Homes Collection (page 5)

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

J. A. Gibbs National Children's Home (NCH), Penarth, Glamorg
Boys learning nautical skills at the J.A. Gibbs branch of the National Children's Home at Penarth

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

Park Naval Orphanage Gillingham 1910s Circa 1912
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View of Wanstead House, the seat of the Earl of Tilney (Tylney), engraved for Harrison's History of London in 1775. The house was designed by the Scottish architect, Colen Campbell

How Housing Shortage is Being Met 1920
At the end of First World War One almost 80% of Britains rented homes from private landlords. David Lloyd George was concerned by the standards of the housing

Riley's Billiard Tables, available in different sizes for private homes in mahogany wood. Date: 1904

Orphan boy from the National Children's Homes and Orphanages been sent, thinking that he would have more opportunities there. Date: circa 1908

Advert for Coalite smokeless coal 1951
Coalite was a ideal smokeless fuel for every type of grate, cooker and boiler. Date: 1951

Medway Union Workhouse Death Notice
Death notice for inmate Emily Winkfield issued by the Medway Union workhouse. Date: 1924

St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London
A terrace of houses in St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London, boarded up prior to demolition by Lambeth Council after the eviction of squatters, 19 January 1977

Mrs Robert Hudson wife of Minister of Agriculture and member of the Women's Voluntary Service, in East End, London. Giving out hundreds of articles of clothing

Couples ingenious device so they don't wake up the baby. A makeshift pump that extinguishes incendiary bombs that have landed in your home without leaving the comfort of your bed. Date: 1941

The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in Action
Apparatus for rescuing people from high buildings that have been damaged from heavy bombing. Date: 1941

From Bedroom to Shelter in One
Kind warden sets the machine in motion to allow people to sleep through a air-raid. Swinging from bedroom to living room to shelter without waking. Date: 1941

Seismograph reading taken from the Omori Horizontal pendulum at Birmingham, showing the severity of the tremors during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here in the Training Housewives display, the young women demonstrate laundry work

General view of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, designed by Sir Christopher Wren. A retirement and nursing home for some 540 veterans of the British Army. Date: 1890s

Girls learning how to do laundry correctly, maybe to do domestic work when leaving the orphanage. Date: 1900

VILLAGERS MURDERED
In a village near Louvain, Belgium, the Germans set fire to homes, ordering the inhabitants to stay inside ; those that try to flee are shot. Date: 1915

Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England : houses near Norton Common. Date: 1913

Riding School in the Royal Mews Date: 1920s

LOOKING AT DEAD FATHER
Look, bairn, at thy father once more ! Date: 1857

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England Date: 1913

Longleat House, Wiltshire, England Date: 1830

Waifs and Strays Boys Home, Burgess Hill
Inmates of the Waifs and Strays Society Boys Home, Burgess Hill, Sussex. Date: 1922

New Dwellings for workmen in East London 1894
New brick-work blocks of housing to provide accommodation for working people of the East-End of London. Date: 1894

Elaborate woven reed huts in Sinoe County, Liberia, West Africa. Date: 1905

Comic postcard, Couple doing the football pools Date: 20th century

Cessna 550 Citation II G-BJIR (msn 550-0296), of Royco Homes Ltd.. Date: circa 1985

Street scene with decorating store, Brighter Homes
An early fifties Brighter Homes decorating store. Date: circa 1953

Soldiers Cottage Homes, Burnley, Lancashire
The opening by Princess Louise of the Soldiers Cottage Homes, on Salus Street, Burnley. Date: 1908

Furnishing Trades Cottage Homes, Radlett
Childrens cottage homes opened in 1905 at Radlett, Hertfordshire, by the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association. Date: 1905

The Daily Herald Modern Homes Exhibition - held at Dorland Hall, from March 25 to May 27, 1947 Date: 1947

Advertisement for St. Ivel with a maid bringing bowls of soup (or cups of tea) to neatly laid lunch table already with ham, cold pie, bread and of course, a tub of St

Advertisement for Mazda electric lamps (made in Rugby) showing people in a rather opulent domestic interior seated on a sofa lit by a lamp which would fetch thousands on ebay today! Date: c.1924

The accommodation of the Chelsea pensioners designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Each ward had 36 veterans sleeping in old oak cubicles with little curtains that could be drawn across

Royal Hospital Chelsea from the Gardens 1902
General view of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, designed by Sir Christopher Wren. A retirement and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army

Are we uprooted? No! by G. L Stampa
Are we uprooted? No! Despite the fact that a three storey house has had a huge explosion near by and shrapnel has pierced through their home

Egerton Castle (1858 - 1920), writer and fencer, pictured posing in his study at his home in Sloane Gardens, London. Part of a long running series in The Tatler depicting literary figures in their

Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867 - 1906), English / American writer
Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867 - 1906), English/American writer, nom de plume: John Oliver Hobbes, pictured in her study, surrounded by bookcases as she writes at her desk

Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946), writer, historian, best known for his science fiction novels. Pictured in his study at his home, Spade House, Sandgate

Isobel Violet Hunt (1862 - 1942), British author and literary hostess; writer of feminist novels. She founded the Women Writers Suffrage League in 1908

A smiling young woman in a headscarf and apron washing up or preparing food in a kitchen or scullery. Tea towels hang from the airer above, assorted ladles and pans are close to hand

Plan and elevation of a Regency thatched cottage, cottage orne. Floorplan shows drawing room, parlor, library, kitchen, scullery, store and greenhouse

Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Homes, Girls Home
Children outside one of the girls homes, part of Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Homes. Date: Date unknown

Barnardos Boys with Rev WJ Mayers
Musical performers from Barnardos homes, accompanied by the Rev. W.J. Mayers. Date: circa 1910

Camille Clifford at home
Camille Clifford (1885 - 1971), Belgian-born stage actress, the model for the Edwardian Gibson Girl drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, who married the Hon

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