Smoke Collection

A ship unloading at the pier at Battersea Power Station, seen from across the Thames, London, England. 1960 s

Cock o the North approaching a tunnel 1934

The Fire Brigade attend the big fire in Rosebery Avenue, London, at the works of Artisco, the model sculptors. 3 December 1934

London during the Blitz While services are being held in London, commemorating the second anniversary of The Battle of Britain

The Great Battle of Dublin The capture of the Four Courts in Dublin. The Four Courts ablaze from end to end after the explosion. 1 July 1922

RAF fighter pilot of 602 Squadron at dispersal - playing chess while waiting for the call to scramble. Perranporth, Cornwall, 1943 eTopFoto

An old mill in Plumstead Common has gained a second lease of life as an Inn. Mr T Fossam and Mr Copelin playing billiards. 29 March 1939

The SS Minnewaska of the Red Star Line. 31 December 1928
The " SS Minnewaska " of the Red Star Line. 31 December 1928

The Anglo-Bavarian Brewery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. c. 1900
The Anglo-Bavarian Brewery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. c.1900

The crowded platform at Sidcup railway station, full of schoolboys waiting to get onto the arriving train. 1935

The Crab House, Southwick, Sussex. 5 March 1931

A train is going past the site where the Albany Park Train Station is under construction. 1939

SS Paris, the French ocean liner. 9 April 1929

Battleship as ice breaker. Over 40 ships freed in the frozen Baltic Sea. Owing to the exceptionally severe frost the Baltic is almost completely frozen over

Aerial view of Littlebrook Power Station on the River Thames near Dartford, Kent

Firemen respond to a house fire in Chislehurst, Kent. A fireman hoses water into the top window of the building. 1939

Fire at the the Vickers factory in Crayford, Kent. 1936

Market personality. 1936

Timber barge on fire at Vauxhall, London. October 25th 1934. History of London - Vauxhall / Lambeth

Steam train, Russia, pre-revolutionary
Steam train, Imperial Russia, pre-revolutionary TopFoto

A Leeds miner and Bienkinsop loco (aquatint)

At Kings Cross Station The Queen Of Scots leaving Kings Cross
At Kings Cross Station The " Queen Of Scots " leaving Kings Cross. 4 November 1929 ? TopFoto

NOTICE TO QUIT The Fairy Electra (to Steam Locomotive Underground Demon ). Now they e seen me
NOTICE TO QUIT The Fairy Electra (to Steam Locomotive Underground Demon ). " Now they e seen me, I fancy your days are numbered

UK Kent Road sweepers having their dinner. 1935 Picture by John Topham

Fire in city danger zone. A district fire call was circulated when a fire broke out at a large building on Farringdon street, London, the city danger zone. 16 November 1934

Demonstration by the the Auxillary Fire Service at the The Kentish Mercury office in Greenwich, London. 1938

London County Council Fire Brigade display at Southwark headquarters, England. 18 March 1924

Firemen fighting a blazing five-storey building of Story and Co. Furnishers. The fire is believed to have started in the basement, and soon the blaze spread to the entire building

Home front 1940. clearing up after a raid at Sidcup

A London Fire Brigade display in Lambeth, London. Firemen use extension ladders to gain access and hose the upper floor windows of a tall building during the demonstration. 1939

A Government poster used in the big smoking and lung cancer battle. The poster shows a boy lighting a cigarette and was sent to all directors of education, including training colleges

Members of the US Midget car team, warming up at speed at Walthamstow Stadium. May 10th 1948

Funny Car 2014 Santa Pod Raceway Podington, nr Wellingborough, Northants, England

Motorsport hill climb. 1935

Kentish Border CC trial ( Hutchinson ). 1935

Dragstalgia 2014 Santa Pod Raceway Podington, nr Wellingborough, Northants, England

A car struggling up the track during a hillclimb event. 1935

Kentish Border CC trial ( A G J Bochaton ). 28 November 1935

The lighthouse of the Mediterranean. Stromboli, one of the Lipari Island volcanoes, known as the lighthouse of the Mediterranean to mariners. 1 September 1928

Martinique. Mont Pelee erupting. September 1929

A view of Stromboli in eruption. 1924

Apedale Foothills mine at Chesterton in Staffordshire, where seven men were entombed owing to a sudden rush of flood water and black damp. 26 April 1923

Mount Etna of Sicily, Italy now in a violent eruption April 1922

K22, a steam-propelled First World War, K class submarine of the Royal Navy, steaming on the surface at 25 knots with funnels extended

Fighting in Morocco. To facilitate the advances on Africa, the Spanish Air Force bomb the canyons where the enemy ( arab tribes ) maintain a desperate resistance. 2 September 1924

A striking bow view of HM Submarine Odin soon after leaving Chatham dockyard
A striking bow view of HM Submarine " Odin " soon after leaving Chatham dockyard for her official trials. 18 July 1929

French naval cadets visit to Portsmouth. French sailors on the warship Somme
French naval cadets visit to Portsmouth. French sailors on the warship " Somme ". 27 August 1923

To take the Prince of Wales across the Atlantic. A striking and picturesque view of the " RMS Berengaria ", the great Cunarder, which will take the Prince of Wales across the Atlantic

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