Exercise Collection (page 16)

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)

Boys Club swimming 1935
A group of boys from a Boys Club take their afternoon exercise in the sea, swimming and splashing All have one piece costumes and one boy has a ball

Boys Club morning exercise 1931
Boys from a Boys Club take their morning exercise in a field, standing in rows with arms out stretched, laughing and smiling broadly

The Cuckoo by Alfred Bestall
Series of humorous illustrations showing a young girl, full of energy and optimism as she models her new hiking outfit, and then chatting to neighbours as she passes on her walk

The Guards Bathe by H. M. Bateman
Fabulous illustration showing identikit guardsmen striding in uniform rows down the beach and into the sea, not pausing to stop as they become submerged in the water

Russia - Bayonet Practise for members the Preobrajensky Guard Regiment

Fleet Street newspaper clerks exercising at lunch time
Young clerks of the advertising departments of newspapers on Fleet Street assemble each lunch time at St. Brides Institute (the artistic headquarters of Londons printers)

A Soleful Task
A new exercise for encuoraging confidence in fishing from an open boat. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Frogmen in their dinghy, 1945
Photograph showing a group of British frogmen divers paddling their dinghy across a swimming pool during a training exercise in 1945

Bar-bell exercise at a Gymnasium, London, 1888
Illustration showing a woman undertaking a bar-bell exercise at the gymnasium of the Polytechnic Christian Institute, London, 1888

British infantry in a firing line
British infantry are shown in a firing line during an exercise. The colour photograph was published by the Illustrated London News to show their readers how the British khaki uniforms appeared

Infantry of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Photograph of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during an exercise. The colour image was published by the Illustrated London News to demonstrate how the British armys khaki uniforms appeared against a

British cavalrymen on horseback
A photograph of Dragoon guards of the Queens Bays mounted during an exercise. The colour image was published by the Illustrated London News to show their readers how the British khaki uniforms

British Paratroops on exercise in England; Second World War
Photograph showing a group of British paratroops readying themselves after landing, during an exercise taking place in England in 1944

Female Passengers on the deck of the emigrant ship, Indus
Engraving showing the well-dressed female passengers, in bustles and shawls, of the emigrant ship Indus, 1872. This image shows the women taking exercise on deck of the ship during the long passage

A ambulance training exercise at Waterloo Station
An ambulance lecture at Waterloo Station to the employees of the South Western Railway Company

Woman Exercising
A woman exercising and touching her toes in a chapter called " How To Preserve a Youthful Figure"

Dusting for Exercise
A young lady in shorts with buttoned falls gives these windows a vigorous rub with a checked cloth - a great way to tone up the waist and bust without the need of a gym!

The British Mediterranean Fleet on Exercises, 1935
Photograph of a line of Royal Navy destroyers, setting out from Gibraltar on a naval exercise, 1935

A crawling experiment at the London Hospital
Crawling used as an exercise for the treatment of spinal curvature for patients up to the age of sixteen. It was administered three times a week for twenty minutes at a time

Ladies Ball Practice
Female athletes exercise by throwing large balls into the air, whilst outdoors in winter snow

A New Dutch Exercise

The damaged gun of H. M.s Thunderer, condition of the turret
H.M.S Thunderer, the damage caused by the bursting of the 38 ton gun. The gun exploded during a practice exercise because of a fault

Boys on Bikes 1940S
Two boys, brothers, enjoy fooling around on their bicycles outside their house during World War Two

Fete De LA Vieillesse
La fete de la vieillesse - the festival of old age - is a public relations exercise designed to make the Revolution popular with the populace

Moscow Funeral
The funeral of those who gave their lives fighting for the revolution in Moscow is of course the occasion for a massive propaganda exercise

Swimming Bath Titanic
The swimming bath of the ill- fated passenger liner RMS Titanic depicting bathers enjoying the exercise

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