Practising Collection (#2)

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

American and Canadian troops, WW1
American and Canadian troops during the First World War

Little boy practising cricket in garden, Ealing, West London
Little boy (Harold Auerbach) practising cricket in his back garden at Ealing, West London. He is wearing his Durston House School sports uniform. 1906

Motorcycle display - Dispatch riders, Royal Corps of Signals
Motorcycle display (in training for a performance at the Royal Tournament) - Dispatch riders, Royal Corps of Signals. Date: 1930s

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

Lady hurdles over the chiffonier
A lady hurdles over the cherished chiffonier (low sideboard) of her great aunt, because she is practising her hurdling for a forthcoming athletic competition. Date: 1923

Sphere front cover - Debutantes practise the curtsey
Front cover of The Sphere featuring a photograph of debutantes practising their curtsey for the forthcoming courts in May of 1933 at Miss Muriel Simmons School in Regent Street. Date: 1933

Practical exercises in fencing. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Soldier at their Sabre practice in a French Barracks. Date: circa 1905

Lifeboat practice drill, Eastbourne, Sussex
RNLI lifeboat practice drill in progress off Eastbourne, Sussex. early 1960s

Two sky divers preparing for a jump, with an aeroplane in the background. Date: circa 1960s

Bomb Disposal School, Bramley, Hampshire, also known as the Army School of Ammunition, run by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Jane Shore Repents
Jane Shore, the mistress of Edward IV, performs public penance in the streets of London after being convicted of practising witchcraft 1483

Boys Brigade Drills 19C
Boys in the Boys Brigade practising first aid drills Date: 1891

Members of Synchronised Swimming Team - Indian Routine - with Pancho. Date: 1960

Lady Moss jumping a table on ice skates
Lady (Penelope) Moss, the expert skater jumping a table at which sit Miss Moss and Mr Eric Muirsmith, while practising for the Murren Ice Gymkhana. Date: 1928

Japan - Girl practising Ikebana Flower Arrangement. Date: 1932

Family and cat practising Christmas carols at the piano
A mother and her four boys, accompanied by their tabby cat, practise Christmas carols at the piano. Date: circa 1960s

Queen Victoria Rifles training in Hampstead streets, WW1
Members of the Queen Victoria Rifles practising Swedish drill in the streets of Hampstead, which they were using as a training ground, arousing much public interest in the process! 1914

Highlanders practising bayonet work at base, WW1
Soldiers in a highland regiment learning how to use bayonets on dummies which swing from a cross-beam. Date: 1918

Watch me make a fire-bucket of is elmet
Two British soldiers have a couple minutes to practise shooting

Sea Scouts playing bagpipes, Gibraltar
Gibraltar Sea Scouts playing the bagpipes and drums, practising for their visit to Edinburgh for the 15th Scottish International Scout Jamboree at Blair Atholl Castle, Scotland. Date: 1970s

German boy scout on First Aid exercise
German boy scout on a First Aid exercise, pulling a stretcher made from skis

Boy scouts practising firefighting, Egypt
Boy scouts practising their firefighting skills, Egypt

Indian cavalry during World War I
Indian troopers in France at field exercise, practising a charge. Date: 1916

LFB water relaying drills, Hyde Park, London
LFB water relaying drills taking place in Hyde Park, London, on 12 February 1938, watched by mothers and their children. Date: 1938

Junior LFB firefighters practise on a Wheeled Escape Ladder Date: circa 1950s

Student nurses practising three handed lift
Student nurses practising a three handed lift, supervised by a sub-officer of the fire prevention branch

Breathing Apparatus Control Point - Practise
Breathing Apparatus (BA) Control Point at Scene of Fire - demonstration, by firefighters probably at Lambeth HQ - 28th February 1964. Date: 1964

The Singing Colony of Madame Novello Davies
Madame Novello Davies, the well-known teacher of singing and voice production and mother of the composer and musician, Ivor Novello (who is pictured centre)

Volunteer nurses learning to bandage, outbreak of WW1
Volunteer nurses practising their bandaging techniques on children at Kensington Town Hall shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

British troops practising with new catapult
British troops practising with new bomb thrower catapult, for use in trenches Date: 1915

Mrs Baliol Scott teaching men how to shoot, WW1
Mrs Baliol Scott, the famous woman rifle shot, teaching boys how to shoot at the Byfleet Ladies Rifle Range of which she was a prominent member

Rehearsal of the Coronation procession
The first rehearsal of the Coronation ceremony and procession in 1911 (for the coronation of King George V)

Kissing her Majestys hand, learning to curtsey at court
A young woman is tutored in the art of gracefully dropping to a curtsey during her presentation at court at the school of Miss Cowper Coles

Practising the tango, 1913
Miss Myrtle Tannehill (aka Mrs Hale Hamilton) and Mr Arthur Collins pictured practising the new dance craze, the tango, on a tennis court somewhere rather pleasant looking. Date: 1913

Two soldiers doing bayonet practice, India
Two soldiers in a clearing, doing bayonet practice, India. Date: 1918

Trainee lowered from tower during exercise drill, WW2
National Fire Service trainee being lowered from a tower during exercise drill. Date: 1940s

Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping. Date: 1935

English public schoolboys at Bisley
Boys from Harrow School and University College firing at 500 yards as volunteer marksmen at Bisley

Thomas Evans Photo
THOMAS W EVANS eminent American dentist practising in Paris, who smuggled the empress Eugenie out of France following the defeat at Sedan. Date: 1823 - 1897

Traditional Hairdressing in Nepal
Two girls practising Traditional Hairdressing techniques in Nepal. Date: 1939

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Practising firing at submarines
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Sailors of the International Expeditionary Force stationed at Thessaloniki practise firing at submarines. Date: circa 1916

Scouts as ARP wardens practising chemical warfare treatment during the Second World War. circa 1940

LCC-LFB Dennis motorised pump-escape
In 1910 the London Fire Brigade took delivery of the latest motorised fire engine from Dennis, the fire engine manufacturers in Surrey

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drill
London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1, with firefighters taking part in escape ladder drill, using an extension ladder to gain additional height

MFB (London) station ladder drill
Metropolitan firefighters taking part in ladder drill. Both large ladders are wheel escapes and the ladder on the right has an extension to give it additional height

Firefighters receiving knots instruction at Southwark HQ

London Fire Brigade band at Lambeth HQ
The London Fire Brigade band at Lambeth HQ in the year the new building opened

Exercise Tideway at the Thames Barrier, Woolwich, SE London

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

LCC-LFB-AFS training -- tying a knot
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade

LCC-MFB firemen at drill, Southwark HQ
Firefighters at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, carrying out a drill in the yard

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw demonstrates pumping
Moored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water

LCC-LFB AFS exercise
A London firewoman acting as a radio operator on the heavy unit from Hammersmith fire station at a combined full-time/auxiliary fire exercise

Firefighters at a training camp, WW2
Firefighters at a training camp in Northwood, Middlesex

NFS (London Region) assault course training exercises, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firefighters had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

NFS (London Region) water relay exercise, WW2
The Blitz had shown the vital importance of securing a good water supply and the dire consequences when it failed

NFS (London Region) constructing a water dam, WW2
London firefighters constructing a self-assembly emergency dam. These dams were carried on special water units that also towed a trailer pump and could provided a static water supply close to fires

NFS (London Region) fire brigade display at Lambeth, WW2
During 1942 and 1943, 23 air raids occurred over the London Region, but they were light in character. The firefighters of the NFS needed to be kept in a state of constant readiness

NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2
London Region NFS firewomen undergoing dispatch rider training

NFS (London Region) AFS exercise, WW2
Firefighters practise using their hoses in an NFS (London Region) AFS exercise

Blitz in London -- emergency water main, water bridge
Blitz in London -- firefighters, observed by fire officers, erecting a water bridge

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction on the wheeled escape ladder and hook ladder

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

Auxiliary firefighters at drill, Lambeth HQ, WW2
Auxiliary crews from station 75W (Shelborne Road School sub station in Holloway) getting to work with a trailer pump and jets in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters

Firefighters tackle oil tray fire, Lambeth HQ
An item from the drill display where firefighters extinguish a blazing oil tray fire using foam from two gallon (10 litre) fire extinguishers

Fire brigade display preparations at Lambeth HQ
A mock-up of a domestic room setting being erected to show the dangers of fire at the regular drill displays conducted in the London Fire Brigade headquarters drill yard

Rescue, lowering line from drill tower, Lambeth HQ
Saturday drill display at Brigade HQ Lambeth. London firefighters performing a rescue by lowering a line from the third floor window, during the fire brigade display

Live carry-down from drill tower at Lambeth Brigade HQ
Saturday drill displays at Brigade HQ Lambeth. London firefighters performing a rescue by carrying down an extension ladder from the second floor window during the display

Sea Scouts practising their knotting skills. circa 1970s

Scouts practising pioneering, Grenada, West Indies
Scouts practising pioneering in Grenada, West Indies. 1949

River Humour - The Amateur Punter circa 1909

Chamber Quartet, 1875
A quartet of musical enthusiasts are surveyed from above by two busts of rather more eminent musicians. Date: 1875

Shoot, Aim, Fire
Rifle shooting was once a popular lunchtime relaxation. City men are seen here practising at a range beneath the embankment, London. Date: 1932

Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, Palestine, WW1
Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) soldiers with their distinctive headgear, practising their attack in Palestine during the First World War. Date: October 1917

Cubs painting lines on ship
Four Cub Scouts being shown how to paint lines on a Royal Navy ship in Aden, Yemen. 1968

Gun practice at Medevja-gora, during Russian Civil War
Gun practice taking place at Medevja-gora (Medvedja-gora, Medvezhya Gora, now known as Medvezhyegorsk, Republic of Karelia, north western Russia)

Aden Patrol Leaders course
Scouts tying knots on a Patrol Leaders & Seconds Course in Aden. 1954

Captain Mark Phillips - Riding
A smiling Captain Mark Phillips - the first husband of HRH Princess Anne - preparing for an Eventing competition Date: circa mid-1980s

Young people in Pyongyang, North Korea
Young people in formation in Kim Il Sung Square, in front of the Korean Central History Museum, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. They are practising for a mass show to take place in a sports stadium

At the Conservatoire
A student practices her singing and oratory at a Conservatoire in France

India - Native wrestlers
Native wrestlers practising in India

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