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Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2Civil defence rescue workers carrying a casualty from the exercise site. A policewoman and a nurse are with the rescue team
Preston Prison 1905Tread wheel at Preston prison, 1905 Date: 1905
Joy Henderson - Dancer - in a very flexible pose Date: circa 1910s
Cheerio Cycling LadiesTwo charming lady cyclists, waving Cheerio to us as they cycle by! Date: 1930s
Gardening, Inebriates Reformatory, Lewes, SussexInmates gardening at the Southern Counties Inebriates Reformatory at Lewes, Sussex. The institution, housed in the former Lewes Union workhouse
Margaret MorrisPortrait of Margaret Morris (1891 - 1980), famous dancer and dance teacher. Margaret Morris movement dance combined exercise with dance
Children at Queen Marys Hospital, Carshalton, SurreyChildren 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 DisplaySchoolgirls, 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 1916Honourable Artillery Company at Camp en Route training ground, practising close combat with bayonet and sandbags. Date: 1916
Training H. A. C. Reserves 1916Honourable 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, CornwallWessex Royal Navy helicopter and Penlee lifeboat in a rescue demonstration, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s
Health and fitness - girl with clubsA 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 advertisementAdvertisement 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 hurdlesA 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 waterSwimmers 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 sessionCommunal exercise session for timberyard workers during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970
Communist China - university students exercisingCommunist China - a new intake of university students doing physical exercise. circa 1960s
The Modern Way to Health and BeautyCover of a 1930s pamphlet advising women on the best way to health and beauty. Illustration shows a woman in a blue shorts suit holding a large ball. Date: c.1937
The Physical Culture Girl. A phenomenon of the early 20th century when mass gymnastics and exercise became popular. Date: 1909
Belgian Army returns from Exercises - Dunkirk - July 1915Belgian Army returns from Exercises - Beach at Dunkirk, France - July 1915 1915
Hiking in Germany - two gentleman launch out on a hearty ramble through the countryside. Date: 1904
Prunella Stack - Leader of Womens League of Health & BeautyPrunella Stack - Leader of The Womens League of Health & Beauty, The mortimer Halls, 43 Great Portland Street, W1, London - Aim of the League was
Man and woman with bicycles and greyhound dogs. Date: circa 1939
The Medicine Ball by David GhilchikA fashionable 1930s couple dressed in swimsuits partake in a wholesome exercise game with a medicine ball but with unfortunate consequences. Date: 1932
Sporty American Girl holding two exercise clubs. She appears to ahve forgotten her gym outfit.... Date: circa 1920
British Fleet - 4th Battle Squadron on Manoeuvres - 1923Photograph from the deck of the HMS Marlborough of three other Iron-Duke Class Battleships of the British Mediterranean Fleet (the HMS Emperor of India)
British Fleet - 4th Battle Squadron - Firing a 13. 5 salvoPhotograph from the deck of the HMS Marlborough of one of the other Iron-Duke Class Battleships of the British Mediterranean Fleet (one of the HMS Emperor of India)
British Mediterranean Fleet Sports Day - The StadiumBritish Mediterranean Fleet Sports Day - The Ben-Marl Stadium, rigged up by the crews of the HMS Benbow and the HMS Marlborough of the 4th Battle Squadron
Chinese Children at their daily drill (Tai Chi?). Date: circa 1910s
Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde ParkWomen police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920
Boys Exercise Drill at Loxdale, Upper Portslade, SussexStaff take boys through an exercise drill at Loxdale home at Upper Portslade, Sussex, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)
George Ernest Studdy, Saturdays Good Deed (The Sketch, 19 December 1923). Bonzo gives the fattened Christmas turkey a little exercise (in a series, The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo). Date: 1923
Frogs boxing on a Christmas cardFrogs having a boxing match on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Frogs playing hide and seek on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Frogs playing leapfrog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Two frogs playing leapfrog on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Frogs playing leapfrog on a Christmas and New Year cardSix frogs playing leapfrog on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Four frogs snowballing on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Frogs snowballing on a New Year card, with holly round their waists -- ouch! Date: circa 1890s
