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Girls Industrial School - Dance ExerciseGirls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924
Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh - Boys BandThe boys band of the TS Empress, operated at Helensburgh by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association
The Rauhe Haus, HamburgInmates outside the Rauhe Haus, Hamburg. The establishment was founded in 1833 to provide industrial training for poor boys
St Monicas Home Hospital, Brondesbury Park, LondonNurses and patients in the boys ward at St Monicas Home Hospital, Brondesbury Park, London Date: circa 1927
Somerset Council Farriery Training VanHorses being shoed alongside a travelling farriery training van operated by the Somerset County Council. Date: circa 1900
Sister Hope Creche, Greek Street, LondonA nurse sits by a baby in its cradle at the Sister Hope Creche, Lincoln House, Greek Street, London. Date: circa 1896
Barnardos Home, Shrewsbury - HaircutsThe gardener at the Barnardos Home at Shrewsbury doubled as a barber when the children needed their hair trimming
Sheffield Orphan HomesThe boys house at the Sheffield Orphan Homes, Lydgate Lane, in the Crookes district of Sheffield. Date: circa 1915
Sesame House Froebel Kindergarten, LondonGoing home time for children attending the Sesame House Froebel Kindergarten, London NW8
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
National Childrens Home, Edgworth - Emigration PartyThe 1899 emigration Canadian emigration party from the National Childrens Home (NCH) branch at Edgworth. Date: 1899
National Childrens Home, Bethnal Green - Cripples ParlourChildren attending the Cripples Parlour at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Bonner Road, Bethnal Breen. It provided education and other daytime facilities for disabled children in the area
National Childrens Home Sisters Training Home, Bethnal GreWillard House - the National Childrens Home (NCH) training home Bethnal Breen for its Sisters of the Children. Date: 1899
National Childrens Home - Rev. R Bevan ShepherdThe Rev. R Bevan Shepherd was Vice-Principal of the National Childrens Home (NCH)from 1901 to 1907. Date: early 1900s
National Childrens Home London ChoirThe London Choir of the National Childrens Home (NCH) at the Bonner Road Home, Bethnal Green
National Childrens Home, FarnboroughMembers of the cricket and football teams at National Childrens Home (NCH), Farnborough
National Childrens Home Birthday Society LetterA letter to a member of the Birthday Society - one of the fund-raising schemes run by the National Childrens Home (NCH).. Date: 1923
National Childrens Home, Sutton ColdfieldA view from the tower at the Princess Alice Orphanage branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
National Childrens Home, Princess Alice OrphanageBoys Scouts troop at the Princess Alice Orphanage branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1910
National Childrens Home, LondonBoys learning how to set type in in the compositors room at the London branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH)
Meath Industrial School, Bray, Wicklow, IrelandA view of the Meath Protestant Female Industrial School at Bray, Co. Wicklow
Manchester School of ArtA view of the Manchester School of Art building designed by G.T. Redmayne and erected in 1880-81 on Cavendish Street, Manchester. Date: circa 1894
Manchester Municipal Weaving SchoolThe spinning room at the Manchester Municipal Weaving School run by the city council to train young people for work in the textile industry. Date: circa 1894
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
Gordon House Industrial School, Isleworth, MiddlesexGirls cleaning a dormitory bedroom at the Gordon House Girls Home, Isleworth, run by the London County Council
Barnardos William Baker Training School ( Goldings ), HertfBoys in the printing department at Barnardos William Baker Training School (also known as Goldings ), near Hertford
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - PantryPantry at the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade HomeA view of the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - KitchenKitchen at the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - HallAssembly hall of the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - DormitoryA dormitory at the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home Dining HallDining hall of the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
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
Ogle Mews Creche, Marylebone, LondonStaff and children at the Ogle Mews, Foley Street, Marylebone. The creche, established in about 1870, was one of the first in London. Date: 1896
Craven Hall Creche, Marshall Street, LondonCradles, cots and a playpen at the Craven Hall Creche (also known as the West London Mission Creche), Marshall Street, Golden Square, London. Date: 1896
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
Carlton Reformatory School Swimming BathThe swimming bath at the Reformatory for Boys, Carlton, near Bedford. The establishment later became Carlton Approved School. Date: circa 1926
British Seamens Orphanage, Brixham - Rock HouseA view of Rock House - the chaplains accommodation at the British Seamens Orphanage, Brixham, Devon
British Seamens Orphanage, Brixham - Coronation ProcessionUniformed boys from the British Seamens Orphanage, Brixham, Devon, stand behind a gun carriage as part of a procession to celebrate the coronation of George V in 1911. Date: 1911
St Gabriels Waifs and Strays Society Home, BrightonSt Gabriels Waifs and Strays Society Home for Girls, opened in 1926 on Wellington Road, Brighton, Date: 1926
Alfred Mager, Francis Horner, Thomas Bowman StephensonIn 1869, a collaboration between Alfred Mager (left), Francis Horner (centre) and Thomas Bowman Stephenson (right) led to the founding of the National Childrens Home. Date: 1870s
Wandsworth & Clapham Union Childrens Receiving Home, LondonDesign by the architects Landsell and Harrison for the Wandsworth & Clapham Union Childrens Receiving Home and Schools at Swaffield Road, off Garratt Lane, South London. Date: 1903
Union Workhouse, Ticehurst, SussexThe Ticehurst Union workhouse on Union Street, Ticheurst. The building, erected in 1835, was designed by Sampson Kempthorne. It later became known as Furze House or The Furzes