Borstal Gallery

Main building, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands

General view of the main building of the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The school opened in 1870 to house workhouse children from the two unions. It later served as a borstal and as Inland Revenue offices but is now mostly demolished

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection

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North Sea Camp Borstal Institution, Lincolnshire

North Sea Camp Borstal Institution at Freiston, Lincolnshire. Boys with spades at work reclaiming land from the sea. Small wagons with hoppers run on a railway track. Date: circa 1945

© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection

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Borstal Inmates

Inmates in various scenes from at an unidentified Borstal - the poultry yard, gymnasium, bakery, and a party of plumbers and fitters. Date: circa 1926

© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection

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