Practising Collection (page 3)

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

Two young riders, Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor, Devon
Two young riders at Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor, Devon, practising their horseback skills and watching the Devon and Somerset Hunt in the distance. Date: 1926

Mrs Mills, celebrity pianist, with boy at piano
Mrs Mills (Gladys Mills, nee Gladys Jordan, 1918-1978), celebrity pianist. Seen here encouraging a boy to stick at his piano practice. Date: circa 1960s

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

Mrs Mills, celebrity pianist, with boy and dog
Mrs Mills (Gladys Mills, nee Gladys Jordan, 1918-1978), celebrity pianist. Seen here encouraging a boy to stick at his piano practice, while a dog sits on a chair looking mournful. 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) including a trial run of the famous royal creams pulling a prison-like van instead of

Debutantes learning to curtsey, 1929
Debutantes of 1929 learning to curtsey under the guidance of Madame Vacani, in preparation for presentation at court. Date: 1929

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

Auxiliary Fire Service gas mask training, WW2
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service undergoing gas mask training during the Second World War. Date: 1940

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. The National Rifle Association was established in 1860 to encourage

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

AFS volunteers undergoing hose drill, WW2
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited

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