Hidden Lives Revealed - Sporting life: Gymnastics at Leicester

Gymnastics was taught at most boys' homes and special displays were performed to entertain guests at fêtes and bazaars. This was not a peculiarity of children's homes, as gymnastics formed an important part of most children's education in Britain up to at least the 1960s.

Ref: WS75
Title: Gymnastics at Leicester
Date: 1901
Location: Leicester Boys' Home, Leicestershire
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays Magazine, October 1901, page 169

Description:
Gymnastics was taught at most boys' homes and special displays were performed to entertain guests at fêtes and bazaars. This was not a peculiarity of children's homes, as gymnastics formed an important part of most children's education in Britain up to at least the 1960s.

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