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Fire engine with crew, Southgate, North London, WW1

Fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service. The date on the vehicle is 1914. The motor escape was made by Lloyd and Plaister, Wood Green, in 1912, and was used until 1924. It was kept until 1940 then broken up for scrap.

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Scene in Goodwood Road, New Cross, WW2

A daytime scene in Goodwood Road and New Cross Road, SE London, during the Second World War, showing the aftermath of an air raid, 23 November 1944. AFS workers are removing debris to get to the seat of the fire.

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First mobile kitchen donation, WW2

The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, receiving the keys to the first mobile kitchen from Lord Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett, a Canadian businessman and former Canadian Prime Minister who had moved to the UK). The vehicle was donated to the NFS by the Canadian Red Cross.

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