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Belgian Refuge, Millfield House, EdmontonA view of the home for Belgian Refugees set up in 1914 at Millfield House, Edmonton. Date: circa 1914
Gordon Boys Home, Woking - Engineers shopGordon Boys Home, Woking. Uniformed boys at work in the engineers shop. Date: circa 1909
Gordon Boys Home, Woking. A view of the buildings
St Marys Industrial School, Bishopbriggs, GlasgowSt Marys Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. Entrance to main building. Date: Early 1900s
Eastnor Waifs and Strays HomeGirls and staff outside the Waifs and Strays Home at Eastnor, near Ledbury, Herefordshire
Aerial View of Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, AltonAn aerial View of Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire. Date: circa 1930s
Suffragette My Valentine Card. Suffragette spouting a Votes for Women rant, with caption, I hope you re not a suffragette, or into prison you will get with bread and water for your fare
Advert for Amor Skin, 1930Advert for Amor Skin face cream, 1930 Date: 1930
Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, LondonThe Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highate, North London. A tram passes by. The infirmary, which was opened in 1879, was designed by Henry Saxon Snell
Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Sidcup, KentAerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Union cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Caterham Asylum, SurreyAerial view of the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Caterham in Surrey. The Asylum, with its twin at Leavesden, was established by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to provide care for Londons
Inverness Mental Hospital, ScotlandDistant view of the Inverness Mental Hospital, Scotland, originally opened in 1864 as the Inverness District Asylum. It then became the Northern Counties District Lunatic Asylum
Bodmin Asylum, CornwallThe Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum was founded in 1815 at Bodmin. It was later known as the Cornwall County Mental Hospital and then as St Lawrences Hospital
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, London Road, DerbyView of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary in London Road, Derby, with a statue of Florence Nightingale
Waifs and Strays Society Lincoln - Boot polishingBoys polishing boots at the Waifs and Strays Society Home, Lincoln Date: 1896
Barnardos Ever Open Door, SouthamptonExterior of Barnardos Ever Open Door hostel, Southampton Date: circa 1905
Hereford Industrial School Tailors ShopBoys with their teacher in the tailors workshop at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
Hereford Industrial School Dining RoomBoys in the dining hall at Hereford Industrial School sit at tables each with a mug and piece of bread. Date: 1899
Hereford Industrial School Wood-choppingBoys chopping firewood in a shed at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: 1899
Hereford Industrial School DormitoryBeds packed in to a dormitory at the Hereford Industrial School for Boys. Date: 1899
Hereford Industrial School BakeryA pile of loaves fresh from the oven baked by the boys at the Hereford Industrial School, Date: 1899
Barnardos Edinburgh Castle Mission Hall and Coffee PalaceEdinburgh Castle at Limehouse, East London, was a former gin palace and music hall, re-opened by Thomas Barnardo as a British Workmans Coffee Palace with a Mission Hall at its rear. Date: circa 1906
Staff and Committee at Stepping Hill Union Infirmary, StockpThe staff and management committee (each named at bottom) of the Stockport Union infirmary, now Stepping Hill Hospital. Date: circa 1905
Syrie Elmslie - Mrs BarnardoMrs Thomas Barnardo, the former Syrie Elmslie. Date: circa 1905
London Orphan Asylum, Watford, Boys HouseLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. Architects design for a Boys House. Date: 1869
National Childrens Home, NottinghamA view of the National Childrens Home, Alexandra Park, Nottingham
Farnborough National Childrens Home (NCH) - PlaygroundFarnborough National Childrens Home (NCH). Boys at play in the homes playground
Poster: Keep on keeping up tyre care, giving advice on how to make your car tyres last as long as possible. 20th century
Aerial view, Wesham Park Hospital, LancashireAn aerial view of Wesham Park Hospital, Lancashire. It was originally erected in 1907 as the Fylde Union workhouse, then served as a military hospital during World War One
King George V at the battle frontKing George V at an unspecified First World War battle front, meeting a nursing matron
Salford Union Infirmary / Hope HospitalHope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford. The hospital was opened in 1882 as the Salford Union Infirmary, more usually known as Hope Hospital
Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, SurreyThe Grove Hospital, at Tooting Grove, Surrey (now South London) was one of five new hospitals opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1890s for the treatment of infectious diseases such as
Darenth Schools and Training Colony, KentThe Darenth Schools (top left), near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London
Union Infirmary, Bagthorpe, NottinghamThe front of the Nottingham Union Infirmary at Bagthorpe with staff standing outside. Designed by Arthur Marshall, the infirmary and its accompanying workhouse were opened in 1903
Ship of Good FortuneThe Ship of Good Fortune carries the seven Gods of Fortune; it is to be found in countless Japanese homes, for between them they take care of all lifes troubles
Nurse Praying / 1915A French Red Cross nurse prays for the safety of the French soldiers and hopes that only a few are sent to her care
Baby Weighed by NurseA nurse weighs a small baby while its mother watches
Dispenser at London Hospital, WhitechapelA dispenser at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, East London, pouring some liquid from a jug into a smaller container
City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East LondonSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road in East London, the City of London Union Workhouse opened in 1849. The palatial building, designed by Richard Tress
City of London Infirmary, Bow Road, East LondonSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse
Bradford School for Deaf and Disabled ChildrenChildren, some in wheelchairs, others sitting on buses, outside the City of Bradfords special school for what were then referred to as crippled and physically defective children
London Ragged School, Battersea 1890sThe London Ragged Schools Union was established in April 1844 to combine resources in the city, providing free education, food, clothing, lodging and other home missionary services for poor children
The former Whitechapel Union workhouse on Southern Grove (formerly South Grove), Mile End, was designed by Richard Robert Long and erected in 1870-71. Date: 2002
John A Grooms Crippleage, Clacton-on-Sea, EssexThe Chippleage Wheelers at John A. Grooms Crippleage and Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher
Comic postcard, Couple at an underwear counter - real silk undies Date: 20th century
Deaf and Dumb Finger AlphabetA chart of the finger-spelling alphabet used by many deaf people. Date: circa 1905
Comic postcard, The beaver and the otter Date: circa 1918
Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Southerndown, GlamorganTwo children and a woman in the garden of the Sunshine Home for Blind Babies, Southerndown, Glamorgan. Date: circa 1950