Defective Collection

Bradford School for Deaf and Disabled Children
Children, 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

Starcross Institution, Exeter, Devon
Boys gardening at what was variously known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum and the Training School for Feeble-minded Children

Starcross Institution, Exeter, Devon
Boys gardening at what was variously known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum and the Training School for Feeble-minded Children

Besford Court School, Worcestershire
An aerial view of Besford Court - a special school for Roman Catholic boys categorised in the jargon of the time as mentally defective. Date: Date unknown

Seafield House, Seaforth, Liverpool. In 1914, the West Derby Union converted and extended a former convent on Waterloo Road at Seaforth to provide accommodation for what were then referred to as

Besford Court College, Worcestershire - Psychological Testin
A robed priest at Besford Court College, Worcestershire, conducts psychological testing on two inmates. The College was established in 1918 as an Industrial School for Roman Catholic mentally

Tennyson Street School for Disabled, London - Basket Weaving
The London School Boards Tennyson Street School for Physically Defective Children - children engaged in basket weaving, one sits in a wheelchair. Date: early 1900s

Bigods, Dunmow, Essex
Bigods - a large house at Dunmow which from around 1917 to 1931 was occupied by St Josephs Special School for Educable Mentally Defective Roman Catholic Boys. Date: circa 1905

Tavistock Place School for Disabled, London - Playtime
The London School Boards Tavistock Place School for Physically Defective Children - playtime, in the Duke of Bedfords Garden. Date: early 1900s

Bristol Stoke Park Colony
A view of the Stoke Park Colony for mentally defective children, near Stapleton, Bristol. The institution was established in 1909 by the Rev Harold Nelson Burden

LCC-LFB Defective paraffin heater, fire investigation
A photograph taken for evidence of a paraffin heater which started a fire due to a defective ON/OFF control knob that could not be switched off

Hyman Bachwald, 167 Allen Street, New York. Neurotic and epileptic. Mother worked in factory previous to marriage, and while Hyman was coming. Her mentality is questioned

Cape Aardvark
Orycteropus species - Cape Aardvark : despite defective sight, the aardvark survives thanks to its sense of smell, which can detect an ant or termite however concealed

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Quality Checking Coins
Quality checking new coins at the Royal Mint as they come off the conveyor belt, rejecting the badly made ones

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