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Childrens bedtimeTwo young girls and their cat dozing by the fireside. Artist: Honor Appleton Date: 1920s
Victorian Greeting Card - Blind Mans BuffFive kittens playing blind mans bluff. Date: circa 1890
Childrens altar at the Fete Dieu (Feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually in May or June)
Memorial to British and Allied Forces, JonkerbosThis simple column Memorial is in the Jonkerbos Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch (Childrens Wood)
A fairy ringYoung girl watching a circle of small elves dancing. Date: circa 1915
Advert for Chilprufe childrens wear 1934Chilprufe underwear for children. Date: 1934
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - HartridgeChristmas lectures for children at the Royal Institution: Professor Hamilton Hartridge who lectured on Colours, and How To See Them, showing a cat s-eye telescope, 1946. Date: 1946
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - A. V. HillPolly and David Hill assisting their father Professor A.V. Hill at a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture: when the youngsters heart-beats were shown on a screen
Infant Orphan Asylum, WansteadEntrance lodge at the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, London. Date: Date unknown
Gwynne House, Barnardos Home, Woodford BridgeGwynne House was an old mansion in whose grounds Thomas Barnardo erected his Boys Garden City, Woodford Bridge, Essex. Date: circa 1922
London Orphan & Royal British Orphan School, WatfordBoys infirmary ward at the London Orphan School & Royal British Orphan School, Watford. Date: 1920s
The Holt, LedburyA view of The Holt, Ross Road, Ledbury. From 1950 to the 1970s, the property was used as a childrens home.by Herefordshire County Council. Date: Date unknown
Stourbridge Blue Coat SchoolA view of the Blue Coat School, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, also known as Old Swinford Hospital, . It was founded by Thomas Foley in 1667. Date: Date unknown
St Vincents Orphanage, TorquayAs part of a fete at St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Children, Torquay, Devon, boys portray Red Cross stretcher bearers while another, dressed as a nurse, examines the patient. Date: Date unknown
St Johns Industrial School, WalthamstowA view of the St Johns Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Walthamstow, Essex. Date: Date unknown
St Anns Girls Home, AmblesideA view of the St Annes Home for Girls, Ambleside, Westmorland. The home was opened in 1907 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1911
Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - HallInterior of the Old Hall at the Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner Date: 1920s
Quarriers Homes - Torr Aluinn and Hoop House, DunoonTorr Aluinn and Hoop House, Dunoon, used as holiday homes for children from the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920
Quarriers Homes - LaundryGirls at work in the laundry at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920
Quarriers Homes - Joiners Homes - ShopBoys at work with carpentry tools in the joiners shop at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920
Quarriers Glasgow City Orphan HomeThe Glasgow City Orphan Home opened by James Quarrier in 1875. Date: Date unknown
Quarriers Fairknowe Home, Brockville, CanadaThe Fairknowe Home at Brockville, Canada, used to receive child emigrants from Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1900
Quarriers Homes - Elise HospitalThe Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1912
Quarriers Homes - Elise Hospital WardHospital Ward in the Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1912
Quarriers Homes - Elise Hospital Operating TheatreOperating room in the Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1912
Quarriers Homes - Consumption Sanatoria of ScotlandThe Consumption Sanatoria of Scotland linked to the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1900
Quarriers Homes - Colony of MercyThe Colony of Mercy - a facility for epilepsy sufferers at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1900
National Childrens Home, PenarthBoys practise signalling at the Gibbs Memorial Home - a branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH) at Penarth, Glamorgan Date: Date unknown
National Childrens Home, HarpendenChildren in the open-air school at the sanatorium of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Date: Date unknown
National Childrens Home, Birmingham Boy ScoutsBoy Scouts practice bridge building at the Princess Alice Orphanage - a branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH), at Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham. Date: Date unknown
Nazareth House, Southend on SeaThe new wing of the Nazareth House at Southend on Sea, Essex. Date: Date unknown
Mullers Orphan Houses - Swimming BathInterior of the swimming bath opened in 1910 at Mullers New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: circa 1910
Mullers Orphan Houses - DormitoryInfant girls dormitory at Mullers New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: Date unknown
Hampstead Orphan Working School - SewingGirls engaged in a summer outdoor sewing class at the Hampstead Orphan Working School, London. Date: early 1900s
Hampstead Orphan Working School - WalkBoys from Hampstead Orphan Working School being taken for a walk. Date: early 1900s
Hampstead Orphan Working School - PlaygroundBoys playground at the Hampstead Orphan Working School, London. Date: early 1900s
The Rauhes Haus, HamburgBird s-eye view of the Rauhes Haus (or Rauhe House), a boys reformatory at Horn, near Hamburg. It is accompanied by a laudatory poem by Karl Gerok. Date: Date unknown
Childrens Choir, St Anns Industrial School, Booterstown, DCountess of Aberdeen poses with the choir of St Anns Industrial School from Booterstown, near Dublin, Ireland. Date: Date unknown
Comic Postcard Orphan AsylumA comic postcard shows a couple standing at the desk of a childrens home asking what they need to do to get a baby. Date: Date unknown
Chartwell, WesterhamA view of Chartwell, Westerham, the home of Sir Winston Churchill. In the 1760s, the property housed a branch of Londons Foundling Hospital. Date: Date unknown
RAOB Orphanage, SouthboroughThe orphanage at Southborough, Kent, opened in 1924 by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. Date: Date unknown
Brixton Orphanage for Fatherless GirlsA view of the frontage of the Orphanage for Fatherless Girls, Barrington Road, Brixton. Date: Date unknown
Sheet Metal Workers, William Baker Technical School, HertforBoys at their work benches in the sheet metal workshop at the William Baker Technical School, Hertford, run by Barnardo s. Date: Date unknown
Power House, William Baker Technical School, HertfordThe engine in the Power House at the William Baker Technical School, Hertford, run by Barnardo s. Date: Date unknown
All Saints Training Home, London ColneyAn aerial view of the All Saints Training Home for Girl, London Colney, Hertfordshire Date: Date unknown
National Childrens Home, AlresfordA view of the National Childrens Home, formerly known as the Primitive Methodists Childrens Home, at Old Alresford, Hampshire Date: Date unknown
Comic Postcard - AdoptionA comic postcard depicting two women stand outside a childrens home and adoption society. Date: Date unknown
Marston Green Cottage Homes, BirminghamEntrance lodge at the childrens cottage homes at Marston Green, near Birmingham. Date: circa 1921
