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Baden Powell House, South Kensington, LondonStreet 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, WW1A 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 sActress 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, WW1Ladies 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 1920SA trendy group of young women having tea around a table at a hostel in Paris, France. Date: late 1920s
Homeless Hostel 1930SA 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 1930SSmart 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 HomelessThis ordinary looking vessel is actually a floating hotel (or hostel) for tramps and the homeless. Date: 1930s
Father Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, TokyoFather Claudius Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, Koishikawa, Myogadani, 17 Tokyo Japan. Date: circa 1907
Salvation Army Hostel - new arrivalA new arrival is greeted by a member of staff at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938
Salvation Army Hostel - Lights OutLights 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 BarberA man gets a free shave from an Army barber at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938
Salvation Army Hostel - Foot-washingMen wash their feet in foot-baths at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938
Salvation Army Hostel - Evening ServiceMen, in varying states of consciousness, attend an evening service at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938
Salvation Army Hostel - Evening MealMen sit at tables for their evening meal at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938
Youth Hostel, Charlbuty, OxfordshireThe Youth Hostel, Charlbuty, Oxfordshire. Date: 1956
Leoncavallo visiting Rowton House, London
Youth hostel ship StockholmDining room in the full-rigged ship af Chapman, rebuilt to youth hostel, Stockholm, Sweden 1949. Date: 1949
Blind Veteran Soldier - St Dunstans HostelSet 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 MillChildren 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, SwitzerlandFamily Hotel (Pension) in Corbieres - a municipality in the district of Gruyere in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Date: circa 1905
Remote Youth HostelThe delightful, if somewhat remote, location of the Black Bull Youth Hostel, at the head of Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s
Keswick Youth HostelThe fine Youth Hostel at Keswick, Cumbria, England, with many bicyles parked outside. Date: 1950s
George VI Youth HostelThis 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 HostelThe Youth Hostel at the head of Nant Francon Pass, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1950s
David Lewis Hostel and Club, LiverpoolThe 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, CamdenA 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 CrossThe 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 1944Subaltern 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, LondonA 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, LondonView 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, LondonMen 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, LondonAn 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, MiningA Coal Board Hostel, near Sheffield, England, housing Italian migrant workers to help in the British coal pits
Paper sorting, Salvation Army ElevatorMen 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, LondonThe 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 dormitoryA 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, DorsetYouth 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 LondonThe 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 WWIICubicles in a Salvation Hostel in London are hurriedly furnished to receive refugees during World War II
Buckingham Palace Hotel - Church Army Soldiers HostelBuckingham Palace Hotel - being used as the Church Army Soldiers Hostel - very close to Victoria Station, Pimlico, London. An interior view showing the canteen
Gobelin TapestriesVisitors to the Hostel Royal des Goblins admire the tapestries produced by the royal manufactory. Date: circa 1700
Boys Play DominoesEvening relaxtion at the Kings Youth Hostel, Dolgelly, Wales, as dominoes and chess are played
Cat Drinking MilkA 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 HostelA girl working in a London hostel for stray cats gives one poor cat the love and attention it craves for