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Wolverhampton Training Home for Destitute Orphan GirlsThree inmates stand outside the Training Home for Destitute Orphan Girls, St Judes Road, Wolverhampton
Prescoed Camp, near Usk, MonmouthshirePrescoed Camp used to house well-behaved inmates from the nearby Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire. Date: circa 1945
Usk Borstal, MonmouthshireSilhouetted inmates at work in a corridor at Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire. Date: circa 1945
The Rauhe Haus, HamburgInmates outside the Rauhe Haus, Hamburg. The establishment was founded in 1833 to provide industrial training for poor boys
Portland Borstal Silent HourSilent Hour at the Borstal in Portland, Dorset. Inmates were expected to use the time in reading, writing letters etc. Date: 1945
Portland Borstal Inmates GardeningInmates work in the garden of the Borstal at Portland, Dorset. Date: 1945
National Childrens Home, Oxted, SurreyInmates and staff at National Childrens Home (NCH), Oxted, Surrey Date: 1915
National Childrens Home, Doddington, KentInmates and staff at National Childrens Home (NCH), Doddington, Kent Date: 1915
National Childrens Home, CardiffInmates in training for domestic service at National Childrens Home (NCH), Cardiff. Date: 1915
Old boys at Central London District Schools, Hanwell, MiddleA party of former inmates revisiting the Central London District Schools at Hanwell, also known as the Cuckoo Schools. Date: 1908
Edinburgh Girls Industrial School - playgroundInmates in the playground at the Girls Industrial School, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899
Church Farm School, East Barnet, HertfordshireInmates in the playground at the East Barnet Farm School, established in 1863 as a boys Industrial School. Date: circa 1928
Shaftesbury Society, Arthur Street Home, LondonA group of children stand at the rear of the Arthur Street Home run by the Shaftesbury Society and Ragged School Union. The children appear to be inmates or pupils of the establishment
Mountjoy Prison 1866Interior of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, where the fenians are confined. Date: 1866
MASONIC ALMSHOUSEInmates of the Royal Masonic Institution for the Aged and Widows enjoy a cup of tea - though one of them is drinking hers out of her saucer. Date: 1875
St Michaels Girls Home, Shipton under Wychwood, OxfordshireInmates and staff of St Michaels Girls Home at Shipton under Wychwood run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1926
St Annes Home for Cripple and Invalid Children, BrightonInmates in the garden of the St Annes Home for Cripple and Invalid Children, Brighton. Two girls are using crutches. Date: circa 1914
Marlesford Lodge Childrens Home, HammersmithInmates and staff at Marlesford Lodge - the Kensington & Chelsea School Districts childrens home at Kings Street, Hammersmith. Date: circa 1906
Burrs Mill, Bury - Italian internees, WWII - MataniaInterior view of Burrs Mill, Bury, Lancashire, a former mill and bleaching factory, which was used to intern Italian prisoners during the Second World War
Droxford Union Workhouse, HampshireA view of the Union Workhouse at Droxford, Hampshire. Some inmates can be seen at the front of the building. Cabbages are growing in the ground at the bottom of the picture
St Saviours Union workhouse, Southwark, LondonA view of the mens yard and rear of the building at St Saviours Union workhouse on Marlborough Street in Southwark, south London. The garden is well stocked with plants and flowers
Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireA padded cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, used to hold mentally disturbed or violent prisoners. Some kind of calendar is scratched on the door. The inmate sits, head in hands
Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving
Hamburg workhouse - punishment of inmatesAn illustration of the punishment meted out to idle paupers at the Hamburg workhouse in 1777. Offenders were placed in a large basket suspended by a rope over the dining hall table while the more
Reformatory School Training Ship CornwallInmates of Reformatory School Training Ship Cornwall, which was moored at Purfleet, Essex. Date: early 1900s
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Childrens WardStaff and inmates of Childrens Ward 2 at the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. One girl holds a doll, and another sits on a rocking horse; two others sit in a rocking device
Epileptic Childrens Home, Lingfield, SurreyA home for children suffering from epilepsy was set up at in 1897 at Lingfield in Surrey by the Christian Social Service Union. This view shows some inmates with the homes buildings behind
Our Western Home, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, CanadaInmates at the gate of Our Western Home at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, opened in 1869 by emigration promoter Miss Maria Rye. Date: circa 1906
North Devon Convalescent Childrens Home, LyntonStaff and inmates of the North Devon Convalescent Childrens Home, Lynton
Chadwicks Orphanage, Bolton, LancashireA view of the grounds of Chadwicks Orphanage for girls at Bolton, with a number of the inmates at play. The institution was founded by a gift from Dr Samuel Taylor Chadwick. Date: Date unknown
Broomhill Home for Incurables, Kirkintilloch, East DunbartonInmates, some in wheelchairs, and staff outside the Broomhill Home for Incurables, Kirkintilloch. Date: circa 1904
Borstal Inmates School RoomInmates sit at desks in the school room of an unidentified Borstal. Date: circa 1926
Aylesbury Borstal Inmates - Kitchen WorkInmates at Aylesbury Girls Borstal at work in the kitchen. Date: circa 1926
Mossbank Industrial School, GlasgowA view of the Industrial School for Boys, Mossbank, Glasgow. Extensive plots of vegetables were cultivated by the inmates. Date: circa 1924
Victoria Home for Invalid Children, MargateThe garden of the Victoria Home for Invalid Children. Several of the inmates, some with crutches or other walking aids, can be seen. Date: circa 1920
Feltham Borstal, Middlesex - inmatesInmates on parade at the Feltham Borstal, Middlesex Date: circa 1910s
Albion Hill Home for Female Penitents, Brighton - inmates at work in the ironing room Date: 1874
Union Cottage Homes, Lanchester, County DurhamA view of the Union cottage homes at Lanchester opened in 1905 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Some of the inmates can be seen in the grounds. Date: circa 1910
Inmates of Belmont Workhouse, Sutton, on their way to prisonInmates of Belmont Workhouse, Sutton, being escorted to prison after rioting and fighting with police. Date: 1910
Dean Orphanage, EdinburghInmates of Edinburghs Dean Orphanage for boys. The premises later became Dean College and now form part of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Date: 1912
St Josephs Home, Newcastle-upon-TyneElderly male inmates sit by their beds in a ward of the St Josephs Home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Date: Date unknown
Inmates of John Grooms Orphanage for Maimed and Crippled Girls at Clacton-on-Sea. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher
Wedding gift for Princess MarinaA wedding gift for Princess Marina of Greece on the occasion of her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934 of a dressing jacket made from Buckinghamshire lace being made up by
Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, IndiaPrisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, Pune, India (Gandhi was imprisoned here for a time, spinning thread whilst imprisoned). Date: circa 1908
Gardening, Inebriates Reformatory, Lewes, SussexInmates gardening at the Southern Counties Inebriates Reformatory at Lewes, Sussex. The institution, housed in the former Lewes Union workhouse
Inmates in grounds, Inebriates Reformatory, Lewes, SussexInmates in the grounds of the Southern Counties Inebriates Reformatory at Lewes, Sussex. The institution, housed in the former Lewes Union workhouse
Prison reformer John Howard visiting a prisonAn engraving of Francis Wheatleys 1787 painting of John Howard Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison. Howard (third from right) (1726-1790)
Dining Hall, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham, SurreyA view from the rear of the dining hall cum chapel (also known as the Great Hall) at what is thought to be the Holborn Union workhouse at Merton Lane, Mitcham, Surrey