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Schoolgirl ExercisesA little girl does keep fit exercises in her school uniform pinafore dress (Miss Critchleys School, London). Date: early 1930s
Girl doing ExercisesA little girl does keep fit exercises. Date: early 1930s
Scouts Playing FootballA group of boy scouts have a kick about on a dusty patch of wasteland. Scout playing ball Date: mid 1960s
Fitness DisplayTwo soldiers keeping fit on an exercise wheel. Date: early 1930s
Vaulting Horse 1930SGirls on a vaulting horse in a gymnasium. Date: early 1930s
Riviera Exercise ClassA keep fit class doing exercises on a beach on the French Riviera. Date: early 1930s
Girl on Climbing FrameThis little girl has taken her hat off to demonstrate her climbing skills on an outdoor wooden climbing frame! Date: early 1930s
The Serpentine 1930SThe Serpentine lake at Hyde Park, central London, with the Lido and paddling pool on the left of the photograph. Date: early 1930s
Westland Wessex participating in Exercise Hardfall in No?Westland Wessex participating in Exercise Hardfall in Norway in June 1976
Advertisement for Bournvita -- teenage girl (G Hill) in an energetic pose. 1959
China - Xianxian - French Jesuit Mission - Childrens ChoirChina - Xianxian - French Jesuit Mission - Young children having a lesson outside. Date: circa 1905
An emancipated woman dreaming of the perfect husbandMy Dream. An emancipated woman dreaming of a small, manageable, respectable husband! Date: circa 1920s
Assembly Hall - Westminster City School - Gym LessonAssembly Hall - Westminster City School - Converted for a Gym Lesson. Located at 55 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HJ. Date: 1910s
Three little boys heading out to schoolAdolphus, Timothy and John set out for school quite early. Date: 1898
National Gymnastics Competition Caen, Parallel and High barsNational Gymnastics Competition Caen, competitors competing on the Parallel and High bars (in synchronised performance). Note the safety mat is actually a large pile of soft sand! Date: 1911
Thessaloniki, Greece - Cavalry Exercise in Champs de MarsThessaloniki, Greece - Ottoman Empire era postcard, showing an exercise by Cavalry troops in the Champ de Mars. Date: circa 1903
Thessaloniki, Greece - Patriotic Ottoman Empire Card (when Thessaloniki was still under Ottoman control), showing a shooting exercise by Cavalry troops in the Champ de Mars. Date: circa 1903
Emancipated woman shows off her strengthThe strong emancipated woman shows off her strength; she balances on a barbell with two red Valentines Day hearts for weights while picking up a puppet-like little man by the scruff of the neck
Valentine admiration of emancipated womanThe strong emancipated woman on a red heart Valentines Day see-saw, crushes the puppet-like little man as she rises. Date: 1910s
WWI - What a Pleasure to be a Soldier! Two cheeky (and rather rotund) Geman privates mimic their commanding officer and his hands-on-hips pose - with considerable comic effect!
Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s
Czech Republic - 14th All Sokol Rally in Prague14th All Sokol Rally in Prague. A rally to promote public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)
de Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver AL1, of the Army Air Corps supporting Royal Engineers during Exercise Mirza, seen here taking off from the flood plain of the River Tonj in the southern Sudan. c.1974
Uxbridge aerodrome prior to an air exercise c 1937Uxbridge aerodrome prior to an air exercise. c.1937. From left: Sir John Steele, Lt Col Muirhead, Undersecretary for Air; Sir Hugh Dowding, Air Officer Commanding in Chief and Lord Swinton
Cayley exercise book inside back coverCayley exercise book, inside back cover
RAF airmen in front of an Avro Lincoln. From left: Fl Off J.S. Hay, Sqn Ldr A.K. Passmore, DFC, and Fl Off G. Raper of 97 Squadron in Singapore during Exercise Red Lion II
Jaguar S07 XW563 during a ten-day servicing appraisalJaguar S07, XW563, during a ten-day servicing appraisal exercise. Over 200 separate tests were completed. c.March 1971. Date: 1971
The third Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg. 3 August 1959. Date: 1959
The first Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg. 16 April 1959. Date: 1959
Liquid oxygen vapour escapes during pre-launch checkout of the first Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg
Westland Scout AH1 XV122 acting as mail menWestland Scout AH1, XV122, acting as mail men during Exercise Spearpoint
Cayley exercise book inside front coverCayley exercise book, inside front cover
Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1933Be 21 again this way. You can be as full of vigour to-day as you were at 21. Rut and routine need never grip you. Mornings can find you fresh. Get the urge of the Terry Sculling Exerciser
36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - Long Jump competition
NFS fitness demonstration, Regional HQ. Lambeth, WW2Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London
Part Time Competition at the Lambeth HQ Building, WW2Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London
LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drillLondon Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1, with firefighters taking part in escape ladder drill, using an extension ladder to gain additional height
London Fire Brigade decontamination exerciseA London Fire Brigade mass decontamination exercise, Mayday Hospital, Thornton Heath, South London
Firefighters at Royal Hospital ChelseaFirefighters during a pump exercise at Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW London
Exercise Tideway at the Thames Barrier, Woolwich, SE London
Chemical exercise, Barkers car park, KensingtonFirefighters taking part in a chemical exercise in Barkers car park, Kensington, SW London
Firefighters during a chemical incident exercise, Egerton Road, Twickenham
LFB Southwark fire station and Brigade HQ, SE1View of the headquarters building of the London Fire Brigade with an extended turntable ladder on the right. The site was developed in 1911 when the present Southwark fire station was opened
AFS Mobile kitchen in use after major exerciseAFS staff collecting refreshments from a mobile kitchen after taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
AFS major exercise at Moreton in Marsh, GlosAFS firefighters taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
AFS Control unit at major exercise, GloucestershireAuxiliary firefighters working in the AFS control unit during a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
LCC-MFB firemen at drill, Southwark HQFirefighters at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, carrying out a drill in the yard
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) taking part in Exercise Gateway
