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• THE AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE IN LONDON, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Group photograph of men serving with the Auxiliary Fire Service in London. Second from right, in the back row, is Fernando Henriques from Jamaica, who later won a scholarship to Oxford University, gained a PhD and went on to lecture in social...

• THE AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE, ELTHAM FIRE STATION, 1939.

  part of "GREEN ARTHUR (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Auxiliary Fire Service

  Five volunteer firemen of the Auxiliary Fire Service stand beside their firefighting vehicle, a modified London taxi cab equipped with a Dennis trailer pump at 56Y Eltham Fire Station in September 1939 shortly after the declaration of war. The fire...

• AFS Practice with a Trailer-pump : On the banks of the Serpentine, London

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA)

  image: two groups of AFS struggle to control jets of water squirting from the hoses they are attempting to direct into the Serpentine.

• Fire-hose Practice in St James's Park, London

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA)

  image: a view across a lake in the park towards small groups of AFS practicing with fire hoses. They are partially obscured by enormous jets of water filling the air.

• Fire Drill

  (art) Made by: Gabain, Ethel Leontine 1940

  image: A woman wearing overalls lowers herself to the ground on a rope suspended from a wooden platform. She is supervised by a uniformed man standing at the top of the platform, who holds the other end of the rope. On the ground a crowd of men and women...

• Join ARP - Enrol at any Fire Station

  (posters) Made by: Johnson, Andrew (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority, with the Auxiliary Fire Service emblem positioned in the lower right. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper left, in orange. The subtitle is separate and positioned in the lower third, in blue. All...

• AFS - London Needs Auxiliary Firemen Now

  (posters) Made by: Newbould, Frank (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title and text are integrated and positioned in the upper third, in white. Further text is separtate and placed along the bottom edge, in white and in blue, held within a black inset. image: a back view of two...

• London County Council ARP - AFS Auxiliary Fire Service

  (posters) Made by: Clarke, F Bernard (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority, partially set against a blue background. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper fifth and lower quarter, in yellow and in white. The text is separate and placed along the bottom edge, in blue. All set...

• In an Air Raid...How to Fight a Fire

  (posters) Made by: Unknown 1939

  whole: the two images are positioned in the centre right and lower right. The title is separate and placed in the upper quarter, in white, and in black held within a white inset. The text is separate and located in the centre left and lower left, in...

• Women Required for Motor Driving and Telephonist Duties

  (posters) Made by: Auxiliary Fire Service (publisher/sponsor) 1941

  whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned in the lower third, in white. The text is integrated and placed in the upper left, in red, in the lower left, in black, and across the bottom edge, in white. All set against a...