Images Dated 8th July 2013

LCC-LFB motorised Hatfield type fire engine

A motorised Hatfield-type fire engine. The London Fire Brigade was introducing motorised fire engines and the last horse-drawn appliance (a turntable ladder) would be withdrawn in 1921. The adoption of motorised fire engines would lead to the closure of many fire stations which had used horse-drawn engines

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

View from roof of St. Pauls toward Porchester Place - Blitz

The view down from the roof of St. Paul's Cathedral toward Porchester Place, showing the devastation wrought by bombing on the city - Blitz on London, WW2

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

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