Instruction Collection

Compass Drill, Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, Kent
A group of boys aboard the Training Ship Arethusa receiving compass instruction. The ship received boys aged 13-16 from a variety of poor backgrounds, including the workhouse

Knotting Class, Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, Kent
A group of boys aboard the Training Ship Arethusa receiving knotting and splicing instruction. The ship received boys aged 13-16 from a variety of poor backgrounds, including the workhouse

Fencing Positions
Instruction in the art of fencing. 2 of 9

Instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, WW2
Cover design, instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, World War Two, price one shilling. circa 1940

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
Sir Gawain takes up the challenge. As instructed by the Green Knight, he swings the battleaxe and cuts off the Green Knights head. The head falls off and rolls towards the banqueting guests

Boys Band, Hull Sailors Orphanage
Boys naval band at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The Homes, a cottage homes development, were established in 1895 by a charity originally called The Port of Hull Society

NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2
How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!

Gardening Book / Tobacco
Baccy, Grow and Smoke Your Own An instruction booklet on how to grow your own tobacco

Instruction sheet, How to Dance the Jitterbug, by Adele England of the Locarno School of Dancing, Streatham, SW London. 1939

St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - Carpentry
St Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - manual instruction room. Boys at work benches with tools

WW2 - Chemical Warfare Instruction - USA
WW2 - American soldiers undergoing Chemical Warfare Instruction at Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1944

Children at Play, Hull Sailors Orphanage
Children playing at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The boys are in naval uniform. A gardener mows the grass

Alchemists Laboratory
An alchemist studies an old instruction manual, while his assistant keeps the furnace going. His workshop is filled with state-of-the-art equipment for The Great Work

Ritemp Washing Machine
A housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain, according to the instruction book

Police Gun School, North London
Inspector Robert Gould gives instruction to a group of trainees at the police underground shooting range in North London. Date: 1960s

Firefighters receiving knots instruction

Metropolitan Police Telephone Box System instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Telephone Box System, published by Peckham Sub-Division

Lesson in Agriculture
A group of farmworkers receive instruction in agricultural methods

Shoot for the book 'In Search of Charm'
Client: Peter Hatch Partnership - Girl sitting travelling - Shoot for the book 'In Search of Charm' by Mary Young - 1962. A book providing instruction to young girls on how to behave/etiquette

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, four planes
Advance Training Machines. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965) was a Scottish peer and record-breaking air pioneer who was later shown to have passed secret

Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a vis?
Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a visit to Rotol Ltd, Gloucester. Capt N.F. Harrison, DSO, SaF, extreme right; and H. Read, Rotol Instruction School, in civilian dress

Map of Africa, 1820. Showing Morocco, Barbary and the Sahara in the north, Soudan and Guinea in the west, Khoikhoi (Hottentots) and Bantu (Caffres) in the south, and Abyssinia and Sennaar in the east

Material relating to Psychic Research. Instruction booklet for observers at Borley Rectory. Front cover Date: 1937

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Avro 504
The Avro Flight (A) Staff, group photo with Avro 504. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965)

Korean War era - Speed Limit sign close to the 38th parallel north, which formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War. Date: circa 1952

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan
Shinto ceremony at opening of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Station at Kasumi-ga-ura, July 1921. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC

WW2 - R. A. F Aerial Camera Instruction
A photograph which shows a British WW2 Royal Air Force trainee receiving instruction on taking an oblique shot with an aerial camera. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Map Reading
A photograph of some young British WW2 Royal Air Force pilots receiving instruction in map reading. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F Blind Flying Instruction
A photograph of a British WW2 Royal Air Force trainer giving his pupil instruction in blind flying, he is sat in the rear seat, completely covered by the hood. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Formation Flying Instruction
A photograph of some young British WW2 Royal Air Force pilots receiving instruction on formation flying. Date: circa 1940s

WW2. R. A. F. Apprentices, Practical Construction
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force apprentices receiving instruction on practical construction. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Repairs Instruction
This photograph provides a broad view of a British WW2 Royal Air Force hangar, inside which trainees receive practical instruction of repairs. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Boxing Instruction
A photograph which shows a group of British WW2 Royal Air Force men receiving boxing instruction. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Air Observer Receiving Instruction
A photograph which portrays a British WW2 air observer receiving final instructions from the pilot of an Avro Anson coastal patrol and general duty plane. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Wireless Operators Instruction Class
A photograph of an active British WW2 Royal Air Force wireless operators instruction class, aloft in the latest (of the time) type of training plane. Date: circa 1940s

Portrait of the ballroom dancers Cynthia and Cyril Horrocks
A portrait of the ballroom dancers Cynthia and Cyril Horrocks, 1922 conductiing a series of dance exhibitions and instruction at the Belgravia Hotel Date: 1922

Cunard Line, RMS Caronia - folder cover, Captain's Copy
Cunard Line, RMS Caronia - hard bound folder of the officers instruction book labelled Caronia with label inscribed Cunard Captain's Copy'. 13 x 10.5 inches. Date: 20th century

Young Boxer receiving instruction from his Trainer in a gym Date: circa 1920s

United States, Virginia, Charlottesviile. The University of Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by the United States Declaration of Independence

President of the Council of Public Instruction. Chromolithography. Historia de las Ordenes de Caballeria y de las Condecoraciones Espanolas

Leaflet, Toys from Tins, The Nursery School Association, Park Crescent, London W1

Nord 2501 Noratlas 312-BJ
Armee de l'Air - Nord 2501 Noratlas 312-BJ (msn 24), of Groupement Instruction 312, in use as the Patrouille de France support aircraft, circa 1971. Date: circa 1971

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Milicianos! No dsperdicieis municiones, viveres ni energias (Militia! Don't waste neither munitions, provisions nor energies)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Spanish communists leaders. From left to right: Jose Diaz Ramos (second), secretary general of the party; Dolores Ibarruri Pasionaria and Jesus Hernandez (right)

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) undergoing pump training in the drill yard of Brigade HQ. Hard suction hose is being connected to the open topped pump

Sikorsky SH-3G 151546
United States Navy - Sikorsky SH-3G 151546 (MSN 61255), used for deck-handling and craning instruction. Date: 1997

Native Youth of India pleading for Christian Instruction Date: 1848

WW2, Army Exercise Instruction hanging cards, three double-sided for Monday to Saturday (visible here are Thursday, Friday and Saturday). Date: circa 1940

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