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Sewer sluice gates, London, 1939. Interior of a sewer showing the sluice gates
Testing gas pressure in street lighting, Westminster, London, 1910. A man holds the ladder for his bowler-hatted colleague who is testing the pressure in a gas streetlight
Emergency Water Supply Pump Platform, Westminster Bridge, London, WWII, 1944Exterior of Emergency Water Supply Pump Platform, Westminster Bridge, London, WWII, 1944. Small building on piles in the River Thames, built to supply water in an emergency
Burnt-out building, Concordia Wharf, Poplar, London, 1924. Shell of a warehouse revealing the interior with rubble and wreckage after a fire
Burnt-out interior of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden, London, 1908. View of the backstage area showing fire damage and rubble, with the roof missing
The burnt-out Standard Cinema, Hackney, London, 1935. Interior of the auditorium showing fire damage to the screen area, seats and stage. The ceiling, walls and screen have been destroyed
Street fire alarm, Southwark, London, 1932. Box with a telephone from which the fire brigade could be called. These boxes would have had keys to deter hoax callers
The Beta fire float with hoses, River Thames, London, 1910. Steamboat demonstrating its firefighting hoses
Firemen aboard a fire engine, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929. Firefighters with brass helmets pose on a turntable ladder vehicle
Firemen inside a fire engine, Kingsland Road Fire Station, London, 1935. Streamlined fire escape vehicle with crew in breathing apparatus
Crew in breathing apparatus, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1934. Fire engine with ladder and fire hose visable
Firemen aboard a foam tender, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929Firemen aboard a foam tender, Cannon Street Fire Station, London, 1929. Firemen with brass helmets sit aboard a vehicle equipped with a hose and large drum containing foam
Fireman using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910Fireman on a training exercise using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firemen in brass helmets demonstrating motor fire escape vehicle ladder and first aid spray
Firemen aboard a motor fire escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Firefighters in brass helmets sit on a fire engine equipped with a removable ladder which could be
Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1909Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump through top windows onto the courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909
Firemen in brass helmets aboard a motor hose tender, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Moustached firemen pose on a vehicle; one is ringing the bell
Firemen demonstrating motor steamer hoses, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters in brass helmets demonstrate the use of hoses
Firemen aboard a motor steamer, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Firefighters with moustaches and brass helmets sit aboard a fire engine
Firemen demonstrating the magirus ladder, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. A fireman perches at the top of an extendable ladder
Whitechapel Fire Station, Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1902Exterior of Whitechapel Fire Station, Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1902. View from the street of the fire station with pedestrians
Firemen demonstrating a horse-drawm escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910Uniformed firemen demonstrating a horse-drawn escape vehicle in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Ropes, extendable fire escape and fire bell visable
Fire engines at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913Fire engines at the motor fire escape, Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913. Interior of the appliance room showing vehicles with ladders
Fire engines and equipment at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913. Cannon Street Fire Station: motor fire escape
Demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910Firemen demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters practise techniques for rescuing people overcome by smoke
Firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910Uniformed firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910. Firefighters practise using ladders
Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, London, 1903Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, Mitcham Road, Lambeth, London, 1903. Ladder protruding from a building
Westminster Fire Station, London, 1906Exterior of Westminster Fire Station, London, 1906. Building with acute angle on the corner of Francis Street and Victoria Street, Westminster
London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911Exterior of old London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911. Eastern fac ade of the Victorian Gothic building, seen from the north
London Fire Brigade Headquarters, seen from the street, Southwark, London, (c1900-c1935?)Exterior of old London Fire Brigade Headquarters, seen from the street, Southwark, London, (c1900-c1935?). Fire station with tower which was used for pracise; the headquarters were built in 1877
St Johns Wood Fire Station, Hampstead, London, 1906Exterior of St Johns Wood Fire Station, Adelaide Road, Hampstead, London, 1906. Engine entrance and all floors visible
Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905Entrance to Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905. Front elevation with doors open, a wheeled fire ladder and men standing outside
Women using spinning wheels, Bethnal Green, London, 1908Women using spinning wheels, 13 Archer Street, Bethnal Green, London, 1908. Archer Street was once sited at the south end of Pott Street, off the east end of Bethnal Green Road
Handicraft lesson, Hackney Downs School, London, 1911. A class of boys in a workshop, in pairs at workbenches
Girls returning from play, Thomas Street Girls School, Limehouse, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls walking in an orderly column four abreast through the hall on their return from play
Laundry work, Tennyson Street School, Battersea, London, 1907. One girl folds clothes on a table while another puts them through a mangle. Behind them a blackboard reads; Folding and mangling
Housewifery, Surrey Lane School, Battersea, London, 1908. A group of girls are busy cleaning the outside of a house used as the domestic economy school
Hockey game, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls about to begin a game of hockey in the school playground. The playground is surrounded by buildings
Girls skipping, Rushmore Road Girls School, Hackney, 1908. Rows of girls holding skipping ropes in the school playground
Playing netball, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls play a game of netball on a rooftop playground
Art lesson, Fulham County Secondary School, London, 1908. A class of girls drawing a girl who is posing at the front of the room with a tennis racket and ball
A class from Fulham County Secondary School having a nature lesson, London, 1908. Girls studying shrubs and grass in a park
Girls dancing in the assembly hall, Clapham Secondary School, London, 1910
Girls Hebrew reading lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. A teacher istructs a class of girls, who sit at their desks with their books open
Violinists, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908Violin class, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. A group of schoolgirl violinists pose with their instruments in the school hall
Children in the playground, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Some of the children are sitting on the ground drawing from nature while others are digging sand in a box
Music lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906Childrens band, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. A class of infant schoolchildren sit in a circle on the floor while their teacher plays the piano
Scene from Macbeth, Glyn Road Evening Institute, London, 1915. All are in costume, with the witches in the foreground sitting around a cauldron
Girls morris dancing, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Dancing in pairs with bells around their knees