Southwark Collection (page 4)

Barges moored at Bankside wharves looking downstream, London, 1913. View of the Thames towards Southwark Bridge and Cannon Street Station

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

Firemen aboard a fire engine, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929. Firefighters with brass helmets pose on a turntable ladder vehicle

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, 1929
Firemen 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, 1910
Fireman 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, 1909
Firemen 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

Firemen demonstrating a horse-drawm escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Uniformed firemen demonstrating a horse-drawn escape vehicle in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Ropes, extendable fire escape and fire bell visable

Demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Firemen 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, 1910
Uniformed firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910. Firefighters practise using ladders

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911
Exterior 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

Shorthand class for women, Choumert Road Evening Institute, London, 1907. With their teacher pointing to various shorthand symbols on the blackboard

Linotype students at work, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London, 1930. Linotype is a trademark for a typesetting machine formerly widely used in newspaper printing that produces a line of

Motor car engine laboratory, Borough Polytechnic, Southwark, London, 1936

Varnish Laboratory, Borough Polytechnic, Southwark, London, 1936

Housewifery Centre, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1907
Housewifery lesson, Housewifery Centre, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1907. A girl is setting the fireplace under the supervision of a woman, presumably a teacher

Spring cleaning; housewifery lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1908. Two girls are hard at work cleaning pictures

Housewifery lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1908. Two girls learn how to spring clean and specifically mend wallpaper

Geography lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1905. A teacher uses a globe to instruct an attentive class of young children

History class, Bellenden Road School, Camberwell, London, 1908. The children of Class 7 visiting a house from Dean Colliery, 1896

Classroom scene, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908
Nature class, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Pupils sit at their desks studying examples of root vegetables in a nature class

Nature lesson, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Girls sit at their desks in a classroom drawing a laurel leaf from nature

Nature lesson, Class IIIB, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. The girls of Class IIIB sit at their desks during a lesson on the parts of a flower

Children in an alleyway, Upper Ground Place, Southwark, London, 1923. Seen prior to slum clearance of the area, these children stand against an alleyway wall while in the distance their parents look

View across roof tops to Pinks Factory, Tabard Street, Southwark, London, 1916. This picture was taken prior to slum clearance to make way for the Tabard Garden Estate

View of the chapel from the altar, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, 1926. This hospital is the oldest institution for the care and confinement of the mentally ill in England

Theatre, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, 1926. This hospital is the oldest institution for the care and confinement of the mentally ill in England, and one of the oldest in Europe

First floor corridor, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, 1926. This hospital is the oldest institution for the care and confinement of the mentally ill in England, and one of the oldest in Europe

The main front of Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, 1926. This hospital is the oldest institution for the care and confinement of the mentally ill in England, and one of the oldest in Europe

Book illustration class, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Southwark, London, 1907
Book illustration class for male and female students, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Southwark, London, 1907

A class at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Southwark, London, 1907. An art designing class for male and female students. With various examples of sculpture and design on the back wall

An Upholstery class for female students at Borough Polytechnic, Southwark, London, 1911. The girls are measuring out and pinning fabric at the two tables

Dressmaking class, Borough Polytechnic, Southwark, London, 1907. A girl in the centre works on a sewing machine, while two girls behind her work on dresses on dummies

Medical examination of a boy, Holland Street School, London, 1911. A school doctor consulting a mother about her young son in the presence of two women

Medical examination, Holland Street School, London, 1911. A school doctor examining a boys spine in front of his mother

School nurse examining girls hair for head lice, Chaucer School, London, 1911. Another nurse is sitting at a desk

Playtime, John Ruskin School, Southwark, London, 1908. Young children playing with toys in the school hall. One boy is riding a splendid rocking horse

View of Tower Bridge under construction with river traffic in the foreground, London, c1893. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

Tower Bridge, London, c1907. View of the bridge with bascules closed and various river vessels in the foreground. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones

Tower Bridge with bascules open, London, c1905. View of the bridge from Tower Gun Wharf. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

View from St Pauls Cathedral towards Southwark Bridge, London, World War II, 1942. The photograph shows the extent of Luftwaffe bomb damage following the demolition of unsafe buildings

View of Borough High Street and the corner of London Bridge, Southwark, London, 1828 Artist
View of Borough High Street and the corner of London Bridge, Southwark, London, 1828

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