Images Dated 31st May 1964
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Choose from 10 pictures in our Images Dated 31st May 1964 collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.
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Action
New LFB pix
Accidents and Crashes
Industrial Fires
Women in the fire service
Fireboats
Breathing Apparatus
Horse drawn engines
Ladders
Vintage
Hoses
Uniforms
Fire Stations
Firefighting
World War II
Royalty and the LFB
LFB
London Fire Brigade
Training
Fire Engines
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Featured 31 May 1964 Print
LCC-LFB - A lowered theatre safety curtain
A safety curtain is a fire safety precaution used in large proscenium arch theatres. It is usually a heavy fibreglass or iron curtain located immediately behind the proscenium arch. Asbestos-based materials were originally used to manufacture the curtain, before the dangers of asbestos were discovered. The safety curtain is sometimes referred to as an iron in British theatres, regardless of the actual construction material. Showing the curtain in the lowered position
© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library