Creche Collection

Municipal creche in Chartres, France

Chartres Municipal Creche pre-1900

HMS Pinafore, Little Buttercup mixes up the children
HMS Pinafore. Little Buttercup explains that when she was baby-farming (nursing babies while their Papas and Mamas were travelling), she mixed up baby Captain Corcoran and baby Ralph Rackstraw

Sister Hope Creche, Greek Street, London
A nurse sits by a baby in its cradle at the Sister Hope Creche, Lincoln House, Greek Street, London. Date: circa 1896

Ogle Mews Creche, Marylebone, London
Staff 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, London
Cradles, cots and a playpen at the Craven Hall Creche (also known as the West London Mission Creche), Marshall Street, Golden Square, London. Date: 1896

Creche for the children of munitions workers, WW1
Dinner time at a creche for the children of women munition workers at Birmingham. According to the caption in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Baby Walker 1930S
A toddler learning to walk with the help of a baby walker, at a creche in Paris, France. Date: February 1933

The Meudon Viaduct in the outskirts of Paris, France
The Meudon Viaduct at Meudon in the outskirts of Paris, France - The Creche (left). Date: 1904

A Crescent of Prams
A group of babies, presumably put outside in their prams for healthy sun and fresh air in in the yard of a creche, nursery or orphanage. Date: circa 1930

Ragged School Union Cr裨e, Ogle Mews
Ragged School Union Cr裨 e, Ogle Mews, Fitzroy Square, London. Date: 1896

Marie Hilton, founder of the pioneering cr裨 e at Stepney Causeway, where working women could leave their children

Craven Hall Wesleyan Cr裨e
Interior of the cr裨 e operated by West London Mission of the Methodist Church. Between 1894 and 1907 the cr裨 e was based at Craven Hall, Fouberts Place, Westminster. Date: circa 1896

Craven Hall Wesleyan Cr裨e - Sister Hope
Sister Hope who, for 44 years, ran the cr裨 e operated by West London Mission of the Methodist Church. Between 1894 and 1907 the cr裨 e was based at Craven Hall, Fouberts Place

Children at a nursery school, Balham, SW London. Date: 1950s

Ragged Schools Creche, Field Lane, London
Young children in the care of two nurses at the Field Lane Ragged Schools creche. Date: Date unknown

Babies in Cradles
Babies in cradles with wheels in one of the yards at a maternity hospital and creche, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Kids Hang out Washing
Three children at a maternity hospital and creche in Paris, France, pegging out laundry on washing day. Date: early 1930s

Maternity Hospital Baby
A baby sitting on one of the beds at a maternity hospital and creche in Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Paris Maternity Hospital
A group of women doing needlework around a table, with only one child to supervise between them, at a maternity hospital and creche in Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Kingsway Creche
A group of toddlers at Kingsway creche, London. Date: early 1930s

Two small children with teddy bears in a nursery
Two small children with their teddy bears in a nursery, standing in front of a barred window

Holloway Castles prison creche
Holloway Castle womens prison introduced the first creche for prison babies. Babies were admitted if they were born in prison or were under three months when their mothers were jailed

Dog in a Creche
A chilled-out dog arouses the curiosity of three crawling babies in a London creche!

Foundling Toddlers
Toddlers playing outdoors at the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London

Foundlings at Play
Children playing outdoors in the sunshine at the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London

Children in Creche 1960
Children and nurses in a creche in Italy

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