Harpenden Collection

National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Aerial view
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Aerial view

Harpenden High Street early 1900s

NCH Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
An aerial view of the National Childrens Home site at Harpenden. The home comprised a number of cottage homes arranged round a central green. Date: 1930s

Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

ST GEORGEs SCHOOL 1930S
St Georges School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Bakery
Boys at work in the bakery at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Bread is coming out of the oven and a trolley is stacked with loaves. Date: Date unknown

Station Road, Harpenden, early 1900s

High Street, Harpenden, early 1900s

Harpenden Station Road early 1900s

Harpenden Railway Station Nickey Line

Harpenden Railway Station early 1900s

NCH Home, Harpenden - Human Pyramid
Children make a human pyramid at the National Children's Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

National Childrens Home, Harpenden
Children in the open-air school at the sanatorium of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Date: Date unknown

Tallulah Bankhead in The Green Hat
Scene from the stage adaptation of Michael Arlens novel, The Green Hat at the Adelphi Theatre in 1924. The lead role of Iris was played by Tallulah Bankhead (seen right)

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Shoemaking
Boys making and repairing shoes and boots at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Laundry Work
Some of the older girls engaged in ironing and folding in the laundry at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Children
A group of children at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden. One of the childrens cottages stands behind. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Carpentry
Boys at work in the carpenters workshop at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. One boy is repairing a table. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Sanatorium
Sanatorium balcony at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. A girl holds a doll. Behind her are beds placed in the open air. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Dispensary
A nurse provides medical attention to an inmate of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. The room contains medical equipment, an adjustable chair and jars of chemical solutions

Sanatorium at National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden, Her
View of Sanatorium at National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Children play in the grounds, one with a pram. Date: early 1900s

Sewing Room at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls in the sewing room at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden. Some sew by hand, others use sewing machines

National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Boys Wing
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Boys Houses

National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - The London Choir
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. The Homes choir, still known as the London Choir - reflecting the Homes previous location in Bethnal Green

National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Chapel Window
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. The west window of the Homes chapel, designed by Frank O. Salisbury and gifted by Sir Charles C. Wakefield

National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
National Childrens Home, Harpenden, near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Showing Patients at Exercise - The Sanatorium Date: 1900s

Boys Repair Boots at the NCH Childrens Home, Harpenden, Her
Boys in aprons repairing boots in a workshop at the National Childrens Home in Harpenden. Date: Date unknown

NCH Home, Harpenden Girls Houses
Girls in front of a block of girls houses at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden Date: Circa 1918

NCH Home, Harpenden Family Group
A home family group at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden Date: Date unknown

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