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JANUS & CIVILISATION JANUS & CIVILISATIONThe Roman god of exits and entrances, credited with bringing civilisation to Italy - the practical skills, the sciences and the arts
Mrs Salmons waxworksEquivalent to todays Madame Tussauds. Owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Salmon. She made and sold toys had modelling skills and taught wax portraiture In addition
FRENCH LADY FENCERS (2)Two pairs of female fencers practise their skills. (2 of 2) Date: 1885
Boys build mountain at school, Seaford, East SussexBoys build a pyramid-shaped mountain at their school in Seaford, East Sussex, in order to learn how to rock climb. Date: circa 1960s
Women police officers in self-defence exerciseTwo women police officers taking part in a self-defence demonstration exercise at an outdoor event. One of them is Inspector Sheila Ward. Date: circa early 1970s
Bootmaker at work, Jaffa, Western IsraelBootmaker at work in Jaffa, Western Israel, while his customer waits for a repair to be done. Date: 1920s
A Diabolo player by German photographer Reinhold ThieleComposite photograph of a Diabolo player by noted photographer (Karl Anton) Reinhold Thiele (1856-1921), born in Hamelin, Germany
Four Sea Scouts at Colchester, EssexFour Sea Scouts under instruction and making notes at Colchester, Essex. circa 1950
Skewen Colliery workmen, Glamorgan, South WalesWorkmen and apprentices of the Skewen Colliery repair shop in Glamorgan, South Wales, in a group photograph
St Pancras Union School, Leavesden, HertfordshireTailoring class at the St Pancras Union Industrial School at Leavesden, Hertfordshire. Boys are engaged in cutting and sewing material, supervised by school staff
Two boy scouts on an outdoor activity, Mauritius, signalling with a flag
Tent Pegging at the Royal TournamentTent-pegging at the Royal Tournament, the annual event when the best of the Armed Forces displayed their skills. Date: 1932
Skinner?s Horse at Exercise, 1840 (c).Oil on canvas by John Reynolds Gwatkin (1807-1877), 1840 (c). Men of the 1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Skinner?s Horse) or 4th Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Baddley)
Capital Commercial College, Bismarck, North Dakota, USAAdvertisement on a postcard for the Capital Commercial College, Main Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, with a large group of young men and women posing for their photo outside the building
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA, showing trainees with B25 bombers, learning the skills of aircraft assembly by night. Date: 1951
Thatching at Pinn Court Farm, Pinhoe, Exeter, DevonThatching the roof at Pinn Court Farm, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon. Date: 20th century
Boy scout on Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, PacificBoy scout plaiting palm leaves on Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Pacific. Date: 1979
Women welders at work, WW1Women welders at work on pieces of metal at a school opened at Notting Hill Gate by the Womens Service Branch of the London Society for Womens Suffrage during the First World War
LFB firefighters receiving knots and lines training in the HQ drill yard, 9 December 1958. Date: 1958
British Royal Naval Recruitment Poster, WW1Remember! England Expects -- The need is great today.... the Navy requires you for its glorious service. Join today. Skilled artificers and artisans, seamen, stokers, marines and boys
Lingfield Training Colony, SurreyA view of the Lingfield training colony. It was established in 1897 by the National Christian Union for Social Service to give training in agricultural skills to unemployed men
LFCDA-LFB Recruits undergoing basic trainingLocated at Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, the London Fire Brigade Training School is responsible for providing basic training to all its recruit firefighters
New NFS sub-fire station, Bushey District 34, WW2With the longer lulls in enemy bombing following the Blitz on London, fire service personnel were put to more productive work in addition to their normal training and drills
Sea Scout training on T.S. Neptune on Ravens Ait island, on the River Thames at Surbiton, Surrey. Showing a demonstration by Assistant Chief Examiner Geoffrey Preshner. 25 October 1958
Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, EssexGirls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan
Holborn Union Workhouse Farm and Gas Works, MitchamThe workhouse farm located near the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Pigs feed from troughs while workhouse inmates stand nearby. A gasometer is visible at the left
Boys Drilling, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, EssexBoys at drill on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex
Man at work thatching a cottage roof, West Country. Date: circa 1960s
Two-Gun George, Worlds Lasso ExpertCaptain George Ash, known as Two-Gun George, world lasso expert, showing off his skills lassoing cattle. Date: 1932
Boys camping in the 1930sBoys camping in the great outdoors. One secures the tent, others fetch water and firewood while two more cook up something exciting over teh camp fire. Date: 1932
Japanese Ceramic Artist decorating a large vaseAn effective and unusual postcard illustration depictng a Japanese Ceramic Artist decorating a large vase. Date: circa 1920s
School of Arts and Crafts, Beira, Mozambique, East AfricaSchool of Arts and Crafts, Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1920
Britannia Instructing Her Sons in the Arts & Sciences
Soldier at their Sabre practice in a French Barracks. Date: circa 1905
Learning to scuba dive in a swimming pool. Date: early 1970s
Sailing ship on the water, ocean sailing schoolA sailing ship on the water, part of an ocean sailing school, with people on board. Date: circa 1964
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - brushing hairLouis Wain, Daddy Cat - teaching his son to brush his hair. circa 1910s
Three InterpretersMen of many words: These three Belgian exhibition guides have helped hundreds of visitors at the Liege Exhibition, being able to speak seven languages! Date: 1930
Doing HandstandsA young man helps to steady the legs of a group of teenagers as they show off their handstand skills at the seaside. Date: 1960s
Edward C R RooseEDWARD C R ROOSE Fashionable physician whose successful practice was due to his social popularity rather than his medical skills; his writings are equally valueless Date: 1848 - 1905
Tango in BallroomsThis couple have danced out of the ballroom into the conservatory, the better to show off their tango skills. Date: 1914
Popular HealerMadeleine, born in 1827, employed in a French chateau near Amiens, acquires a wide reputation for her healing skills based on old wives tales and traditions Date: circa 1880
Pope Innocens IVPOPE INNOCENS IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi) reputed for skills in canon law, known to history for quarrels with the Empire Date: reigned 1243 - 1254
William Lilly, astrologer depicted with Cardan and Guido, to both of whom he is superior because he combines their skills Date: 1602 - 1681
Austrian dowserIn Austria, dowser Levin uses his skills to locate gold and other Roman relics. Date: 1929
Diabolo on Hampstead Heath, 1907Women playing diabolo at the height of the craze in 1907, helped by some heron on Hampstead Heath. Date: 1907
Man thatching a roof, Colyford, East DevonMan thatching a roof at Harkness Farm, Colyford, East Devon. Date: circa 1980s
Man at work thatching a roof, Devon. circa 1960s