Exercise Collection (page 12)

Westland Scout AH1 XV122 acting as mail men
Westland Scout AH1, XV122, acting as mail men during Exercise Spearpoint

Cayley exercise book inside front cover
Cayley exercise book, inside front cover

Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1933
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36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - Long Jump competition

NFS fitness demonstration, Regional HQ. Lambeth, WW2
Firefighters 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, WW2
Firefighters 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 drill
London 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 exercise
A London Fire Brigade mass decontamination exercise, Mayday Hospital, Thornton Heath, South London

Firefighters at Royal Hospital Chelsea
Firefighters during a pump exercise at Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW London

Exercise Tideway at the Thames Barrier, Woolwich, SE London

Chemical exercise, Barkers car park, Kensington
Firefighters 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, SE1
View 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 exercise
AFS 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, Glos
AFS firefighters taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

AFS Control unit at major exercise, Gloucestershire
Auxiliary 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 HQ
Firefighters 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

LCC-LFB AFS exercise
A London firewoman acting as a radio operator on the heavy unit from Hammersmith fire station at a combined full-time/auxiliary fire exercise

LCC-LFB AFS mobile column exercise
LCC-London Fire Brigade Auxiliary Fire Service mobile column exercise

NFS (London) fire station pumping exercise, WW2
An NFS firefighter using a trailer pump to lift water from the static dam at an NFS fire station and relaying the water

NFS (London) open water pumping exercise, WW2
NFS London firefighters undertaking a pumping exercise from an open water supply (reservoir)

NFS (London Region) Communications caravan, WW2
Firewomen control officers inside a communications caravan on location at an NFS training exercise in Northwood. Middlesex

NFS-London Region open water exercise, WW2
Four heavy units and trailer pumps at work by an emergency dam undertaking a pumping exercise

NFS (London Region) water relay exercise, WW2
The Blitz had shown the vital importance of securing a good water supply and the dire consequences when it failed. NFS London firefighters practised large scale exercises securing a water supply

NFS (London Region) constructing a water dam, WW2
London firefighters constructing a self-assembly emergency dam. These dams were carried on special water units that also towed a trailer pump and could provided a static water supply close to fires

NFS (London Region) AFS exercise, WW2
Firefighters practise using their hoses in an NFS (London Region) AFS exercise

LCC-LFB uniformed firemen and large crowd
LCC-LFB uniformed firemen and a large crowd of spectators

Gym Class 1900
Gym class North Park College, Croydon 1900 Date: 1900

Pentonville Prison 1895

Ticket for Summer Sports Day at a Suvorov Military School
A ticket pass to the Summer Sports Day at a Suvorov Military School (a type of boarding school in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia and Belarus for boys of 14-18)

Sea bathing, Metropolitan Hotel Long Branch, New Jersey

A new system of broad sword exercise, for cavalry, mounted and dismounted

Abplanalp exercise regime advertisement
Advertisement for Abplanalp, a Swiss system of exercise and weight loss, showing a before and after photograph of a man whose waistline has improved considerably in the space of just two months

Scissors and Pendulum - Exercise regime for 1927
Images illustrating two exercises, the Scissors and the Pendulum designed to keep the figure neat and trim for 1920s ladies. Date: 1927

The Seal - Exercise regime for 1927
A recommended exercise for the 1920s lady, the Seal improves the general circulation, strengthens the abdomen and corrects that very common fault called sway back. Date: 1927

Early scouting certificate
An early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty

Sea Scouts swimming off the side of a dinghy
Sea Scouts swimming off the side of a sailing dinghy. circa 1920s

Curtained litter and cavalry exercise, Persia
Two Persian images. The first, entitled Takht-e-Ravan, shows a curtained litter being escorted by horsemen. The second, entitled The Key Kaj Exercise, shows two horsemen

Two Metropolitan police officers with dogs in a wood
Two Metropolitan police officers with their dogs, one an Alsatian, near a lake in a wood. Either a training exercise or part of an investigation. Date: circa 1960s

New York chefs exercising
Hotel Commodore, New York. A group of chefs on the roof, Chef Leoni and his cooks exercising 1920

Portugal - Figueira da Foz
A couple running along the beach at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Date: 1939

Artillery Exercise
Artillerymen exercising. The training area, Landskrona 1890s Date: 1890s

The Ernst Idla Girls

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