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Barnardos Home, The Marfords, BromboroughA view of the Marfords, a Barnardos Home at Bromborough, Cheshire. The building is decorated with bunting. Date: circa 1938
Crofters Houses - Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandCrofters Houses at Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Date: circa 1910s
Training Ship Arethusa IITraining Ship Arethusa - sometimes referred to as Arethusa II since it replaced the original long-serving Arethusa in 1933. Date: circa 1930s
The Hollies Childrens Home, Sidcup, KentAerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Nonsuch Palace / SpeedNonsuch Palace, Surrey
Spurgeons Homes, BirchingtonAerial view of the distinctive zig-zag layout of Spurgeons Homes, Birchington, Kent. The Homes were originally based at Stockwell
Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, quickly and cheaply providing quality housing with all the amenities, central heating
Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisementAdvertisement for the Elizabeth Ann kitchen unit in stainless steel for the aristocrat of kitchen equipment for...a bright, easy kitchen. c.1955
Wates house interior imagined by Anne MorrowArtists impression of the interior of a Wates house, done up in a rather fabulous 1960s scheme. Wates built a large number of houses on estates
Lawn Terrace, Silloth, Cumbria. Date: circa 1910
Union Workhouse, Wokingham, BerkshireThe Wokingham Union workhouse, Berkshire. The workhouse, opened in 1850 on Barkham Road, Wokingham, later became Wokingham Hospital
Union Workhouse, Wantage, OxfordshireThe Wantage Union workhouse, Oxfordshire. The workhouse, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1836 on Hungerford Road, Wantage, and later became the Downs Hospital
Hampton Court 1926Hampton Court
Ransomes Lawnmowers AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for an Ideal Homes Exhibition stand for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd. promoting Ransomes Lawnmowers. The image shows a decorative green model on a tidy lawn
Great Barr Colony, StaffordshireGreat Barr colony for mental defectives, opened circa 1918 by the Walsall and West Bromwich Joint Committee to house people with severe learning difficulties
Lake Superior Chippewa - Apostle Islands, WisconsinLake Superior Chippewa - a historical band of Ojibwe Indians on one of the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin, USA. Date: circa 1924
ASC Barracks, Grove Park, LewishamEntrance to the ASC (Army Service Corps) Barracks on Marvels Lane, Grove Park, Lewisham, south east London. Two officers and a large dog stand at the entrance
Boys Band, Hull Sailors OrphanageBoys naval band at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The Homes, a cottage homes development, were established in 1895 by a charity originally called The Port of Hull Society
Bats in the Belfry 19CBats in one of their typical homes, a belfry
Bournville / Village 1905Bournville Village, Birmingham: homes for Cadburys workers
Cadburys / From AboveCadbury s; a birds eye view of the Bournville Works and the workers homes
Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside, EssexA general view of the childrens cottages at Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside, Essex. Girls sit on benches while a nurse pushes a pram. Date: early 1900s
Evacuees on a TrainIts goodbye to the little tots who are bound for new homes with new parents in the safe country districts of Britain - evacuees looking out of the window of a train
1950s living roomAn up-to-date interior from a home in the 1950s, where all the items of furniture harmonise with each other (according to the writer of the accompanying article)
Bedford Park / Bath Rd 4 / 9Bedford Park, Chiswick, London, considered the prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: Bath Road, looking east (4 of 9)
Windsor Castle / C1887Windsor Castle, seen across the river
Royal Home / Nonsuch 1582The palace as seen during the reign of Elizabeth I
Sandringham (Morris)Sandringham House, Edward VIIs country home, seen from the gardens
Last photograph taken of Queen Alexandra at SandringhamLast photograph taken of Queen Alexandra (1844 1925) consort to Edward VII, at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, holding her favourite dog Pekingese. Date: 1925
Shaftesbury Homes - Farm School for Boys, Bisley, SurreyThe Bisley Farm School for Boys, established by what became the Shaftesbury Homes charity. It later became known as the School House department of Shaftesbury School. Date: 1930s
Shaftesbury Homes Fortescue House, TwickenhamShaftesbury Homes School for Boys at Fortescue House, Hampton Road Twickenham, opened in 1937. It had previously been located in premises at London Road, Twickenham. Date: circa 1937
St Vincents Catholic Boys Home, PaddingtonA group of boys at St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Harrow Road, Paddington, West London. Date: early 1900s
St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, MiddlesexBoys and nuns at St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, Middlesex. Date: circa 1900
Bomb damage in Sidney Street, East London, WW2. Both sides of the entire street were shattered by two bombs. Date: 1940
Dr Barnardos Home, Barkingside - aerial viewAn aerial view of Dr Barnardos Village Home for Girls at Barkingside in Essex. The home was established on the cottage homes principle
Bristol Childrens Cottage Homes, DownendA view of the childrens cottage homes at Downend, Bristol. A young inmate stands in front of one of the houses. The homes were established in the early 1900s by the Bristol Board of Guardians to
Fazakerley Cottage Homes TreatA treat - probably in the form of a country picnic - for boys from the Fazakerley Cottage Homes in Liverpool, accompanied by staff and other helpers
Shaftesbury and Arethusa Boys Homes, Royston, HertfordshireThe Shaftesbury & Arethusa Boys Homes at Royston, Hertfordshire, were set up by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, founded in 1843 by William Williams
Union Workhouse, Hambledon, SurreyThe Hambledon Union workhouse, a building originally erected in 1786 for the united parishes of Bramley, Chiddingfold, Dunfold and Hambledon
Room in Gwen Farrars Chelsea home panelled in pineA room in the Chelsea home of popular entertainer, Gwen Farrar panelled in pine. The scheme was carried out by Messrs. Ernest Williams, Ltd, of 27 Davies Street, Berkeley Square. Date: 1926
Advert for English Rose kitchens 1952Young housewife cooking in her new English Rose fitted kitchen. Comes with a cause of softglow worktop colours, scarlet red, steel blue and amulet green. Date: 1952
Shaftesbury School, Bisley - Bungalow HospitalBungalow Hospital at Shaftesbury Homes School for Boys, Bisley, Surrey. Date: 1930s
Old Sami Man from Finnmark County, NorwayAn old Sami Man from Finnmark County in the extreme northeast of Norway. The Sami peoples (also spelled Saami and also known as Lapps)
Fire Station at Quarriers Homes, Bridge Of WeirFire station, fire engine, ladders and uniformed firemen at the Quarriers childrens homes, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The cottage homes were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier
Leicester Union Cottage Homes, Countesthorpe, LeicsThree small inmates stand in front of a water tower at the Leicester Union cottage homes at Countesthorpe, Leicestershire
Queen Marys visit to Poplar Schools at BrentwoodIn 1906, the Poplar Union (East London) established a Schools site located between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex
Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, RenfrewshireAerial view of the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The Homes, laid out as a village of cottage homes, were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier
Dr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls, Barkingside, EssexDr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls at Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. The homes were opened 1876 as a cottage homes development with the girls living in family groups under the supervision of a house