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Childhood of Queen Elizabeth II
The Little Princesses - the Heir Presumptive and her sister. Page from the Illustrated London News Accession Number 1936, featuring various photographs of the future Queen Elizabeth II

Aston Union Workhouse, Birmingham, Warwickshire
An aerial view of Aston Union Workhouse at Erdington, Birmingham. The unions childrens cottage homes are on a separate site, just visible at the right of the picture

The Coedy-Gric Institution (Pontypool workhouse), Griffithst
The Pontypool Union workhouse at Griffithstown, later also known as the Coedy-Gric Institution. The buildings in the foreground are childrens cottage homes with boys

Three young girls having a tea party in the open air. 1880

1930s Poor housing at Blaina, Monmouthshire
A woman and her small child stand outside a single-storey cottage at Blaina in South Wales. Industry in the area was centred on coal-mining and the local tinplate works and suffered great poverty

White Oak School, Swanley, Kent
General view of the White Oak School, Swanley, Kent. The school was established in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the treatment of ophthalmia, a highly infectious condition of the eyes

Rochdale Union Cottage Homes, Wardle, Lancashire
A view of the Rochdale Union cottage homes at Wardle, Lancashire. The homes, opened in around 1898, housed pauper children away from the workhouse

Fylde Union Workhouse, Kirkham, Lancashire
The Fylde Union Workhouse on Moor Lane, Kirkham, Lancashire. The building was opened in 1844 but in 1907 was replaced by a larger building at Wesham

Salford Union Cottage Homes at Culcheth, Cheshire
Swimming baths (right) and workshop buildings (left) at the Salford Union cottage homes at Culcheth in Cheshire. Some girls in their school uniforms walk across the scene

Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh Homes, Plumstead
A group of children and their house mother at the Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh cottage homes. The homes, at Bostall Heath, Plumstead (then in Kent, now in south east London)

Little Red Riding Hood meets Goldilocks
A composite illustration of two childrens stories, Little Red Riding Hood on the right (with the wolf lurking in the background), and Goldilocks and the Three Bears on the left

Hackney Union Cottage Homes, Ongar, Essex
The Hackney Union cottage homes at Ongar, Essex. The homes, opened in 1905, housed pauper children away from the workhouse. The children lived in three-storey cottages each holding 52 boys or girls

Cottage at Harvington
Thatched cottage at Harvington near Evesham, Worcestershire

Boys Racing Toy Boats
Two small boys race their toy yachts in a country stream. A thatched cottage with smoking chimney is in the background

Irish Crofter
An old Irish crofter, leaning on his walking stick and smoking his pipe outside his cottage with his barefoot granddaughter

Aerial view, Filching Wannock near Eastbourne, Sussex
Aerial view of Filching Wannock near Eastbourne, Sussex. early 20th century

Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester, Dorset
Cottage at Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester, Dorset, birthplace of Thomas Hardy. 1924

Young woman prepares a hot meal for her parents in her cottage. Her man stands to one side (looking on admiringly) whilst a pair of young kittens frolic before the fire. Date: circa 1890s

Road to Governors cottage - Black and white road with building on left, continuing over headland (see also BEYBM : 2002.724) Date: circa 1890s

Blacksmiths cottage - Coloured slide - interior of cottage - Blacksmith in chair by hearth - children at table. Date: circa 1880s

Boy and horse, Great Comberton, Worcestershire
Boy and horse in a field at Great Comberton, Worcestershire. Date: circa 1980s

Scene in Milton Abbas, Dorset
Scene in the village of Milton Abbas, Dorset, with a red Leyland truck passing through. Date: circa 1970s

Mill and ford at Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, admired by two children and a dog. Date: 1960s

Thatched cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset
A pretty thatched cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset. Date: circa 1950s

Advertisement for Brittany, Northern France
French railways advertisement for Brittany, Northern France. circa 1946

South Street, Blewbury, Berkshire
South Street in the village of Blewbury, Berkshire. circa 1930s

London Road, Blewbury, Berkshire
London Road in the village of Blewbury, Berkshire. Date: circa 1930s

Cottage or Palace? By Frank Lindo
Cottage or Palace? by Frank Lindo produced by Harry Barfords Company. It first opened at the Canterbury Music Hall on 22nd January 1910

Row of cottages in a sloping street, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Row of cottages in a sloping street in Shaftesbury, Dorset. circa 1960s

Market place & post office, Lindisfarne
The Market place and post office on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Date: c.1930s

An extended African-American family round the fire Date: circa 1890s

An African-American boy sat sadly by a lake Date: circa 1880s

Home scene - couple and elderly parents
A young woman and her husband look at a book in the home of her elderly parents. Date: circa 1890s

Fundraising event, modelling hairstyles
Fundraising event, young women from the Victoria and Albert salon, modelling hairstyles at the Cottage Hotel, Carbis Bay, Cornwall. Money was raised for Treliske Hospitals Body Scanner Appeal

The Very Witching Time of Night, drawn by Thorpe
Man walking his dog along a dimly lit path at night, past a small cottage Date: 1928

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Prospect Cottage, Rottingdean
Prospect Cottage (on the left) in Rottingdean, East Sussex owned by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) - a high profile member of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood of artists prominent in the 1870s

Sailors Orphanage, Hull - Trinity House Home
Boys from the St Andrews Home at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Cottage Homes. The boys wear sailor suits. Their house-mother stands at the back left

Sailors Orphanage, Hull - St Andrews Home
Boys from the St Andrews Home at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Cottage Homes. The boys wear sailor suits. Their house-mother sits at the centre

Old-Fashioned Country Cottages by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a man staying at a funny little country cottage only to find its comforts lacking to the point that he eventually makes his escape

The Niarbyl, between Port Erin and Peel, Isle of Man
General view of the Niarbyl (meaning tail ), between Port Erin and Peel on the south west coast of the Isle of Man. Date: circa 1930s

Cottages, Skansen open air museum, Sweden
Hogloftet cottages at the Skansen open air museum and zoo on the island of Djurgarden, Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 1891. Date: circa 1920

Cottage interior, Skansen open air museum, Sweden
Cottage interior from Bollnas, Halsingland, at the Skansen open air museum, Sweden. Date: circa 1920

Smiling mother and her children, Senegal
A smiling mother holding a baby while her other children rest in the shade of their cottage and nearby trees, Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1920

Moses Fountain in Suez, Egypt
Moses Fountain encircled with palm trees and with a cottage in the background in Suez, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900

Madagascan women gathering water from a fountain
A group of Madagascan women and men around a fountain in a farm village with cottages in the background. Date: circa 1910

Cornish stone farmhouse and lane -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Boats at Sennen Cove, Cornwall
" One of a great series of Cornish studies. Boats at rest in Sennen Cove, just above Lands End". 1954

Lyn Valley, Lynmouth, Devon
View of the Lyn Valley, Lynmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1920s

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