Exercise Collection (page 15)

Keep Fit / Side Stretch
A side stretch, performed in the open air for added health benefit. Date: 1930s

Stick Drill, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Boys perform an exercise known as stick drill at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. They are all wearing identical uniform

Watching Bayardo at exercise
The British thoroughbred racehorse exercising at Alec Taylors stable at Manton, near Marlborough. Bayardo was sent to trainer Alec Taylors stud farm at the age of two

Young boy sliding on the ice with his dog
A young boy slides on the ice, his dog trotting happily alongside

Group of servicemen doing acrobatics in a field
A group of young servicemen doing acrobatics in a field, perhaps as part of their military training

Policemen doing synchronised exercises
Policemen doing synchronised gymnastic exercises

Gymnasium, Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent
The gymnasium and physiotherapy department at Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent. A wide range of equipment includes an exercise bicycle, a ships wheel, and part of a bus

Morning drill, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Morning drill at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control, an organisation privately run by the Rev Harold Burden to house feeble minded

Emergency pump, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates work the emergency water pump at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Exercise Yard, Holloway Prison, North London
Male prisoners taking a turn around the exercise yard at Holloway Prison in north London. Their perambulations were apparently something of a spectator sport

Men exercising, Wandsworth Prison, south west London
Inmates in the exercise yard at Wandsworth Prison, south west London

Oxford Prison, Oxfordshire
Inmates in the exercise yard at Oxford prison with St Georges Tower looming behind. The prison was originally established in around 1166 as a county gaol and located within the towns Norman castle

Boys Perform Gymnastics at Mettray, France
Gymnastic exercises being performed by inmates of the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France

Five boys swinging on a rope, having a great time

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Open Air Holidays Abroad, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Open Air Holidays Abroad, Walking, Canoeing and Cycling, with Cooks. Showing a woman with a walking stick standing in a field of daisies waving her hand, with mountains

Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd
Cover illustration for Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd. It depicts three walkers in silhouette against an alpine scene, with trees and snow-covered mountains in the background

Lady skiing down a mountain
A lady in Edwardian dress skis down a mountain -- behind her, a man has fallen over, perhaps in surprise at her expertise or bravery

self-control / W H Robinson
An exercise in self-control. A man and woman, under mistletoe, and a third party behind a screen timing the length of their resistance to kiss

Bathroom exercise / W H Robinson
Post War Britain: Health and happiness at home. Bathroom exercise for training the legs for running to the station in the morning

The sinking body / W H Robinson
This special chassis can be lowered instantly to ground level; the roof of the car thus becomes available for a stirring bout of table tennis

German troop training WWI
German troop training during World War I

Czech Republic - 7th All Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Promoting Sokol Rally 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Hogarth Boarding School - Chiswick, London
Pupils of Form 2a at Hogarth Boarding School for boys - Chiswick, London

Stick Practice, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys in protective masks, taking part in stick practice on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

PE and Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in an exercise drill, with the band behind them, on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Cutlass Exercise, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a cutlass exercise on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Gymnastics Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a gymnastics class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Production of The Dairymaids
The Queens Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue, London) Production of The Dairymaids which ran for 76 performances from 5th May 1908, starring Phyllis Dare and Dan Rolyat

HMS Cornwall sailors
Sailors from HMS Cornwall exercising, Halifax, Canada 1911

D Day rehearsals
Troops coming ashore during an exercise to prepare for the D Day Landings in 1944

German sport lesson
Girls playing ball during a sports lesson at a German school in the 1930s

Firefighters in gas masks
ARP Firefighters in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise

Poster advertising Terrot bicycles. The company was founded by Charles Terrot in Dijon in 1887. A young couple are depicted on their bicycles, enjoying a healthy cycling holiday

ARPs World War II
ARPs in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise in London

German beach holiday 1936
Climbing frames on the beach and a family on holiday in Warnemunde, Germany in 1936

German artillery, 1936
German artillery on exercise on Cologne, Germany

The Summer Manoeuvres. Route Marching- Fall in
A form of Peace Manoeuvres adopted by armed forces to exercise troops and allow them to make up plans of the countryside that they march in. They march for between 8 and 10 miles in 2 1/2 hours

Children at Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton
Children in the hot water bathing pool at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

KdF poster for childrens gymnastics
Poster advertising childrens gymnastic activities with the Third Reich leisure organisation Kraft durch Freude - Strength through Joy

Recreation Hall, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Interior of the recreation hall at the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum

Lastex advertisement
Advertisement for Lastex yarn, which swimmers appreciate due to the stretch of straps and fabric that sun and sea cannot destroy

Girls at Alexandra Orphanage, Haverstock Hill, North London
A group of older girls demonstrate their skipping skills at the Alexandra Orphanage on Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, North London

Education, playtime
A schoolboy is captured mid flight by the camera as he jumps to kick a football in the playground

Exercising with skittles
Girls exercising with skittles in Australia

Burma (Myanmar) - Rangoon (Yangon) - Prisoners
Prisoners awaiting their breakfast in a Yangon (formerly Rangoon) Jail, Myanmar (formerly Burma)

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