Carehome Collection

Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Boys Playground
Boys in the playground at the Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds Date: circa 1909

Waifs and Strays Society Pyrford St Nicholas
Children, some using crutches, at St Nicholas Hospital, Pyrford, run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1909

London Slums - Feathers Court, Drury Lane
Old tea chests and a cart at Feathers Court, Drury Lane - one of Londons Victorian slum areas. Date: circa 1902

Pishiobury Approved School, Hertfordshire
Aerial view of the Approved School at Pishiobury, near Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. A cricket match is taking place. Date: circa 1940s

Hereford Industrial School Schoolroom
Boys sit at desks in a classroom at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

Hereford Industrial School Basket Making
Boys sitting making baskets at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex
Inmates of the St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex Date: circa 1924

Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, Lancashire
The Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, opened in 1927 in premises of former Jubilee Cottage Hospital

Balmoral Industrial School, Belfast
A view of the Balmoral Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Belfast Date: 1899

Bisley Farm School No. 2 Ground-floor Plan
Ground-floor plan of the new building added to the Bisley Farm School, Surrey, in 1873, and later known as the Shaftesbury School block. Date: circa 1888

Barnardos Agra House Home for Incurables, Tunbridge Wells
Barnardos Agra House home for Incurables as physically disabled children were then described, at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: Early 1900s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the homes swimming pool. Date: circa 1930s

Fyfield Truant Industrial School, Essex
Boys at the Fyfield Truant Industrial School, near Ongar, Essex, run by the West Ham School Board. Date: circa 1913

Wilpshire Orphanage, Blackburn, Lancashire
Children, including one on a pony, stand outside the Blackburn and Orphanage at Wilpshire, near Blackburn. Date: Date unknown

Exminster Industrial School
Inmates stand in front of the Exminster Industrial School, Devon

Duke of York at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester
The Duke of York pays a visit to the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester - 24th November 1921. The homes provided accommodation for pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1921

Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, Gardening
Inmates gardening at Dr Guthries Original Industrial School for Boys, Liberton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899

Waifs and Strays Society Home, Sunny Side, Frome, Somerset
Boys and staff outside the Home for Boys, at Sunny Side (or Sunnyside), Frome, opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1887. Date: circa 1893

Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Gloucesterhire. From 1948, the premises served as St Josephs Approved School for Roman Catholic Girls

Birmingham Middlemore Homes Emigration Party
A party of boys from Birminghams Middlemore Homes begin their journey to a new life in Canada. Each carries a large bag stencilled with their name in which their clothes

Waifs and Strays Society Leeds St Chads Price List
Price list for socks and stockings produced at the Waifs and Strays Societys St Chads Home, Leeds. Date: 1898

St Marys Home, Rottingdean, Sussex
St Marys Home, Rottingdean, a magdalen home founded in 1855 for fallen young women. Date: Date unknown

Hereford Industrial School Superintendent Edwin Horth Date: early 1900s

Hereford Industrial School Washroom
Boys washing at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

Oakamoor Boys Home Garden, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay
Staff pose in the garden of the Oakamoor Boys Home, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay, North Wales Date: early 1900s

Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Boys at Camp
Boys and staff from Headingley Orphan Homes pose in front of a tent at their annual summer camp. Date: circa 1916

Hereford Industrial School Tailoring Medalists
Two young tailors from Hereford Industrial School wearing medals they received for their work. Date: early 1900s

Hereford Industrial School Band
Boys in the band of the Hereford Industrial School in uniform with their instruments. Date: 1899

Spring Bank Orphanage Band, Hull
The boys band at the Spring Bank Orphanage Band, Hull, pose with their instruments and conductor. Date: 1920

Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Boys in the swimming bath at Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham. The pool measured 50 feet by 20 feet. Date: circa 1903

Waifs and Strays Society Lincoln - Boot polishing
Boys polishing boots at the Waifs and Strays Society Home, Lincoln Date: 1896

Barnardos Ever Open Door, Southampton
Exterior of Barnardos Ever Open Door hostel, Southampton Date: circa 1905

Hereford Industrial School Tailors Shop
Boys with their teacher in the tailors workshop at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

Hereford Industrial School Dining Room
Boys 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-chopping
Boys chopping firewood in a shed at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: 1899

Hereford Industrial School Dormitory
Beds packed in to a dormitory at the Hereford Industrial School for Boys. Date: 1899

Hereford Industrial School Bakery
A pile of loaves fresh from the oven baked by the boys at the Hereford Industrial School, Date: 1899

National Childrens Home, Nottingham
A view of the National Childrens Home, Alexandra Park, Nottingham

London Ragged School, Battersea 1890s
The 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

Richmond Lodge, Toxteth, Liverpool
A sketch of Richmond Lodge - a home for pauper children opened at Wavertree in 1899 by the Toxteth Park Poor Law Union. Date: circa 1899

Dr Guthries Girls Industrial School, Gilmerton, Edinburgh
Thomas Guthries Girls Industrial School opened in 1904 on Gilmerton Road, Gilmerton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1920

Grand elderly ladies outside their retirement home
Some very grand elderly ladies, some in wheelchairs, pose outside their fine retirement care home, with large windows and ivy-clad walls. Date: circa 1903

Wolverhampton Training Home for Destitute Orphan Girls
Three inmates stand outside the Training Home for Destitute Orphan Girls, St Judes Road, Wolverhampton

Prescoed Camp, near Usk, Monmouthshire
Prescoed Camp used to house well-behaved inmates from the nearby Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire. Date: circa 1945

Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire
Silhouetted inmates at work in a corridor at Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire. Date: circa 1945

Girls Industrial School - Swimming
Girls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924

Girls Industrial School - Dance Exercise
Girls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924

Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh - Boys Band
The boys band of the TS Empress, operated at Helensburgh by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

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