Sheds Collection

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1928, Dockhead fire station replaced two older Bermondsey fire stations that were closed down

Cockle Sheds, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Cockle Sheds, Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1900s

Brooklands motor racing track. 20th century

LFCDA-LFB Leyton fire station
The fire station at Leyton, located at 90b Church Road, London E10

LCC-LFB Cannon Street fire station, City of London
Cannon Street fire station was opened in 1906. Seen here are its three appliances on the station forecourt

GLC-LFB New Lewisham fire station appliance room
The appliance room of the newly commissioned Lewisham Fire Station, located in Lewisham High Street, SE London

GLC-LFB - Croydon vehicle workshops
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each location, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

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

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

Port, Whitstable, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Euston Locomotive Sheds
Express locomotives stabled in the engine sheds at Euston Station

Rheidol Vale Railway
The Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales, opened in 1902 to serve the local lead mines. Here is one of the engine sheds at Aberystwyth. The line was privatised 1989

Domestic Dog, Border Collie, working sheepdog, adult, looking under wooden door on farm, England, December

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

Winter scenery hut and Zugspitze mountain in winter seen from the village of Erwald Erwald
SAS-350 Winter scenery - hut and Zugspitze mountain in winter seen from the village of Erwald Erwald, Alps

Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock, Scotland
Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock (Sheds 4 and 5), Scotland, fitted with nearly 100 Kinnear rolling metal shutters in total. Date: circa 1930s

Woman on a 1938 Ariel motorcycle
Woman on a 1938 Ariel 500cc motorcycle in garden circa 1938

Paddington Station, platform 5 and 6 - London. Date: early 1930s

Aerial View - Railway Goods Station at Marylebone Station
This photograph shows a portion of the extensive Railway Goods Station at Marylebone Station, Great Central Railway

LCC-LFB Kensington fire station, SW London
Located in Old Court Place near Kensington Church Street, Kensington fire station retained a horse drawn turntable ladder until 1921 when it was finally replaced by a motorised version

LCC-LFB Wandsworth Fire Station appliance room
The newly opened fire station at Wandsworth, West Hill, with the stations appliances plus an Auxiliary Fire Service pump lined up in the appliance room

LCC-LFB Magirus (screw) 100ft turntable ladder
An example of the Dennis Morris Magirus turntable ladder in its fire station appliance room

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

Seven Sopwith 2F1 Camels lined up on the deck of HMS Furious prior to the raid on the Tondern airship sheds on 19 July 1918

LCC-LFB vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQ
The London Fire Brigade vehicle repair and maintenance workshops located within the extensive headquarters complex in Lambeth, SE1

Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhouses
Put it in Thorns. Thorns garden sheds are so popular because, as being necessary to ensure a well-kept garden, they are sold at popular prices. Date: 1936

LCC-MFB Kensington fire station, W London
The appliance room of the former Kensington fire station which was located in King Street, W8. It was built in 1871 and closed in 1905 when the new Kensington fire station was opened

Light Shed by Liz Magor, public art on the waterfront at Coal Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

The Bristol Filton works in October 1910 after the addition of two new sheds. Date: 1910

Garden - plants flowers lawn & summer house
SG-20278 Garden - plants flowers lawn & summer house Ardea London contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Domestic Goat, Saanen, Toggenburg and British Alpine nanny goats, herd being milked in milking parlour, Lancashire, England, November

Domestic Cattle, Holstein dairy heifer, wearing neck collar with transponder, Lochmaben, Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, april

The Quay - Vasco da GamaMormugao peninsula, Goa, India
The Quay - Vasco da Gama, a city on the Mormugao peninsula, Goa, western India. Date: circa 1910s

Railway sheds and workshops, Balaklava, 1855 (salt print)
STM620191 Railway sheds and workshops, Balaklava, 1855 (salt print)

Sheep and dogs resting next to a shed in a rural landscape, Shepherd with a shepherd's cart, sheep and sheepdog, Travelling shepherd, Travelling shepherd on the Swabian Alb, Germany, Historical

Sarmatian cavalry during Dacian Wars, lizard-like scale armour made of stitched together hoof plates

GDR, Berlin, 5. 5. 1986, old shed, in a backyard in Kastanienallee

GDR, Berlin, 5. 5. 1986, old shed (half-timbered) (locksmith's shop?), in a backyard in Kastanienallee

Fishing village Ellerbek, Kiel, Baltic Sea, rural idyll, brook, bridge, building, shed, people, woman, men, wooden fence, path, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Drone view of a derelict dairy farm showing the cow sheds and grain hopper. The white farm building is still in use

Foggy landscape from above as panoramic image of an idyllic bavarian village Foggy landscape from above as panoramic image of an idyllic bavarian village

Historic photograph, lovers, woman crying, ca. 1915

The first day of the milk diet, historical engraving, 1883

Central hall of Wille'schen Milchkuranstalt, a milk-drinking spa resort, in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, historical engraving, 1883, Europe

Woman with 5-year-old child, circa 1974, Leipzig, GDR, East Germany, Europe

Crying child, parents at odds, Leipzig, GDR, East Germany, historical photo, about 1978

Historical illustration, head of a crying baby

Domestic sheep, lambs, standing with ewes on straw bedding, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus), detail, scales and skin, Pantanal, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America

Skiers jumping on the Wildkogel, Neukirchen, Pinzgau, Salzburger Land, Austria, Europe

RAF AT Aerial-Target 1917
Engineers Working on a Raf-At Aerial-Target 1917 Early Uav Target Drone in a Hangar at Farnborough in 1917 Date: 1917

Fishing boats and sheds in the harbour of a fishing village, Malpeque, PEI, Canada
Fishing boats and sheds reflected in mirror image in the harbour of a fishing village; Malpeque, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Metal shed in winter, Nulato, Alaska, USA
Detail of sheet metal patterns curling on the side of a corrugated metal shed patched together in winter; Nulato, Interior Alaska, Alaska, United States of America

Motor racing circuit track at Brooklands, Surrey. 1930s

Houses in Stockley Park affected by flies on rubbish brought from London and tipped into the disused clay pits

The new High Speed Train servicing depot was opened at Heaton on 7th November 1977 when one of the new locomotives broke through a giant tape driven by rail boss Peter Parker

Engine No. 60163 Tornado Peppercorn Class Al Pacific steam locomotive which was build in 1990 by a group of enthusiasts on 27th September 1997

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley being spruced up in the sheds at Thornaby for
Engine No.4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley being spruced up in the sheds at Thornaby for the Teeside Rail Exhibition on 9th September 1972

Belching smoke and steam Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley emerges from the enigne shed in Philadelphia, County Durham on 20th July 1975

Zeppelin LZ-6 Airship Entering its Hangar by Lake Constance

Panavia MRCA Tornado prototype
The Panavia Mrca Tornado First Prototype P1 D-9591 Parked with Variable-Geometry Wing Swept-Back and Hangars Behind Date: 1975

Dornier Do-23
A Dornier Do-23 Parked on the Apron in Front of a Hangar Date: 1930s

Fishing boats and sheds in coastal village New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada

UK, England, Suffolk, Southwold, Beach Hut, Happy Days

UK, England, Bedfordshire, Shortstown, Cardington Airfield, previously RAF Cardington, Royal Airship Works, former Airship Sheds

UK, England, Suffolk, Southwold, Beach Hut

USA, Maine, Bailey Island, Lobster Fishermans Shack

Denmark, Jutland, Ringkobing, old harbor, sheds

Sweet Dreams
Thomas de Franzoni

Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river
531793 Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river, Canada, using a steam-powered saw. In background on right are insulated sheds used to store the ice for use in the summer

Storing ice in insulated sheds at Charles's Ice Store
531787 Storing ice in insulated sheds at Charles's Ice Store, Chelsea, London. For use in summer. Wood engraving 1861; Universal History Archive/UIG

Blue Hut
Shot by Clint

Yellow Hut
Shot by Clint

Tin Town - The Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey. Date: circa 1917

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, archive of Ismay letters
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. A fascinating archive of letters from Wilton Oldham to Mrs Bower Ismay relating to research for his book The Ismay Line

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

The Farm Sheds
A landscape etching of a line of farm sheds in the Australian countryside. Date: circa 1923

Real photo of tobacco drying sheds Church Crookham
Picture shows a long row of tall drying sheds in the tobacco field, with plants and, just visible, figures. Date: 1914

Salt Workers Droitwich
Droitwich in Worcestershire was the centre of extensive works producing salt from brine. Conditions in the brine boiling sheds were arduous

Sketches of a Cruise to Alaska (engraving)
1622966 Sketches of a Cruise to Alaska (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of a Cruise to Alaska)

Bavarian Alps
Zbyszek Nowak

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From historic motor racing tracks to charming coastal towns, sheds hold stories of their own. At the Brooklands motor racing track, sheds once housed mechanics and tools that fueled the adrenaline-fueled races. Meanwhile, LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey relied on sturdy sheds to store life-saving equipment for firefighters. In Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, the Cockle Sheds stand as a testament to the town's rich fishing heritage. These humble structures were once bustling hubs where fishermen prepared their nets and stored their catch. Similarly, at LFCDA-LFB Leyton fire station and GLC-LFB New Lewisham fire station appliance room, sheds served as vital storage spaces for firefighting gear. Venturing further into Kent's Whitstable port reveals weathered sheds that have witnessed centuries of maritime activity. From housing fishing equipment to storing goods awaiting exportation across Europe, these they can a silent witness to trade and commerce. Away from urban landscapes lies Rheidol Vale Railway's shed - a sanctuary for steam locomotives after a long day of transporting passengers through picturesque Welsh valleys. It also play an essential role in rural life. In England's countryside farms, Border Collies like this adult working sheepdog can be found peeking under wooden doors of farmyard sheds - ever-vigilant companions ensuring livestock safety during cold December days. Even within city limits, such as GLC-LFB Croydon vehicle workshops or LCC-LFB Cannon Street fire station in City of London or Beddington & Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade stations with appliances in Lambeth; these functional structures provide shelter for emergency vehicles and serve as operational bases for brave firefighters ready to protect our communities. Whether holding memories of roaring engines or witnessing tales from land and sea alike, these unassuming shelters known as 'sheds' continue to weave themselves into the fabric of our lives.