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Hereford Industrial School WashroomBoys washing at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - ArmourersWW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Armourers Date: circa 1942
Oakamoor Boys Home Garden, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn BayStaff pose in the garden of the Oakamoor Boys Home, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay, North Wales Date: early 1900s
Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Boys at CampBoys and staff from Headingley Orphan Homes pose in front of a tent at their annual summer camp. Date: circa 1916
St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children, West Byfleet, SurreA group of children in the garden at the St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children, West Byfleet. Several hold dolls, one carries a pair of crutches. The home was run by the Waifs and Strays Society
Portsmouth (exact location unknown). The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)
Princess Louise Home, Kingston upon Thames, SurreyThe Princess Louise Home at Kingston Hill was run by the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls. Date: circa 1905
Do you want some? By H. M. Bateman" Do you want some? Innoculating a pessimist with Merry Christmas bacilli." This cartoon mentions the recent discovery of Reading Bacillus by Leonard Joyce as a new way of healing wounds
Illustration, A Song of the English, LighthouseIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
St Marks Home, Natland, KendalSt Marks Waifs and Strays Home at Natland, near Kendal
Lizzie the munition war-worker in Sheffield, WW1Unofficially connected with Mr. Lloyd Georges department! The elephant munition-worker at Sheffield. Lizzie, a circus elephant was a familiar but incongruous sight on the cobbled streets of Sheffield
WWI Poster, Belgian & Allies Aid LeagueDesign by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), Belgian & Allies Aid League, Will you help these sufferers from the war to start a new home. Help is better than sympathy
Firefighters in action, Rosebery Avenue, WW2Firefighters in action in burning debris in Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London, following a flying bomb attack. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2Blitz in London -- damage to tanks and pipelines at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. The ground was covered with spilt oil which was subsequently ignited during an attack
Blitz in the City of London - AFS firefighters, WW2Blitz in the City of London - AFS firefighters at work with hoses following a bombing raid. Date: 1940s
Women war workers by the sculptor Clare SheridanA set of figurines of women war workers sculpted by Mrs Wilfred Sheridan aka the sculptor Clare Consuelo Frewen Sheridan, which were destined for the Womens Work Section of the new Imperial War
Babies Castle, Barnardos Home, Hawkhurst, KentChildren and nurses at Dr Barnardos Babies Castle at Hawkhurst, Kent. The home was opened in 1884 for the reception of babies. Date: Date unknown
Sir Sam Fay by Lieut. Percival AndersonSir Samuel (Sam) Fay (1856-1953), railway administrator. General Manager of first the Midland and South Western Junction Railways and then in 1902
NCH Home, Harpenden, HertfordshireAn 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
Boys from St Benets Home, Caversham, ReadingBoys from the St Benets Home at 11 Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Caversham, near Reading, Berkshire. The home was opened in 1905 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s
Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandA cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936
Wesley Saved from FireAs a child, John Wesley is rescued from a fire in the family home. A brand plucked from burning... Date: EARLY 18TH CENTURY
National Childrens Home (NCH) Milton School, FarnboroughBoys on the lawn at the Milton Industrial School run by the National Childrens Home (NCH) in Farnborough, Hampshire. In 1933, the establishment became Milton Approved School
Japanese Geisha playing a Traditional ShamisenJapanese Geisha in her home playing a Traditional Shamisen Date: circa 1904
Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car - a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back
Heroic deeds of the War - Corporal Josephine M C RobinsHeroic deeds of WW2 - Corporal Josephine M C Robins, a member of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF). Awarded the Military Medal (MM)
St Katharines Home for Girls, SouthbourneThe St Katharines Home for Girls, Southbourne. The building shown here, in Church Road, was purpose built for the Home and completed in 1920
In Memoriam - scene in Tewkesbury Abbey, WW1A lone woman stands alone in front of a roll of honour, with the Union flag hanging over it inside Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire during the First World War. Date: 1919
Advert for the Ministry of Food 1940The weeks food facts No. 6. If you eat more than you need, you are wasting food as surely as if you had thrown it away. So eat what you need, but no more. Buy wisely and cater strictly
Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters clearing debris at what was their sub-fire station in Hugh Myddleton Primary School, Finsbury, EC1. The building took a direct hit from a high explosive bomb
Foam applied at oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2Fire crews applying foam to a fire at the Thames Haven oil tank fire, near Thurrock, Essex
Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks during the Second World War
Advert for Dolcis shoes, shopping with five coupons 1941With five wartime coupons you could buy one pair of shoes from Dolcis. Casual shoes with contrasting coloures with a crepe sole and side lace. Casual shoes with 3 eyelette tie at front in suede
Advert for recruiting women for the WaF 1941You ought to be driving in the WaF. Recruitment of women for The Womens Auxiliary Air Force. Conscription of women did not begin until 1941
Prosperity at home, prestige abroad. Campaign poster showing William McKinley holding US flag and standing on gold coin sound money, held up by group of men
National Childrens Home and Orphanage, South Coast BranchChildren and staff at the National Childrens Home and Orphanage, South Coast Branch, Alverstoke, Hampshire Date: Date unknown
Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, EssexStanding in the vegetable garden of Tudor Cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, a bowler hatted and bearded gentleman proudly displays one of his marrows, while a woman stands on the path. circa 1900
Sister and patient, Convalescent Police Seaside Home, HoveA nursing sister and her patient in the surgery of the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 205 Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex
England / FarnboroughA little girl walking home from school down a country lane in the village of Farnborough, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s
G. B. SHAWs HOMEThe home of Irish playwright GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856 - 1950), at Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s
Fairyland Fancies -- a little girl gazes into the fire, seeing imaginary figures of fairies, witches and goblins. late 19th century
Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters and their trailer fire engine! Date: circa 1941
Music at home - little girl at the pianoElizabeth Jane, daughter of Sir William and Lady Maria Somerville, plays the piano on tiptoe. Date: 1866
Churchill taken ill, 1932Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English politician, having a cheeky puff on his cigar whilst being stretchered from his London flat to a West End nursing home via ambulance
First World War - Blackout cartoon postcardHoping to see more of you - mindful of the blackout enforced in London during World War one, this couple look forward to getting a better view of each other when their paths next cross
Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, BerkshireThe Wallingford Unions cottage homes on Wantage Road, Wallingford, Berkshire. Cottage homes were established by some poor law authorities to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Poplar Union Schools, Brentwood, EssexIn 1906, the Poplar Union (East London) established a Schools site located between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex