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Oval metal badge with a green border reading Health, Harmony, Happiness surrounding a gold figure holding a torch aloft.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club

The Dorothy Cafe – The Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club

The Cambridge Women's Physical Culture Club

The Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club was based at the Dorothy Cafe. However, they would often demonstrate their synchronized displays outside at locations such as the Leys School. Our archive of photos and cuttings  belonged to Mrs Gladys Morley, wife of Dan Morley the garage owner and car dealer of Pleasant Hill.

The East Anglian Film Archive contact an entry about the club:

A black and white portrait of a woman with styled dark hair, wearing round-rimmed glasses, a white collared shirt, and jacket.

Gladys Morley

A printed card wishing Health, Harmony & Happiness for 1937, with a seal showing a figure and handwritten names in ink.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1937

A large group of women in white sleeveless tops and dark shorts pose in an ornate, dimly lit hall, some standing with arms raised.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1937

A large group of women in athletic uniforms pose in several rows in a decorated hall, with two men in suits seated centrally.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1943 – Dorothy Cafe

A newspaper clipping with the headline Knitting Achievements reporting on a Merchant Navy captain visiting the Dorothy Cafe.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1943 – Dorothy Cafe

Two-part news clipping showing people reclining on a lawn above a line of women in athletic shorts performing leg stretches.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club – 1945 Leys School

A 1947 poster for physical culture demonstrations in Cambridge featuring a sunburst design and an oval club emblem.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1947

Printed programme document for the Cambridge Women's Physical Culture Club, listing demonstrators, committee, and events.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1947

A printed document listing class times, fees, and contact details for the Cambridge Women's Physical Culture Club.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1947

A large group of women in light tops and dark shorts stand in formation on a wooden floor, arms outstretched to the sides.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club – Demonstration 1947 twice nightly May 6,7,8.

A close-up of a printed newspaper clipping with the headline Physical Culture Club Display and text about a Guildhall event.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1950

A printed document featuring an oval emblem with a dancing figure and the words Health, Harmony, Happiness above event details.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1950

A document framed in a thin green line advertising Gordon Thoday Ltd, The Silk Shop, in Sussex Street, Cambridge.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1950

A printed event programme listing ten segments of physical culture exercises and their accompanying music selections.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1950

A black and white news clipping shows many women in gym wear arranged in rows across a hall floor before an audience.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club – May 1950 Guildhall

Large group of women in athletic attire sitting in rows on the floor of a large hall, facing a figure in a white hat.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club May 1950 Guildhall

Women in light shirts and dark shorts stand in rows on a large hall floor, while an audience watches from a balcony above.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club May 1950 Guildhall

A large group of women in athletic uniforms stand in ordered rows on a wooden floor inside a hall with high ceilings.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club May 1950 Guildhall

Black and white newspaper clipping of many women in light shirts and dark shorts performing synchronized floor exercises.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club – 1953

Printed programme for the 1953 Cambridge Women's Physical Culture Club dinner, featuring a central oval logo of a figure.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 21st Anniversary Dinner 1953 Dorothy Cafe

A printed document featuring a menu on the left side and a list of toasts and speakers on the right side in green text.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1953 Dorothy Cafe

A document featuring a vertical column of handwritten signatures in blue and grey ink on a plain off-white background.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club 1953 Dorothy Cafe

Large tiered cake decorated with piped frosting, candles, and small doll figures arranged in various poses on the surface.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club

A printed greeting card showing text on the left and a photograph of many women forming a large V-shape in a ballroom.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club

A large group of women in light tops and dark shorts stand in formation on a wooden floor, each holding a ball above her head.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club

A large group of women in light-coloured outfits sit in rows on a floor facing an arched stage with a circular emblem above.

Cambridge Women’s Physical Culture Club

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