Images Dated 31st May 2016 (page 8)

City Restaurant in London during World War One
An artists impression of a busy city restaurant in London during World War One. The artist offers a challenge to the viewer - Find a Man - a comment on the lack of men in Britain at the time. 1916

My Hat! by Bruce Bairnsfather
How a tin hat feels before battle...and during. Humorous cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. 1916

First day of the Somme - Worcesters off to battle
British soldiers from the Worcester Regiment cheerily waving their helmets on their way to battle on the first day of the Somme (1 July 1916)

Our Superior Inferiors - an upper class lady charity worker
Lady de Tomkyn (at Cabbage Charity Sale): " How on earth are we to clean these pototoes? I DARE not ask Simpson!" A well-meaning lady hoping to help out at a charity sale

Women picking fruit in Kent during World War One, 1916
Female fruit-pickers in the fruit gardens and orchards of Evesham, picking strawberries and gooseberries to be made into jam for British troops; just one of the traditionally male roles taken over by

No Objection Taken - womens war work, 1916
A page of sketches of mans work the men want the women to want, a humorous (and slightly chauvinistic) comment on the traditionally male jobs taken by women during the First World War. 1916

The Bystander being read in a British trench
A sentry keeps watch in a British trench while his comrade spends his turn off duty reading a copy of the Bystander, the latest issue of this journal

Prince Henry as a private at Eton OTC, WWI
Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester (1900 - 1974), third son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured as a private in the Eton College Officers Training Corps, where he was at camp at Tidworth

Queen Victoria arrives at Waddesdon Manor, 1890
The arrival of Queen Victoria at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, on 14th May 1890. 14th May 1890

British naval seaplane, the Britannia AOVO, WW1
The Britannia AOVO, a British naval seaplane in use near Palestine during the First World War. This model was also used by Germany, having been supplied to both sides before the war broke out. 1917

Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, with firefighter and hose

Ladder demonstration at Annual Review, Lambeth HQ
Demonstration at the Annual Review, Lambeth Headquarters

Ladder demonstration at Annual Review, Lambeth HQ
Ladder demonstration at the Annual Review, Lambeth Headquarters

London Fire Brigade Minis - London 2012 Olympics
London Fire Brigade Minis, used at the Olympic Park, Stratford, East London, for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games

36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - Tug-of-War competition

36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - Long Jump competition

36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - tackling a rope maze on an obstacle course

London Fire Brigade running race in Dulwich
London firefighters running a race in Dulwich, South London

NFS fitness demonstration, Regional HQ. Lambeth, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

Part Time Competition at the Lambeth HQ Building, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

Part Time Competition at the Lambeth HQ Building, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

London firewomen netball competition, Westminster SW1
Scene at a netball competition between London Fire Brigade firewomen teams played at Greycoat School, Greycoat Place, Westminster

London firewomen netball competition, Westminster SW1
Scene at a netball competition between London Fire Brigade firewomen teams played at Greycoat School, Greycoat Place, Westminster

London firewomen playing netball, Westminster SW1
A netball competition between London Fire Brigade firewomen teams played at Greycoat School, Greycoat Place, Westminster

LFS versus Free French football match, WW2
Football match between the LFS (London Fire Service) and a Free French team during the Second World War

LFS versus Free French Football match, WW2
Football match between the LFS (London Fire Service) and a Free French Team during the Second World War

LFS versus Free French Football match, WW2
Football match between the LFS (London Fire Service) and a Free French Team during the Second World War

London Fire Service (LFS) football match at Highbury, the home of Arsenal FC

London Fire Brigade - Tug of War Team
London Fire Brigade - Tug of War winning team (F District) group photo

MFB Athletic Association meeting poster
Metropolitan Fire Brigade Amateur Athletic Association Annual Athletic Meeting poster for 7 June 1902

LFB Athletic Association meeting programme
LFB Athletic Association 24th Annual Athletic Meeting programme for 24 July 1926

Firefighters at scene of fire at Riverside Drive, Chiswick
Firefighters at scene of fire at 10 Riverside Drive, Chiswick, West London

Firefighters at scene of fire at Riverside Drive, Chiswick
Firefighters at scene of fire at 10 Riverside Drive, Chiswick, West London

Cigarette butts in a tin

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

Scene of fire at commercial premises, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

A hydraulic lift in action at scene of fire, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

A hydraulic lift in action at scene of fire, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

Scene of fire at commercial premises, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London

A hydraulic lift in action at scene of fire, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

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