Practising Collection (#3)

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

French troops practising using a mortar in Algeria
French troops practising firing a mortar in Algeria

Archery Practise - India
Men from the Madhya Pradesh Province, India practise their archery. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Regular Fireman - Constantinople, Turkey
Regular fireman in constantinople drill at their compound, practising scaling the side of a dummy building with long ladders and hosing down a fire

Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, watches his assistant practising an acrobatic trick handstand on a chair surrounded by dumbells

Indian child gymnast atop a long pole
A tiny Indian child Gymnast rather precariously held aloft by a long pole!

Home Guard training against bombers
Training for the Home Guard at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London

German Infantry practising shooting at painted bladders

The Cyclist Company of the 1st Oxford University Volunteers
Photograph of the Cyclist Company of the 1st Oxford University Volunteers, practising their drill for resisting an attack by cavalry, 1889

W. G. Grace batting in the Nets at Lords, 1895
Engraving of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915), practising his batting in the nets at Lords Cricket Ground, 1895. As can be seen, a large crowd has gathered to watch the Doctors technique

The Inter-varsity boat-race: The Crews at Practice
The Oxford rowing team practising for the 1897 Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race

Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Astor
Douglas Fairbanks, as Don Q, son of Zorro, practising Correct Deportment for Gentlemen with Mary Astor

Social / Japanese Ladies
Japanese ladies practising shooting with the crossbow indoors

Village Cavalry practising in a farm yard

Crossbow Archery 1555
Boys learn how to use a crossbow, practising by aiming at targets

Learning Music
Studying and practising music on a wide range of instruments under the supervision of a teacher

Duchesse D orleans / Frois
Accused of practising magic against her brother-in-law, the imbecile king Charles VI le Fou, the duchesse d Orleans has to leave Paris for Asnieres

French Bourgeois Family
Papa with his journal, mama with her sewing, the two older girls practising duets, the youngsters playing with the cat - while a log burns cheerfully in the hearth

LORDs NETS
Practising in the nets

Eleanor of Gloucester
Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, accused of practising magic to help her husband Humphrey to the throne, does public penance in the streets of London

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