Images Dated 3rd November 2015

Under the sign of Lambeth Walk public house , actor Lupino Lane ( in bowler hat )

Under the sign of Lambeth Walk public house, actor Lupino Lane ( in bowler hat ) joins Pearly Kings and Queens in doing the Lambeth Walk after a cermony at which the former Mason Arms and China Walk (South East London ) had been renamed after the popular song and dance . Mr J Marriott, Pearly King of Finsbury, performed the opening ceremony . Other Pearly Kings and Lupino (he made the Lambeth Walk song and dance famous in the " Me and My Girl " show ) attended .
3rd April 1951 History of London - Vauxhall / Lambeth

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London Fire Brigade have amber lights to give right of way

London Fire Brigade have amber lights to give right of way.
The demonstration of the powerful new amber coloured lights with which every appliance used by London fireman motor pumps and escapes, extension ladders and emergency tenders, is to be fitted was held at the new London Fire Brigade headquarters on the Albert Embankment.
The light which can be detected at a distance by police for an motorist, are being adopted to solve the problem of brigades coming across traffic signals on their way to fires.
It is hoped that the combination will enable engines and escapes to rush past the road signals in emergency with comparative safety.
Photo shows, fireman, demonstrating the new amber light on a fire engine of the Lambeth headquarters of the Fire Brigade.
14 June 1937

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Merryweathers Steam Fire-Engine - Merryweather & Sons of Lambeth, later Greenwich

Merryweather's Steam Fire-Engine - Merryweather & Sons of Lambeth, later Greenwich, London, were builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines. The founder was Moses Merryweather (1791-1872) of Clapham, who was joined by Richard Moses (1839-1877). They took Edward Field's design of a vertical boiler and successfully applied it for use in their steam fire engine, thus improving water pressure and making easier to use once steam had been got up.
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