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Performance TitleDemonstration of Recreative Gymnastics by British and Swedish Teams
Performance Date26 March 1938
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersLord Aberdare (Chairman of the National Fitness Council),
Lord Stanhope (President of the Board of Education),
Lady Maureen Stanley,
Lord Sempill - speakers

Birmingham Athletic Institute (38 men),
Swedish Olympic Team of 1936 (20 women),
The Ling Physical Education Association,
Central Council of Recreative Physical Training (100 women),
National Fitness Council,
Anglo-Swedish Society
Set ListSwedish National Anthem,
National Anthem: 'God Save the King',
Speeches (Earl Stanhope, Lord Aberdare, Lady Maureen Stanley, Lord Sempill),
Demonstration of gymnastics
Performance Notes"SWEDISH GYMNASTS AT ALBERT HALL.
EARL STANHOPE'S PRAISE.
A mass demonstration of Swedish gymnastics was given on Saturday night at the Albert Hall in honour of Pehr Henrik Ling, who, more than 100 years ago, founded the system on which modern physical education is based."
(The Daily Telegraph, 27 March 1938)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1938/25)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1938/25Demonstration of Recreative Gymnastics by British and Swedish Teams26 March 1938
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwvadiobyzifitDemonstration of Recreative Gymnastics by British and Swedish Teams1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3600Bruce; Lord; Clarence (2 August 1885-4 October 1957); 3rd Baron Aberdare GBE; British military officer, cricketer and tennis player
DS/UK/3602Stanhope; Lord; James Richard (1880-1967); 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope KG, DSO, MC, PC; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/3605Sempill; Lord; William Francis Forbes- (1893-1965); 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS; British peer, traitor
DS/UK/173Ling Physical Education Association; 1910-; Physical education body
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