(From The Telegraph files) At first glance, this pool-side exercise may appear to have something to do with a lesson in arm-twisting, a term typically used in a figurative, rather than literal, sense as slang for attempt to persuade someone to do something. But upon closer examination, this seems to be a training session in "artificial respiration," which, at the time this photo was taken in the late 1950s or early 60s, was commonly taught as a life-saving measure to revive children and adults who had to be rescued from bodies of water. Longtime Nashuans will recognize the scene as the Centennial Pool, so-named because it was constructed in 1953 -- Nashua's Centennial anniversary year.

At first glance, this pool-side exercise may appear to have something to do with a lesson in arm-twisting, a term typically used in a figurative, rather than literal, sense as slang for attempt to persuade someone to do something. But upon closer examination, this seems to be a training session in ‘artificial respiration,’ which, at the time this photo was taken in the late 1950s or early 60s, was commonly taught as a life-saving measure to revive children and adults who had to be rescued from bodies of water. Longtime Nashuans will recognize the scene as the Centennial Pool, so-named because it was constructed in 1953 – Nashua’s Centennial anniversary year.