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Practice Collection (page 61)

Practice makes perfect, whether it's firefighters honing their skills with hoses at the LFB annual review or recruits training at Lambeth HQ for LFB150

Background imagePractice Collection: Athletics track, athletes running around track, hurdles in place, areas for shotput, javeline

Athletics track, athletes running around track, hurdles in place, areas for shotput, javeline

Background imagePractice Collection: Sculling team practicing

Sculling team practicing

Background imagePractice Collection: Dynamic Apnea

Dynamic Apnea
Freediving (or free-diving) is a form of underwater diving that does not involve the use of scuba gear or other external breathing devices

Background imagePractice Collection: Bushfire, Zambia C016 / 2364

Bushfire, Zambia C016 / 2364
Bushfire. View from Mana Pools, Zimbabwe, of a bushfire burning across the border in Zambia. Each year the herdsman burn the dry grass before the onset of the rains in order to ensure that their

Background imagePractice Collection: First aid training dummies C013 / 9884

First aid training dummies C013 / 9884
First aid training dummies in a hospital

Background imagePractice Collection: 2012 European Figure Skating Championship C013 / 9292

2012 European Figure Skating Championship C013 / 9292
2012 European Figure Skating Championship. Russias Vera Bazarova and Yury Larionov training before their performance at the 2011 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, UK

Background imagePractice Collection: Doctor reading a patients notes

Doctor reading a patients notes

Background imagePractice Collection: Doctor examining an X-ray C013 / 8846

Doctor examining an X-ray C013 / 8846
Doctor examining an X-ray

Background imagePractice Collection: Doctor examining an X-ray C013 / 8845

Doctor examining an X-ray C013 / 8845
Doctor examining an X-ray

Background imagePractice Collection: Doctor holding a blood sample C013 / 8842

Doctor holding a blood sample C013 / 8842
Doctor holding a blood sample

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8840

Paediatric examination C013 / 8840
Paediatric examination. Doctor talking to a 7-year-old boy

Background imagePractice Collection: Doctor holding a blood sample C013 / 8841

Doctor holding a blood sample C013 / 8841
Doctor holding a blood sample

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8838

Paediatric examination C013 / 8838
Paediatric examination. Doctor talking to a 7-year-old boy

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8839

Paediatric examination C013 / 8839
Paediatric examination. Doctor talking to a 7-year-old boy

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8837

Paediatric examination C013 / 8837
Paediatric examination. Doctor talking to a 7-year-old boy

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8833

Paediatric examination C013 / 8833
Paediatric examination. Doctor checking a 7-year-old boys glands to see if they are swollen. Swelling of the glands (lymphadenopathy)

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8832

Paediatric examination C013 / 8832
Paediatric examination. Doctor checking a 7-year-old boys glands to see if they are swollen. Swelling of the glands (lymphadenopathy)

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8829

Paediatric examination C013 / 8829
Paediatric examination. Doctor talking to a 7-year-old boy

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8831

Paediatric examination C013 / 8831
Paediatric examination. Doctor checking a 7-year-old boys glands to see if they are swollen. Swelling of the glands (lymphadenopathy)

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8830

Paediatric examination C013 / 8830
Paediatric examination. Doctor checking a 7-year-old boys glands to see if they are swollen. Swelling of the glands (lymphadenopathy)

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8828

Paediatric examination C013 / 8828
Paediatric examination. Doctor cleaning a wound on the arm of a 3-year-old girl

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8825

Paediatric examination C013 / 8825
Paediatric examination. Doctor checking a 3-year-old boys glands to see if they are swollen. Swelling of the glands (lymphadenopathy)

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8827

Paediatric examination C013 / 8827
Paediatric examination. Doctor talking to a 3-year-old girl

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8824

Paediatric examination C013 / 8824
Paediatric examination. Doctor using a stethoscope to listen to a 3-year-old boys lungs. A stethoscope is used to listen to sounds within the body

Background imagePractice Collection: Paediatric examination C013 / 8826

Paediatric examination C013 / 8826
Paediatric examination. Doctor talking to a 3-year-old girl

Background imagePractice Collection: Cannula training C013 / 7576

Cannula training C013 / 7576
Cannula training. Close-up of a dummy arm with a cannula inserted. This dummy is used to practice inserting cannulas. A cannula is a combination of a hollow needle with a tube inside

Background imagePractice Collection: Blood pressure measurement C013 / 7569

Blood pressure measurement C013 / 7569
Blood pressure measurement. Patient having their blood pressure taken at a doctors surgery

Background imagePractice Collection: Blood pressure measurement C013 / 7568

Blood pressure measurement C013 / 7568
Blood pressure measurement. Patient having their blood pressure taken at a doctors surgery

Background imagePractice Collection: LCC-LFB trainees looking at an engine

LCC-LFB trainees looking at an engine
A group of trainee firefighters and an instructor, looking at the engine of a motorised fire vehicle with an L plate on the front before setting out on the road

Background imagePractice Collection: London Fire Brigade escape competition with dummies

London Fire Brigade escape competition with dummies
London Fire Brigade escape competition at Drill HQ on 11 April 1933, lowering dummies onto the ground

Background imagePractice Collection: Firefighters receiving knots instruction

Firefighters receiving knots instruction

Background imagePractice Collection: Student nurses practising three handed lift

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

Background imagePractice Collection: Housemaids / Curtains 1900

Housemaids / Curtains 1900
Housemaids practice arranging curtains Date: c1900

Background imagePractice Collection: Sailors in Hammocks

Sailors in Hammocks
Disposition of the hammocks on the lower deck of a man-of- war - it looks very neat in the drawing, but we doubt if it is quite so orderly in practice... Date: circa 1825

Background imagePractice Collection: New Zealand, South Island, Christchurch. Surfer at New Brighton Beach

New Zealand, South Island, Christchurch. Surfer at New Brighton Beach

Background imagePractice Collection: Baron Friedrich von Steuben drilling American troops at Valley Forge, 1778

Baron Friedrich von Steuben drilling American troops at Valley Forge, 1778
VALLEY FORGE: STEUBEN, 1778. Baron Friedrich von Steuben drilling American troops at Valley Forge, 1778. After a mural painting, c1910, by Edwin Austin Abbey

Background imagePractice Collection: Gunboat Smith (left) and Chester Conklin spar

Gunboat Smith (left) and Chester Conklin spar
SILENT FILM STILL: BOXING. Gunboat Smith (left) and Chester Conklin spar

Background imagePractice Collection: YALE: FOOTBALL PRACTICE. The Yale University football team at practice. Photograph, c1910

YALE: FOOTBALL PRACTICE. The Yale University football team at practice. Photograph, c1910

Background imagePractice Collection: Guy Kibbee in a scene from the motion picture version of Sinclair Lewis Babbitt, 1934

Guy Kibbee in a scene from the motion picture version of Sinclair Lewis Babbitt, 1934
FILM STILL: BABBITT, 1934. Guy Kibbee in a scene from the motion picture version of Sinclair Lewis Babbitt, 1934

Background imagePractice Collection: A fashionable pastime: archery practice. Wood engraving, American, 19th century

A fashionable pastime: archery practice. Wood engraving, American, 19th century
ARCHERY, 19th CENTURY. A fashionable pastime: archery practice. Wood engraving, American, 19th century

Background imagePractice Collection: VINCE LOMBARDI (1913-1970). American football coach. As head coach of the Green Bay Packers

VINCE LOMBARDI (1913-1970). American football coach. As head coach of the Green Bay Packers, urging his players on as they practice on a blocking sled at the teams training camp in Green Bay

Background imagePractice Collection: TOMMY BURNS (1881-1955). Canadian heavyweight boxer. Burns, left, photographed sparring, c1915

TOMMY BURNS (1881-1955). Canadian heavyweight boxer. Burns, left, photographed sparring, c1915

Background imagePractice Collection: Title page of Thomas Jeffersons A Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Title page of Thomas Jeffersons A Manual of Parliamentary Practice, for the use of the Senate of the United States
JEFFERSON: TITLE PAGE, 1810. Title page of Thomas Jeffersons A Manual of Parliamentary Practice, for the use of the Senate of the United States, printed in 1810, first published in 1801

Background imagePractice Collection: Letter by President George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island

Letter by President George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, August 1790
WASHINGTON: LETTER, 1790. Letter by President George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, August 1790, assuring the congregation

Background imagePractice Collection: Fair Employment Act, 1941

Fair Employment Act, 1941
FAIR EMPLOYMENT ACT, 1941. Executive order 8802 prohibiting racial discrimination in the national defense industry and in Government, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 25 June 1941

Background imagePractice Collection: LCC-LFB Dennis motorised pump-escape

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

Background imagePractice Collection: LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder drill

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

Background imagePractice Collection: MFB (London) station ladder drill

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



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Practice makes perfect, whether it's firefighters honing their skills with hoses at the LFB annual review or recruits training at Lambeth HQ for LFB150. Just like synchronized swimmers who practice tirelessly to achieve flawless routines, dedication and repetition are key in any pursuit. Take soccer goalies Peter Shilton and Gordon Banks in 1974, leaping to block goals during a rigorous workout at Stoke City. Even LCC-LFB recruit firemen understand the importance as they train diligently at Brigade HQ SE1. From mastering hook ladder techniques to preparing for emergencies during World War II, firefighters know that practice saves lives. But practice isn't limited to physical activities; it extends to artistic endeavors too. Whether it's playing the piano like an Enraged Musician or finding solace through quiet music practices depicted by W. H Robinson, musicians find their rhythm through consistent effort. And let's not forget about cultural practices like Tomando Mate in Argentina or finding inner peace through yoga meditation on Full Moon Island in the Maldives. So whatever your passion may be, embrace the power – because greatness is achieved one dedicated step at a time.