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ALT Close up of the wooden central section of a piece of fire brigade equipment made by Shand Mason. Handwritten letters have been painted onto the side of the wooden section in yellow, with black shadowing. This spells out P. F. & Co. Ltd. Fire Brigade
ALT Close up of a section of a piece of fire brigade equipment made by Shand Mason, a manually operated chain-linked system.
ALT Close up the metal strips placed together and installed under a piece of fire brigade equipment made by Shand Mason to act as suspension when the equipment was moved by hand.
ALT London Fire Brigade firefighter, James W Roots receiving the Silver Gallantry Medal in 1936 for ‘extraordinary bravery’. Presented by Chairman of the London County Council
ALT Metropolitan Fire Brigade firefighter Samuel Egerton, posed outside a fire station on an early motorised car. Photograph taken in around 1904
ALT National Fire Service radio operator at the radio desk, Fire Force Area 34, Ealing HQ. Taken in around 1944
ALT A photo of two model fire engines safely stored in boxes.
ALT A photo of two model fire engines safely stored in boxes.
ALT Exterior of the front of Eltham Fire Station, taken in around 2009
ALT A black and white photo showing a London Fire Brigade fire engine parked in front of Crystal Palace. The frame of the glass building is enveloped in smoke and flames.
ALT Crew from Southgate District Council Fire Brigade during the First World War. The crew are stood in front of their fire engine wearing the standard woollen tunics, supplemented with military helmets
ALT A coloured print showing three different uniforms worn by private firefighters employed by insurance companies. One uniform features blue jacket and trousers, and gold facings. The second is a uniform with green waistcoat, jacket and trousers. The third uniform features yellow waistcoat and trousers with a green jacket. All three uniforms have top hats and a company mark on the right arm
ALT A black and white photo of Fulham Fire Station, taken circa 1900.
ALT Two firefighters using a hose in front of a DUKW amphibious vehicle, which has been converted into a fire engine
ALT The engine is bright red with Bexhill Urban District Council painted on it in gold. It has shafts at the front where the horse or horses would be. It has a lovely large shiny brass chimney. The two back wheels are larger than the two front wheels.
ALT A visitor at an event in the memorial hall, located in Lambeth Fire Station in September 2024. They are looking, and pointing at, a detail in a memorial commemorating the origins of the fire service, the era of fire insurance company brigades, formed after the Great Fire of London in 1666.
ALT View of the exterior of Lambeth Fire Station, looking at the side with the Memorial Hall room on the ground floor. The building is the former London Fire Brigade headquarters built in 1937. This image was taken in September 2024.