Hostel Collection (page 4)

Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
Street view of Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Blind soldiers at St. Dunstans, WW1
A cheerful group of blind soldiers pictured at St. Dunstans hostel, Regents Park, London. St. Dunstan s, near Hanover Gate in the park, set up by Mr. C

Lily Elsie with blinded soldiers at St. Dunstan s
Actress Lily Elsie (Mrs Ian Bullough) pictured at St. Dunstans Hostel for Blinded Soldiers at Regents Park in 1917. In the left hand picture she prepares to go afloat as cox with a blind rowing crew

St. Dunstans Bazaar at the Albert Hall, WW1
Ladies pose by the stall run by actress Miss Lily Elsie (Mrs Ian Bullough) at the Albert Hall in aid of the funds of St. Dunstans Hostel for blinded soldiers

Hostel for Girls 1920S
A trendy group of young women having tea around a table at a hostel in Paris, France. Date: late 1920s

Homeless Hostel 1930S
A hostel for the homeless at Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, England, showing men cleaning windows and scrubbing the doorstep under the supervision of a lady. Date: early 1930s

Hostel Lodgers 1930S
Smart but homeless : some of the young men who ended up at a hostel for down-and-outs, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

Vessel for the Homeless
This ordinary looking vessel is actually a floating hotel (or hostel) for tramps and the homeless. Date: 1930s

Father Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, Tokyo
Father Claudius Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, Koishikawa, Myogadani, 17 Tokyo Japan. Date: circa 1907

Salvation Army Hostel - new arrival
A new arrival is greeted by a member of staff at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - Lights Out
Lights out time in a dormitory at a London Salvation Army Hostel. The bedspreads are marked with a Salvation Army insignia. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - getting a bed ticket

Salvation Army Hostel - Free Shave from Army Barber
A man gets a free shave from an Army barber at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - Foot-washing
Men wash their feet in foot-baths at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - Evening Service
Men, in varying states of consciousness, attend an evening service at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - Evening Meal
Men sit at tables for their evening meal at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Youth Hostel, Charlbuty, Oxfordshire
The Youth Hostel, Charlbuty, Oxfordshire. Date: 1956

Leoncavallo visiting Rowton House, London

Youth hostel ship Stockholm
Dining room in the full-rigged ship af Chapman, rebuilt to youth hostel, Stockholm, Sweden 1949. Date: 1949

Blind Veteran Soldier - St Dunstans Hostel
Set up in 1915, St Dunstans Hostel aided the recovery of servicemen blinded during the First World War. This is a charity postcard produced for St Dunstans showing a blinded serviceman being led by a

Silkeborg, Denmark - Youth Hostel (consisting of a row of thatched tent-like strictures). Perhaps the forerunner of modern eco-living?! Date: 1935

Houghton Water Mill
Children fishing in the River Ouse, beside Houghton Mill, a large 18th century timber water mill, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. (A Youth Hostel at the time). Date: 18th century

Family Hotel - Corbieres, Switzerland
Family Hotel (Pension) in Corbieres - a municipality in the district of Gruyere in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Date: circa 1905

Remote Youth Hostel
The delightful, if somewhat remote, location of the Black Bull Youth Hostel, at the head of Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Keswick Youth Hostel
The fine Youth Hostel at Keswick, Cumbria, England, with many bicyles parked outside. Date: 1950s

George VI Youth Hostel
This fine house, in Queens Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, is the King George VI Memorial Hostel, belonging to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (opened 1957). Date: late 1950s

Edgworth Youth Hostel, Lancashire, England - a farm at over 1000 feet above sea level, on the moors. Date: 1930s

Nant Francon Pass Hostel
The Youth Hostel at the head of Nant Francon Pass, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

David Lewis Hostel and Club, Liverpool
The David Lewis Hostel and Club, Liverpool. The Hostel, run along the lines of Londons Rowton Houses, provided cheap and clean accommodation for working men

Reading room, Rowton House, Camden
A reading room at the Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

Rowton House, Kings Cross
The Rowton House at Kings Cross, London. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: Date unknown

Mary Churchill visits the Church Army H. Q 1944
Subaltern Mary Churchill, A.TS, youngest daughter of Winston Churchill, lunched with the Reverend H.H Treacher, head of the Church Army, when she inspected hostel adjoining the headquarters. 1944

Houseless Poor Asylum, Cripplegate, London
A variety of barefoot individuals standing around outside the asylum or hostel on Banner Street, Cripplegate, London, operated by the Houseless Poor Society

Dining Room, Rowton House, Hammersmith, London
View inside the dining room of a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London, with male inmates eating at tables and queueing to be served

Entrance Hall, Rowton House, Hammersmith, London
Men pass through the turnstiles in the entrance hall of a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built

Entrance ticket, Rowton House, Hammersmith, London
An entrance ticket for a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men

Coal Board Hostel, Mining
A Coal Board Hostel, near Sheffield, England, housing Italian migrant workers to help in the British coal pits

Paper sorting, Salvation Army Elevator
Men sorting paper at one of the Salvation Army Elevators. The Elevators provided the destitute with both short-term work and hostel-style accommodation

Living Room of a Rowton House, London
The living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large

Salvation Army elevator dormitory
A dormitory in a Salvation Army Elevator. Elevators, which aimed to help the unskilled or unemployed, combined a factory space together with hostel accommodation for those working there

Youth Hostel, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
Youth hostel on Sherborne Road, Cerne Abbas, Dorset. A girl in the hostel grounds talks over the wall to a boy outside. The hostel was originally built in in 1836-7 as the Cerne Union workhouse

Rowton House, Whitechapel, East London
The Rowton House (named Tower House, built in 1902) on Fielding Street, Whitechapel, East London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose built

Refugee hostel furnished WWII
Cubicles in a Salvation Hostel in London are hurriedly furnished to receive refugees during World War II

Buckingham Palace Hotel - Church Army Soldiers Hostel
Buckingham Palace Hotel - being used as the Church Army Soldiers Hostel - very close to Victoria Station, Pimlico, London. An interior view showing the canteen

Gobelin Tapestries
Visitors to the Hostel Royal des Goblins admire the tapestries produced by the royal manufactory. Date: circa 1700

Boys Play Dominoes
Evening relaxtion at the Kings Youth Hostel, Dolgelly, Wales, as dominoes and chess are played

Cat Drinking Milk
A man working in a London cat hostel for stray cats looks as on as one happy cat tries to lick a drink of milk straight from the milk bottle!

Cat in a Hostel
A girl working in a London hostel for stray cats gives one poor cat the love and attention it craves for

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