey from his Norfolk home to London; The funeral procession leaving the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, Norfolk, where the King was lying-in-state

Betty Blythe in 1922
Betty Blythe (1893 1972), American actress appearing in The Queen of Sheba. 1922

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Queen Mary Ocean Liner, passing French liner L Atlantique
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, first journey down the river Clyde

Edward VIII abdication message read in Parliament
King Edward VIII s, final and irrevocable decision to abdicate, his message being read in Parliament. " I, Edward the Eighth

George V
Death of the Late King George V (1865 - 1936), front cover of The Illustrated London News showing George V in military uniform

WW1 - A scene of Dover at night as its searchlights discover two German submarines at the entrance of the harbour. The English Batteries opened fire on the water from the eastern forts

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, manoeuvring down the Clyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, down the river Clyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank John Browns shipyard where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland, escorted by tugs to the sea

Dolores Costello (1903 1979), American film actress, featuring in When a man loves playing Manon Lescaut. 1927

Advert for Ewarts Geysers 1923
Hot water instantly night and day Ewarts Geysers. 1923

Old Bills War-Aim, by Bairnsfather
" To live to see a day like this" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather featuring his popular character Old Bill. The cartoon appeared in a special War Aims issue of The Bystander

Norma Shearer
Edith Norma Shearer (1902 1983), Canadian actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. 1923

Maggie Teyte (1888 1976), English operatic soprano and interpreter of French art song. Performing in an oprea The Perfect Fool at Covent garden, London. 1923

Catering for 3000 people on The Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, always adequately filled the ship to provide for extra days incase the ship was delayed, also at any time they could supply anything for the passengers that they may ask for

Empire Day and Coronation thanksgiving service at St Paul s
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth consort, returning from St Pauls London, after the Empire Day and Coronation thanksgiving service: Their Majesties in an open Landau, instead of a closed car

Kitchener as war minister: one of his last public acts, 1916
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum and Broome (1850-1916), going to face his critics as war minister: leaving the war office on 2nd June 1916

Prince & Princess of Wales with two eldest children
Prince and Princess of Wales, (futhure King Edward VII of Britain and Queen Alexandra consort), with their two eldest children (left) in his mothers arms is Prince George, (Georgie)

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1946
Save for prosperity. To build our prosperity we require many raw materials from abroad. To pay for them we must send British goods overseas

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