An historic day in 1959 when Field Marshal Montgomery visited the Lambeth HQ of the  London Fire Brigade to review the capital's fire service. Chief Fire Officer Freddie Delve looks on proudly as 'Monty' makes a presentation to a very smartly turned-out London fireman.                 (Editor's Collection)

The graceful lines of the Dennis F12 Pump Escape are caught in this photograph taken in the rear yard of Letchworth Fire Station, Hertfordshire Fire Brigade. Letchworth has now been replaced by a new fire station at Baldock.                                                                                                           (Maurice Cole)