He pārongo atu anōBack Issues: The magic and mystery of Madame Alwyn and her fitness club

Description: Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life and career of Madame Lauri Alwyn, women's health advocate. Madame Alwyn visited Palmerston North in May 1936 and presented a number of lifestyle, health and fitness lectures. These inspired the formation of the Palmerston North Alwyn Physical Culture Club. Membership rose to over 100 in the 1960s when there were additional branches in Ashhurst, Shannon and Sanson. The club had regular contact with Madame Alwyn, who lived overseas, until she died in 1971. Club members continued to meet until 2003.

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Momo rauemi: Image
Content type: Born digital
Pākanga: Manawatū Standard
Date: September 2, 2023
Tautuhi matihiko: 2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041481
Momo rauemi: Born Digital

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Ngā tūtohu: back issues,; dance teacher,; manawatū standard,; women's groups,; women's health,

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Back Issues: The ill-judged abuser of a 'no good' defacto wife

Back Issues: Marking a century of 'The Comps'

Back Issues: Out with typewriters, into the computer age

Back Issues: Shouting into the silence

Back Issues: The first Pākehā women of Palmerston North

Back Issues: Physical links to city's past

Back Issues: Life on the wire

Back Issues: A model state housing area

Back Issues: The seeds of Te Āpiti's past beauty

Back Issues: Old piece of telegraph pole holds onto place in history

Back Issues: Electric vehicles: A good idea never goes out of fashion

Back Issues: The schooling 'fad' that stuck