Exercise Collection (page 13)

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

Swiss army in the Alps
Mountain Artillery of the Swiss Army on a march in the Alps. Date: circa 1909

Cairmgorms Summit
A family on the rocky summit of one of the Caingorm range of mountains, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Model Athlete
A young woman in a ruched swimsuit hangs upside down from wooden exercise bars. Date: 1930s

Boys in training, physical drill, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training, doing physical drill in a field before breakfast at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship

American soldiers on manoeuvres in France, WW1
American soldiers on manoeuvres in France during the First World War. Some of them are using communications equipment. Date: early 1918

Annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardos Homes
Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardos Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here young girls perform physical exercise in the Indian Club Drill display. An exhibition of the good work of Dr

Miss Connie Ediss Punching The Ball
Miss Connie Eddis is a great believer in exercise, and to keep herself in trim she makes a speciality of ball-punching. This picture shows her engaged in that persuasive art in her country home

An advertisement for Victors Horse-Action Saddle
An advertisement for a horse saddle exercise machine. Date: 25th January 1896

PE Class 1927
Physical education in school, 1927 Date: 1927

HOME TIME! 1930S
Schools out! A group of joyous, smiling schoolchildren, running out of their school at the end of the day. Date: 1930s

Danish Women Cyclist
Ladies cycling in Copenhagen, Denmark, where simply EVERYONE goes awheel nowadays. Date: 1930s

Beach Couple
A young man does his exercises on the beach while his girlfriend plays in the surf behind him. Date: 1930s

Waistline Exercises
An exercise designed to trim your waist and tone your thighs. Date: late 1930s

Cycling Girls
Two young women cyclists rest awhile and study a map, near High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Blonde Tour Cyclist
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of West Pennard, Somerset. The Church of St. Nicholas, built on a hill, has a sloping aisle. Date: 1930s

Tour Cyclist on Rocks
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, goes through a rough patch, wheeling her bicycle over some rocks on a path or dry river bed, Quantocks, Somerset. Date: 1930s

Cycling Stop
A young male tour cyclist stands beside a tandem to admire the unusual combination of a farm and church at Graveley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Smoking Cyclists
Four cycling club boys take a break from their healthy exercise - one of them has a drink, while the other three smoke pipes! Date: 1930s

Cycling Storm

Great Canfield Church
Tour cyclists admire the Norman church at Great Canfield, Essex, England, noted for its 13th century wallpainting over the altar. Date: 1930s

Female Tour Cyclist
Study of a female touring cyclist, in the days when groups of young people used to tour Britain on their bicycles. Date: 1930s

Cycling Peat

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