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Greater London Council Collection (page 10)

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Classroom scene, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906

Classroom scene, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906
Language teaching, stage 1, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. A class of young children sitting at their desks in a classroom, all with their hands over their ears

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Writing lesson, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906

Writing lesson, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906
Writing lesson - stage III, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. A large class of young children practise their writing skills

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Girls dancing around a maypole, Hugon Road School, Fulham, London, 1907

Girls dancing around a maypole, Hugon Road School, Fulham, London, 1907. A group of girls dance around a maypole in the school hall with their teacher supervising

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Dancing around the maypole, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906

Dancing around the maypole, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. Children dance around a maypole in the school playground, watched by two teachers

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Geography lesson, Hague Street School, Bethnal Green, London, 1908

Geography lesson, Hague Street School, Bethnal Green, London, 1908. Two boys in the playground trying to find true north, watched closely by their classmates and teachers

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Girls sports club members, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906

Girls sports club members, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906
Girls sports club members, Cromer Street School/Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906. A group of girls pose in the hall with a range of sporting equipment, including skittles, dumb bells

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Classroom scene, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907

Classroom scene, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907
Spelling lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907. Children are being taught the formation of the word fish by a teacher

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Infants school class, London, c1900-c1915

Infants school class, London, c1900-c1915. A class of rather serious-looking boys and girls from an unidentified infants school. A boy in the front row holds a board identifying them as Class 6

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Advertising hoardings, 344 City Road, London, 1911

Advertising hoardings, 344 City Road, London, 1911. Large advertisements for Sadlers Wells Theatre and the News of the World on hoardings in front of houses

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Advertisement for the International Horse Show, 114 Piccadilly, London, 1912

Advertisement for the International Horse Show, 114 Piccadilly, London, 1912. This massive sign covering six house fronts advertises the International Horse Show at Olympia

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Illuminated advertisements on shop fronts at 7, Oxford Street, London, 1909

Illuminated advertisements on shop fronts at 7, Oxford Street, London, 1909

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Illuminated advertisements on the front of The Hippodrome, Charing Cross Road, London, 1911

Illuminated advertisements on the front of The Hippodrome, Charing Cross Road, London, 1911
Illuminated advertisements on the front of The Hippodrome theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, 1911. The advertisements above the entrance are for performances by Mrs Lillie Langtry and Company

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Singing lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908

Singing lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. Boys and girls arranged in a semi-circle in the hall, around a teacher sitting on a stool and conducting their performance

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Rifle shooting lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908

Rifle shooting lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908
Musket lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. Three boys firing muskets down a firing range from the prone position, supervised by a teacher and an army sergeant

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Prayers, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908

Prayers, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. Boys lined up in rows for prayers in Cohen Hall. The Jews Free School opened as a Talmud Torah at the Great Synagogue in 1732

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys laying the phylacteries, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908

Boys laying the phylacteries, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908
Boys strapping on phylacteries, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. A class of boys wearing caps sit at their desks with phylacteries

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Cookery class, Gopsall Street School, Shoreditch, London, 1908

Cookery class, Gopsall Street School, Shoreditch, London, 1908. A class of girls watches as their teacher explains how to cook a dinner for six consisting of meat pudding and vegetables

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Housewifery lesson, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1908

Housewifery lesson, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1908. Four schoolgirls are busy taking the slats out of venetian blinds and cleaning them as part of their spring cleaning lesson

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Recitation of The Sick Dolly, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908

Recitation of The Sick Dolly, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908. Children perform a recitation in the school hall during their drama lesson

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Class 5, Goodrich Road School, Camberwell, London, 1907

Class 5, Goodrich Road School, Camberwell, London, 1907. The children of Class 5 hold up freehand drawings they have made of a fly

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Children displaying their drawings, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908

Children displaying their drawings, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908. Children standing at their desks in the playground proudly holding up drawings they have made during their art class

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Children playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908

Children playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908. Children hold hands and form circles as they play a dancing game organised by their teachers in

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Pupils and their teacher, Elizabeth Street School, Woolwich, 1894

Pupils and their teacher, Elizabeth Street School, Woolwich, 1894. A group of young boys, some of them wearing caps, and their teacher pose outside the school building

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Exercise drill, Crawford Street School, Camberwell, London, 1906

Exercise drill, Crawford Street School, Camberwell, London, 1906
Exercise drill with two teachers watching, Crawford Street School, Camberwell, London, 1906. Boys and girls doing exercise drill with dumbbells in the school hall

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Sitting examinations, Crawford Street School, Camberwell, London, 1906

Sitting examinations, Crawford Street School, Camberwell, London, 1906. Rows of boys and girls sit at desks taking their Oxford Local examination in the school hall

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Housewifery lesson, Childeric Road School, Deptford, London, 1908

Housewifery lesson, Childeric Road School, Deptford, London, 1908. An attentive class of girls being taught how to bathe and dress a baby

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Class photograph, Bloomfield Road Girls School, Plumstead, London, 1891

Class photograph, Bloomfield Road Girls School, Plumstead, London, 1891. Girl pupils and teachers pose outside the school

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys and girls playing netball, Cable Street School, Stepney, London, 1908

Boys and girls playing netball, Cable Street School, Stepney, London, 1908. A mixed group of boys and girls playing in a gymnasium, refereed by a teacher

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Exercise class, Buckingham Street School, Islington, London, 1906

Exercise class, Buckingham Street School, Islington, London, 1906. A physical training drill in the playground, with girls with legs raised backwards and arms stretched sideways

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Science class, Aristotle Road Girls School, Clapham, London, 1908

Science class, Aristotle Road Girls School, Clapham, London, 1908
Science room, Aristotle Road Girls School, Clapham, London, 1908. A class of girls conduct experiments using a variety of laboratory equipment in a classroom

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Drill in playground, Alma Boys School, Bermondsey, London, 1908

Drill in playground, Alma Boys School, Bermondsey, London, 1908. A class of boys, all with their arms outstretched, undergo an exercise drill under the instruction of a teacher

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Nature class in the playground, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908

Nature class in the playground, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Some class II A children are sowing seeds in bowls in the playground

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Object drawing art class, Alma Boys School, Bermondsey, London, 1908

Object drawing art class, Alma Boys School, Bermondsey, London, 1908. Boys are making drawings on black boards and easels of a saucepan placed on a pedestal in the middle of the hall

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Chemistry lesson, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908

Chemistry lesson, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Three pupils assist their teacher with an experiment concerning the properties of air, watched by the rest of the class

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Science class, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908

Science class, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Students watch an experiment being performed at the front of the class, supervised by the teacher

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Knightsbridge Fire Station, No 16 Basil Street, Chelsea, London, 1939

Knightsbridge Fire Station, No 16 Basil Street, Chelsea, London, 1939. Interior of the station showing fire engines and ladders. Advertisement says Join the London Auxiliary Fire Service

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Kensington Fire Station, No 13 Old Court Place, Kensington, London, 1905

Kensington Fire Station, No 13 Old Court Place, Kensington, London, 1905. Interior of the station showing various equipment, and stabling for the horses

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Kentish Town Fire Station, No 3a Fortress Walk, St Pancras, London, 1903

Kentish Town Fire Station, No 3a Fortress Walk, St Pancras, London, 1903. Front elevation showing the doors and wheeled ladder

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Telephonists at the Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, London, 1940

Telephonists at the Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, London, 1940
Telephonists at the Fire Brigade Headquarters, Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, 1940. Interior of the telephone exchange showing telephonists sitting at the switchboard

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Euston Fire Station, No 172 Euston Road, St Pancras, London, 1935

Euston Fire Station, No 172 Euston Road, St Pancras, London, 1935. Firemen and fire engines are at the ready outside the station

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Sydenham Fire Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Lewisham, London, 1907

Sydenham Fire Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Lewisham, London, 1907. The fire station is shown with a fire engine and two firemen on duty. Behind is the Crystal Palace, burnt down in 1936

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Clerkenwell Fire Station, No 44 Rosebery Avenue, Finsbury, London, 1910

Clerkenwell Fire Station, No 44 Rosebery Avenue, Finsbury, London, 1910. Back of the building showing courtyard, workshop and wheeled fire ladder

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Blackheath Fire Station, Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, 1905

Blackheath Fire Station, Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, 1905. The exterior of the building is shown with a fire ladder leaning against the side

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Fire engine at Cannon Street Fire Station, Cannon Street, City of London, 1907

Fire engine at Cannon Street Fire Station, Cannon Street, City of London, 1907. A horse-drawn fire appliance sits amongst other equipment at the fire station

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Firemen outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908

Firemen outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908. Firemen in uniform with brass helmets stand beside their fire engines

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Firemen lined up outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908

Firemen lined up outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908. Firemen in uniform stand in a row outside their station with fire engines behind

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Fire engines at Battersea Fire Station, Este Road, Battersea, London, 1938

Fire engines at Battersea Fire Station, Este Road, Battersea, London, 1938
Black fire engines at Battersea Fire Station, Este Road, Battersea, London, 1938. Three fire engines are parked within the station

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Interior of appliance room, Northcote Road Fire Station, Battersea, London, 1906

Interior of appliance room, Northcote Road Fire Station, Battersea, London, 1906
Interior of appliance room with stables for horses, Northcote Road Fire Station, Battersea, London, 1906



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