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Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters on a tea break after fire St Katherines Dock

Firefighters on a tea break after fire St Katherines Dock
London firefighters (with cork helmets) and Auxiliary Fire Service firefighters (with tin hats and AFS badges on their tunics)

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engine

LCC-LFB Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engine
LCC-London Fire Brigade, Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engine with crew

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters standing by during the Blitz, London in WWII LFB150

Firefighters standing by during the Blitz, London in WWII LFB150
Firefighters standing by during the Blitz, London -- in the early hours of the morning, after a night of bombing

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Iran, Tehran, Laleh Park, Carpet Museum of Iran, traditional Iranian carpet detail

Iran, Tehran, Laleh Park, Carpet Museum of Iran, traditional Iranian carpet detail

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, SE London

Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, SE London
Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, Eltham, SE London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Iran, Tehran, elevated city skyline with view tfrom the Roof of Iran Park towards

Iran, Tehran, elevated city skyline with view tfrom the Roof of Iran Park towards the Milad Tower, dusk

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Advertisement for Cote d Azur, South of France

Advertisement for Cote d Azur, South of France. 1946

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters in action, Eagle Street, London WC1

Firefighters in action, Eagle Street, London WC1
Firefighters in action at a fire in Eagle Street, London WC1, 0738 hrs, 9 June 1955

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London -- ambulance at Ladywell, Lewisham, WW2

Blitz in London -- ambulance at Ladywell, Lewisham, WW2
Blitz in London -- an ambulance and rescue workers in the Ladywell area of Lewisham, SE13, where houses were demolished by a parachute bomb, 18 September 1940

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Iran, Tehran, Museum of the Islamic Period, exterior tilework detail

Iran, Tehran, Museum of the Islamic Period, exterior tilework detail

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Scene of devastation after flying bomb attack, WW2

Scene of devastation after flying bomb attack, WW2
A panoramic daytime scene of devastation following a flying bomb attack in London during the latter stages of the Second World War. Rescue workers look for buried casualties

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, WW2

Bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, 14 November 1944, with ambulances ready to remove casualties from the scene

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Fire at 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5

Fire at 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, 25 February 1956

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Multi service emergency vehicles

Multi service emergency vehicles and their personnel

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations

London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations
Formed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2

Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2
Warehouses ablaze following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Advertisement for Provence, France

Advertisement for Provence, France
French railways advertisement for Provence, France. 1946

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8

Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Bomb damage in Kilgour Road, SE London, WW2

Bomb damage in Kilgour Road, SE London, WW2
Panoramic view of bomb damage in Kilgour Road, SE London, 18 November 1944. Rubble and debris can be seen on both sides of the road

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: AFS women training, Highgate, London, WW2

AFS women training, Highgate, London, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women training in Highgate, North London, in July 1942

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters in display at Lambeth HQ, London

Firefighters in display at Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters in a display at Lambeth HQ, London, on 28 July 1937, following a presentation of certificates for bravery by Mr E Cruse, Chairman of the London Fire Brigade Committee

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2

Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage and a crater in Petherton Road, North London, 2 July 1944. A salvage operation took place, pumping out flooded basements

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London -- Balham High Road, WW2

Blitz in London -- Balham High Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- a bus in a bomb crater over an underground station in Balham High Road, SW London, 14 October 1940

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in Plymouth -- St Andrews Parish Church, WW2

Blitz in Plymouth -- St Andrews Parish Church, WW2
Blitz in Plymouth -- the smouldering remains of St Andrews Parish Church, bombed and badly damaged in March 1941. The church was restored, and reconsecrated in November 1957

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Finchleys Zwicky Fire Engine

Finchleys Zwicky Fire Engine
Finchleys engine - a " Zwicky" built in Tottenhams council works around 1907 by Jean Zwicky who also designed it

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB review

LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB review
Lambeth, headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, hosted annual displays and regular reviews of the Brigade

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ Southwark

LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ Southwark
The London Fire Brigade encouraged, for very many years, a good public image by opening its doors to the public to special fire brigade displays

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here a fireman is undertaking a hook ladder drill on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth. Here they are undertaking hook ladder drills on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters at the scene of a fire, Wildcroft Manor

Firefighters at the scene of a fire, Wildcroft Manor
Firefighters at the scene of a fire at Wildcroft Manor, Putney Heath, SW London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Croydon Fire Brigade at Brigade HQ, Croydon Town

Croydon Fire Brigade at Brigade HQ, Croydon Town
The horse drawn steam pump form Croydon fire station. This was one of three stations in the Croydon Fire Brigade, the other two being Thornton Heath and South Norwood

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of London

LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of London
Bishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate, City of London, 10 July 1904, showing the combination of horse drawn and mechanised fire engines

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2

AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2
An AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) despatch rider and messenger on a motorbike at an LFS sub-station during the Second World War

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2

NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2
The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland
LOS ANGELES - CIRCA 1925: A view of the Hollywoodland sign erected to advertize a new housing developement, circa 1925 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, showing a view along Henrietta Street from the corner of Bedford Street during the morning of 26 March 1959

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, WW2

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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London - AFS firefighter, WW2

Blitz in London - AFS firefighter, WW2
Blitz in London - a smiling AFS firefighter, a former Smithfield meat porter named Eddie

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7

Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7
Brew Brothers petrol station in Old Brompton Road, London SW7, where a fire and explosion occurred in a basement store, 20 July 1957

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London -- AFS firefighter on ladder, WW2

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighter on ladder, WW2
Blitz in London -- an AFS firefighter on a ladder with hose attached, in a training exercise at HQ

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters at scene of fire at Riverside Drive, Chiswick

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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Euston fire station

LCC-LFB Euston fire station
Opened 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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Firefighters working at scene of large warehouse fire

Firefighters working at scene of large warehouse fire, Bow, East London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances

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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Manchester Square fire station

LCC-LFB Manchester Square fire station
Manchester Square fire station, Chiltern Street, W1, built 1888, now closed. By 1900 a number of new fire stations were being opened across London: many were substantial and elegant buildings

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Lambeth HQ

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Lambeth HQ
A Dennis F7 pump escape at Lambeth HQ, a classic postwar fire engine newly in service in London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Kennington fire station, Lambeth

LCC-LFB Kennington fire station, Lambeth
Built by the London County Council, Kennington fire station was located in Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington, South London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Leyland Metz 100 foot turntable ladder

LCC-LFB Leyland Metz 100 foot turntable ladder
Lambeths (D61) turntable ladder at its base station, displayed in the Brigade headquarters drill yard

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Lambeth fire station with appliances

LCC-LFB Lambeth fire station with appliances
Lambeth 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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB fatal warehouse fire, Langley Street WC2

LCC-LFB fatal warehouse fire, Langley Street WC2
Three 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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB engines and crews, Whitechapel fire station

LCC-LFB engines and crews, Whitechapel fire station
Located 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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-MFB horse-drawn steamer at Southwark

LCC-MFB horse-drawn steamer at Southwark
A 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)

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Dennis motorised fire pump and crew

LCC-LFB Dennis motorised fire pump and crew
The 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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Camden Town fire station, NW London

LCC-LFB Camden Town fire station, NW London
Camden Town fire station, one of the last stations built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1885

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of London

LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of London
The pump, pump escape and turntable ladder, with their crews, on the forecourt of Bishopsgate fire station, City of London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in Fulham

LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in Fulham
LFB firefighters in action at a fire in Fulham, where 100 tons of paraffin wax ignited in a riverside warehouse

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2

NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2
How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: NFS firefighters at assault course training camp, WW2

NFS firefighters at assault course training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: NFS firefighter at a training camp, WW2

NFS firefighter at a training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Beddington & Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade

Beddington & Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade
The Beddington and Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Women dispatch riders in training, WW2

Women dispatch riders in training, WW2
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping

Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Holloway fire station, N7

LCC-LFB Holloway fire station, N7
Built by the London County Council, Holloway fire station was located at 80-84 Mayton Street, with the side engine bay at 1A Hertslet Road

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Angora goat engraving 1897

Angora goat engraving 1897
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-MFB West Hampstead fire station, NW London

LCC-MFB West Hampstead fire station, NW London
Built in the suburbs of a growing London, West Hampstead fire stations design reflected the semi-rural setting of the area. Located in West End Lane NW6, it still stands today

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Highbury fire station, N5

LCC-LFB Highbury fire station, N5
Built by the London County Council, Highbury fire station was located at 215 Blackstock Road, N5

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-MFB Rotherhithe fire station, SE London

LCC-MFB Rotherhithe fire station, SE London
Rotherhithe fire station was built for the MFB by the London County Council in 1887, located at Gomm Road, Lower Road. It was closed in 1928 with the opening of Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: NFS fire engines at Wembley

NFS fire engines at Wembley
National Fire Service fire engines at Wembley

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-MFB Euston fire station, NW London

LCC-MFB Euston fire station, NW London
Euston fire station, located in Euston Road NW1, still operational today

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-MFB Dulwich fire station

LCC-MFB Dulwich fire station
Built by the London County Council, Dulwich fire station was located at 250 Lordship Lane, Forest Hill. It was closed in 1947

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance room

LCC-LFB Holloway fire station appliance room
Station 76 was Holloway fire station, North London, located in Mayton Street, opened in 1907

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: London firewomen playing netball, Westminster SW1

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

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Hobsons Choice opens at the Apollo Theatre, 1916

Hobsons Choice opens at the Apollo Theatre, 1916
Hobsons Choice, the comedy play by J. B. Priestley set in Hobsons boot shop, Salford, opens at the Apollo in London in 1916

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Advertisement for Cote d Azur Varoise, France

Advertisement for Cote d Azur Varoise, France, offering sea and sun. circa 1938

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Queen Elizabeth reviews female LFB dispatch rider, WW2

Queen Elizabeth reviews female LFB dispatch rider, WW2
Visit to LFB by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth reviews a female dispatch rider at the Lambeth Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in action

Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in action
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-MFB firefighters at Dulwich fire station

LCC-MFB firefighters at Dulwich fire station
Opened in 1892, Dulwich fire station was located at 250 Lordship Lane

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey
Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey, SE London, built in 1928. This fire station was the location for the early seasons of the ITV series Londons Burning

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2

NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2
An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London

Background imageImages Dated 31st May 2016: First day of the Somme - the roll call after attack

First day of the Somme - the roll call after attack
British soldiers in a trench on the first day of the Somme (1 July 1916), lining up for a roll call after the attack. 1916



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