Here is a
charming collection of photos of students in the good old days when face slapping and deportment were considered worthy educational pursuits.
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| Dancing school pupils practice en plein air at Worthing in East Sussex. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). May 1933 |
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| A school girl from Pengworn Ladies College, Cheltenham learning tha art of balancing to cultivate good carriage in walking by balancing a plate on her head whilst standing on one leg on a pole and spinning a hoop with her knee! (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 14th December 1936 |
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Four students at a Liverpool drama school enjoy a lesson in face-slapping. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 4th February 1939
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Thanks Bruce!
Awwww, these are so cute! The first photo is gorgeous. This may sound creepy, but I want it blown up and framed on my wall.
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ReplyDeleteThey ENJOY a lesson in face slapping?
So that's where it all starts. I plan to have porcupine dna injected into my facial hair-growing follicles, so I can cultivate my own slap-repudiating defence.
I agree, Tanya. I love the way the photographer caught all the girls in the air. It makes them look so carefree.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say, Soubriquet, is that it's more enjoyable than Statistics 101.
ReplyDeleteWell, I do have to wonder how many girls toppled off the pole...hope the pole wasn't too high!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I could do the one-leg balance, with plate on head and spinning a hoop on the other leg...without toppling to one side, while standing on firm ground!
But, perhaps my posture would be better.
Lsamsa, I'd never heard of one legged, plate balancing, hoop spinning on a pole. Possibly because no one lived to tell the tale.
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