16 PT Class (Jul 1961)

Upgraded entry in preparation Feb 19th onwards

This set simply depicts a group of gym students performing Physical Training exercises under the direction of their Instructor. In the 1950s, physical training for health in gym classes was much in vogue, just as 'Fitness' is today in a more individualistic form. 
'PT Class' struck fear into many a school boy's heart. 

 Unlike the Airman Gym set, there's no punishment or intimidation involved, but numerous provocative poses are contrived. Unfortunately, our ability to enjoy them is limited by the hazy quality and low resolution of nearly all the available images (see above). These come from a magazine spread, published with 6 pictures to a roughly A5 sized page.

This set first appeared under the new Hussar brand in July 1961, but it features stalwarts from the Royale era:- Tibor Urgay, Brian Lamprill, Fred Collins as the gymnasts and David Tompkins as the PT Instructor. The cast of 4 is unusually large, it's exceeded only by 'Football Ballet' (5).

 The archive has 13 images from the set, but the original total number is not known.

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The Original mitchmen article is superseded by this article. It contains most of the imagery in unenhanced form but a different sequence to that uses here, plus an in-depth commentary.