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Background imageApproved Collection: Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Cadet Corps

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Cadet Corps
The cadet corps on parade at the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham Date: 1940s

Background imageApproved Collection: Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Rabbits

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Rabbits
Boys at the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham, farming Angora rabbits. Date: 1940s

Background imageApproved Collection: Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Boxing

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Boxing
A boxing match at the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham Date: 1940s

Background imageApproved Collection: Northcotts Approved School, Walthamstow - Puppet theatre

Northcotts Approved School, Walthamstow - Puppet theatre
Smartly dressed boys from Northcotts Approved School, Walthamstow, with the puppet theatre they have constructed. Date: circa 1937

Background imageApproved Collection: London Magdalen Hospital - Shakespeare

London Magdalen Hospital - Shakespeare
Approved School inmates of the London Magdalen Hospital performing scenes from Shakespeare Date: circa 1937

Background imageApproved Collection: Liverpool Farm School metal-workers

Liverpool Farm School metal-workers
As part of their metal work training, Approved School inmates from the Liverpool Farm School inspect an aeroplane engine. Date: circa 1937

Background imageApproved Collection: St Marys Home Industrial School, Buxted, Surrey

St Marys Home Industrial School, Buxted, Surrey
St Marys Home Industrial School, later an Approved School, at Buxted, Surrey. Date: circa 1916

Background imageApproved Collection: Castle Howard Reformatory Band

Castle Howard Reformatory Band
The boys band at the Castle Howard Farm School, North Yorkshire. It later became an Approved School

Background imageApproved Collection: Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Orphanage, Druids Heat

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Orphanage, Druids Heat
The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) Orphanage at Druids, Aldridge, near Walsall, Staffordshire. The home was later taken over by Barnardos and became an Approved School. Date: circa 1907

Background imageApproved Collection: Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables

Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables at Versailles on February 22, 1787. Assembly proposed by Charles Alexandre de Calonne to approve a new land tax that also affect the nobles and clergy

Background imageApproved Collection: Various bells

Various bells
1. The approved form of a bell. 2. A diagram illustrating the vibration of bells. 3. A flat bell. 4. A Chinese bell 5. A section showing the most approved form of a bell. 6

Background imageApproved Collection: Official badge, King Georges Jubilee Trust

Official badge, King Georges Jubilee Trust, worn by a boy scout while selling the Approved Souvenir Coronation Programme for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey

Background imageApproved Collection: Cartoon, The Motor Dreadbike, WW1

Cartoon, The Motor Dreadbike, WW1
Cartoon, The Motor Dreadbike, authorised and approved by the Army Council. An imaginary armoured motorcycle for use during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Background imageApproved Collection: N. A. A. S. - Euston Square, London

N. A. A. S. - Euston Square, London
30 Euston Square - Architect: Arthur Beresford Pite (1861-1934). 1906/8 - Building of the London, Edinburgh and Glasgow Assurance Co. - later Pearl Life Assurance Co

Background imageApproved Collection: Kingdom of Aragon. Principality of Catalonia

Kingdom of Aragon. Principality of Catalonia
" Kingdom of Aragon. Principality of Catalonia (1359). Constitutions of Courts. Royal document that compiles the " ordinaciones" (constitutions)

Background imageApproved Collection: To the right hon ble Lord Bangor, this plate representing a

To the right hon ble Lord Bangor, this plate representing a complete perspective view of all the machinery of a bleach mill, upon the newest and most approved constructions

Background imageApproved Collection: Supreme being Taught

Supreme being Taught
Placard for use in schools, intended to inculcate devotion to L Etre Supreme instead of the old Christian deity, proposed by Robespierre and approved by the Convention. Date: 7 May 1794

Background imageApproved Collection: Colonists Get Land

Colonists Get Land
The French prefect of Algiers distributes land to approved settlers in the village of Rivel, also known as Maraboutine Date: 1856

Background imageApproved Collection: Accustomising oneself to the vagaries of our climate

Accustomising oneself to the vagaries of our climate in a medically approved glass cabinet. Illustration by William Heath Robinson

Background imageApproved Collection: John Wesleys Chapel, Kingswood Reformatory, Bristol

John Wesleys Chapel, Kingswood Reformatory, Bristol
Uniformed inmates stand outside John Wesleys Chapel at the Kingswood Reformatory near Bristol, opened in 1854 and one of the first such institutions

Background imageApproved Collection: Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex

Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex
The Brighton Town and London County Council Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex, opened in 1902 to hold 150 boys. After 1933 it became Mile Oak Approved School

Background imageApproved Collection: Industrial School for Girls, Sale, Cheshire

Industrial School for Girls, Sale, Cheshire
The Manchester Branch Industrial School for Girls, erected in 1870 on Northenden Road, Sale, for 100 girls. From 1933, it became an Approved School

Background imageApproved Collection: Daily Mirror Boy Army

Daily Mirror Boy Army
The Daily Mirror Boy Army approved by Lord Raglan and a movement growing by leaps and bounds in 1906 as Britain worries about the threat of invasion

Background imageApproved Collection: Napoleon Cheered

Napoleon Cheered
Napoleons empire is approved by a majority of Frenchpeople - peasants of the Bourbonnais cheer him as he travels through their region

Background imageApproved Collection: Casting / Firing a Horse

Casting / Firing a Horse
The Newly approved method of casting and fireing. A horse is firmy restrained with ropes before branding with a hot poker

Background imageApproved Collection: Sacrifices to Confucius

Sacrifices to Confucius
The emperor Kao Tsu (personal name Liu Pang), founder of the Han dynasty, sacrifices a pig, a goat and a cow at the tomb of Confucius, who surely would not have approved !

Background imageApproved Collection: Confucius Honoured

Confucius Honoured
The emperor Kao Tsu (personal name Liu Pang), founder of the Han dynasty, sacrifices a pig, a goat and a cow at the tomb of Confucius, who surely would not have approved !

Background imageApproved Collection: Crinoline Advert. 1864

Crinoline Advert. 1864
PHILPOTTs SANSFLECTUM CRINOLINES : approved by the Englishwomans Domestic Magazine and by the Morning Post, these frames hold up the crinoline dress

Background imageApproved Collection: Camisards in London

Camisards in London
CAMISARDS IN EXILE After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, some French Camisards fled to London, where they held meetings which not everyone approved

Background imageApproved Collection: Pilgrims Costume

Pilgrims Costume
Male and female pilgrims in the approved costume for making the pilgrimage to Mecca

Background imageApproved Collection: Church Cashes In

Church Cashes In
The Catholic Church cashes in on Lourdes, offering cures (65 years of success !), the story of Bernadette, and the only brand of candles officially approved by the Virgin Mary



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