Exercise Collection (page 5)

Women's League of Health
The Women's League of Health and Beauty presenting an exercise demonstration in Hyde Park. The League was founded in 1930 by Mary Bagot Stack. Date: 1932

Sailors exercising their jaws on a comic French postcard by Poli. Date: circa 1930s

Two boy scouts on an outdoor activity, Mauritius, signalling with a flag

Burmese scouts in the water
Burmese scouts of St Philips, 26th Rangoon Troop (Yangon), in the water with a scout leader

Viyella clothing for all athletic purposes
Advertisement for Viyella, high-class washing material suitable for all athletic purposes including golfing, hockey and fencing. Ideal for the active young woman of 1903. Date: 1903

The Ancient English Musket & Halbert Exercise, Plate 3. 1794

Communist China - swimmers in Yangtze River
Swimmers (soldiers and civilians) in the water of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in Communist China in July 1970. They are taking part in a training exercise

Communist China - young men on training exercise
Young men with a red flag on an exercise designed to strengthen the mind and the body during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Skinner?s Horse at Exercise, 1840 (c).Oil on canvas by John Reynolds Gwatkin (1807-1877), 1840 (c). Men of the 1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Skinner?s Horse) or 4th Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Baddley)

Dewars whisky advertisement - swimming pool
Advertisement for Dewars whisky featuring a group enjoying the jubilee spirit in the swimming pool. We wouldn t recommend combining whisky with swimming but no doubt this chap is going to enjoy a wee

Advert for Battle Creek Health Builder 1929
Mechanical massaging exercise machine that with a vibrating belt, used by 80, 000 men and women in the 1920s. Date: 1929

Advert for Abplanalps Institute, cure of obesity 1929
Showing a man with large a waistline and after the recommended workout slim two months later. For all sexes the cure of obesity, free booklet and cinema demonstration

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Exercises
Exercise routine by boys from the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham Date: 1940s

Two Austrian boy scouts lifting a pole. Date: circa 1950s

Combermere Scout Troop (1st Barbados) having a rest while on a hike

The Haven Salvation Army Childrens Home, Ramsgate, Kent
Barefoot girls carry out an exercise drill with dumb-bells at The Haven - a Salvation Army childrens home at Ramsgate. Date: Circa 1910

Prunella Stack & the Womens League of Health & Beauty
Ann Prunella Stack OBE (1915-2011), President of the Womens League of Health and Beauty, founded by her mother Mrs Bagot Stack

Westland Wessex HC2 of No72 Squadron, RAF Odiham, during?
Westland Wessex HC2 of No72 Squadron, RAF Odiham, during a helicopter assault during Exercise Spearhead, where ten helicopters were flown to Germany to reinforce No18 Squadron in their Army support

Gymnastics at the Hermitage School, Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1907 by Jean-Ovide Decroly (18711932), a Belgian teacher and psychologist. Date: circa 1920

Avro Vulcan B2 of No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF Waddington
An Avro Vulcan B2 of No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, RAF Waddington, Lincoln, climbs away from Nellis AFB in the USA during exercise Red Flag. April 1980. Date: 1980

London Fire Brigade - Alfie Shawyer, Boxing Champion
During the 1930s and 1940s, Assistant Chief Officer Alfie S. Shawyer was a prominent figure in boxing, becoming British Amateur Champion and winning the Golden Gloves of America

NFS (London) towing unit and trailer pump, WW2
A unit from Lewisham Sub-station (37 F 2 Y) at Lewisham Bridge School, Elmira Street. SE London attending a training exercise in the locality

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers carrying a casualty from the exercise site. A policewoman and a nurse are with the rescue team

Preston Prison 1905
Tread wheel at Preston prison, 1905 Date: 1905

Joy Henderson - Dancer - in a very flexible pose Date: circa 1910s

Cheerio Cycling Ladies
Two charming lady cyclists, waving Cheerio to us as they cycle by! Date: 1930s

Gardening, Inebriates Reformatory, Lewes, Sussex
Inmates gardening at the Southern Counties Inebriates Reformatory at Lewes, Sussex. The institution, housed in the former Lewes Union workhouse

Margaret Morris
Portrait of Margaret Morris (1891 - 1980), famous dancer and dance teacher. Margaret Morris movement dance combined exercise with dance

Children at Queen Marys Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey
Children lying on outdoor exercise trolleys at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Girls Gym Display
Schoolgirls, pupils of Nita Henson, put on a formal gymnasium display on a rib stall climbing frame. Children exercising at school, PE lesson, keep fit class

Ballet dancing frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

The Old English Pike Exercise, Plate 1. 1794

The Old English Halbert Exercise, Plate 4, Double Armed Men &c. 1794

Bayonet training H. A. C. Reserve 1916
Honourable Artillery Company at Camp en Route training ground, practising close combat with bayonet and sandbags. Date: 1916

Training H. A. C. Reserves 1916
Honourable Artillery Company at Camp en Route training ground, practising essential requirements needed for battle at the Front in World War One. Date: 1916

Wessex helicopter in rescue demonstration, Cornwall
Wessex Royal Navy helicopter and Penlee lifeboat in a rescue demonstration, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Health and fitness - girl with clubs
A young girl in the Edwardian era posing in her sports kit with some wooden clubs, frequently used for exercising with at this time. Date: c.1910

Printed cotton handkerchief, ?The New Broad Sword Exercise?, published by William Hanson and Sons, Manchester, inscribed at bottom left ?WH 1798?, 1798

University Exerciser and Reducer advertisement
Advertisement for the University Exerciser and Reducer to eliminate that tired feeling from your life and step out into a new world of joyful energy

Jean Baptiste Cabri, a Native of France. 1817

Stylish young lady practises her hurdling at the station. Other people standing nearby are wondering what she is doing. Date: 1923

Young lady jumps over her bed, practising the hurdles
A sporty young lady jumps over the bed (disturbing the dogs and the neighbours in the flat beneath), practising her hurdling. Date: 1923

Naval activities in a sports field, involving a bucket of water. Date: circa 1950s

Naval display in a sports field. Date: circa 1950s

Communist China - soldiers in wartime, taking time out for political study and discussion, while others look out for enemy action, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Communist China - training exercise in water
Swimmers in the water in Communist China, taking part in a training exercise to build up their mental and physical strength. They are male and female, some of them carrying rifles. circa 1970

Communist China - communal exercise session
Communal exercise session for timberyard workers during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Communist China - university students exercising
Communist China - a new intake of university students doing physical exercise. circa 1960s

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