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Boys playing on a street, Belfast, Northern IrelandBoys playing on a typical street of terraced housing in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969
Native house, Djoeja (Yogyakarta), Central Java, IndonesiaNative village house in Djoeja (Yogyakarta), Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908
Cumbernauld New Town, Scotland - AbronhillCumbernauld New Town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland - Abronhill. Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK. Date: circa 1969
Soho, London - Green Court W1, viewed from Brewer Street, with the Victoria Junior Commercial Technical College straight ahead
Soho, London - 39-86 Brewer Street W1, entrance to St Jamess Residences. 1973
Saint Marys Almshouses - Chichester, Sussex, St Marys Hospital in St Martins Square, Chichester is one of the oldest almshouses in the country and it is still in use today
Bergen, Norway - Bryggen (Tyskebryggen - German Wharf). Date: circa 1905
Aberlour Orphanage PicnicChildren and helpers at Aberlour Orphanage Picnic in August, 1912. Date: August, 1912
Abadan Oil Refinery from the airAbadan oil refinery, Iran (Persia) from the air. The largest in the world at that time on the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (the southern end of which forms the border with Iraq). Date: 1951
Former Cunninghame Combination Poorhouse, Irvine, Ayrshire - main building 2001 Date: 2001
St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Children, Torquay, DevoA group of boys and girls, one on a rocking horse, in the garden of St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Children, Torquay. Date: circa 1915
Sunderland Girls Reformatory, County DurhamThe Sunderland Girls Reformatory, Tatham Street, Sunderland Date: early 1900s
St Josephs Industrial School for Catholic Boys, Longsight, Manchester. Date: circa 1900
Buckets & Spades Home, St Leonards on Sea, SussexThe Buckets and Spades Home, St Leonards on Sea for mentally handicapped Jewish children
Shaftesbury Homes - Sudbury Hall, MiddlesexThe Sudbury Hall Home for Girls established in 1872 by the charity that became known as Shaftesbury Homes. It was located between Wembley and Harrow on the Hill. Date: early 1900s
Newport Market Refuge and Industrial School, Soho, LondonThe Newport Market Refuge and Industrial School on Market Street, Soho. The School, which developed into a training establishment for military bandsmen, later moved to Coburg Row, Westminster
New Arethusa and old figurehead, Upnor, KentThe new Training Ship Arethusa on the Thames off Upnor. Ashore is the preserved figurehead of its scrapped predecessor. Date: circa 1935
Boys Leaving the old Training Ship Arethusa at GreenhitheSailor boys from the Training Ship Arethusa leave the old vessel for the last time, following its replacement by a new ship in 1933. Date: 1933
Shaftesbury Homes Fortescue House, London Road TwickenhamShaftesbury Homes School for Boys at Fortescue House, London Road Twickenham, opened in 1878. The School later moved to new premises on Hampton Road, Twickenham. Date: circa 1920s
Newport Market Army Bands School, Orpington, KentThe Newport Market Army Training School at Darrick Wood, Orpington, Kent. Date: circa 1927
Shaftesbury Homes, Bisley, Surrey - School ChapelChapel at Shaftesbury Homes School for Boys, Bisley. The gates were made by boys at the School. Date: 1930s
Nottingham Blue Coat SchoolsA view of the Nottingham Blue Coat Schools and some of its pupils. Date: circa 1905
Victoria Home for Invalid Children, MargateThe garden of the Victoria Home for Invalid Children. Several of the inmates, some with crutches or other walking aids, can be seen. Date: circa 1920
Street boys in ragsA group of street arabs, probably in London, dressed in ragged clothes and most of them barefoot. Date: circa 1900
Boys Band, St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, LiverpoolThe boys band pose with their instruments at St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, Liverpool. Two monks in their gowns flank the boys. Date: early 1900s
Seamens Orphanage, Spring Bank, HullThe Hull Seamens Asylum and Schools was opened in 1866 by the Hull Seamens General Orphan Society. The building was designed by T.H. Wyatt of London. Date: circa 1910
Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Stratton HallThe Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Children at a meal in Stratton Hall, the Homes assembly hall and dining room
Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Children at Lodge and EntranceThe Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. The children, boys in sailor suits
Nazareth House, Cardonald, GlasgowBeds packed into a dormitory at the Nazareth House home, Cardonald, Glasgow. Date: circa 1920
Boleyn Castle, East Ham, EssexBoleyn Castle, East Ham. Tram lines are being laid in front of the building. Date: early 1900s
St Elizabeths House, Bullingham, HerefordSt Elizabeths House - a girls orphanage and school at Bullingham, near Hereford. Date: early 1900s
Aerial view, Quarriers Orphan Homes, Bridge of Weir, RenfreAerial view of the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
Hospital, Quarriers Orphan Homes, Bridge of Weir, RenfrewshChildren play outside the Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
Manchester Ragged and Industrial Schools, Ardwick GreenA view of the Ragged and Certified Industrial Schools at Ardwick Green, Manchester Date: 1860s
St Anthonys Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Feltham, MiddlesToddlers at St Anthonys Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Feltham, Middlesex. Date: early 1900s
St Marys Home for Girls, Tudhoe, County Durham, also known as Tudhoe Orphanage. Date: circa 1906
St Annes Laundry Home, Yiewsley, MiddlesexSt Annes Laundry Home, Yiewsley, was aimed at the care of girls who were morally weak and unfit for service. Date: circa 1913
Royal Albert Orphanage, WorcesterThe frontage of the Royal Albert Orphanage, Worcester. A man and woman, presumably the superintendent and matron, stand at the entrance. Date: early 1900s
Picking flowers, Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, HA group of physically disabled children, one in a wheelchair, another with crutches, pick flowers in the Queen Alexandra Wood at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire
Tadcaster Union Workhouse, West YorkshireTadcaster Union Workhouse, later The Beeches old peoples home. Date: circa 1930s
Aberlour Orphanage, Charlestown of Aberlour, MorayshireEast wing of the Aberlour Orphanage, Charlestown of Aberlour, Morayshire. It was one of Scotlands largest childrens homes. Date: 1930s
Wigan Union workhouse, LancashireGeneral view of Wigan Union workhouse. Tram line runs past front. Date: circa 1906
Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Lamorbey, Sidcup, KentEntrance to The Hollies - the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, housing pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: circa 1913
Ongar Union Workhouse, Stanford Rivers, EssexGeneral view of Ongar Union Workhouse, Stanford Rivers. Date: early 1900s
Shepton Mallet Workhouse, SomersetGeneral view of Shepton Mallet Union Workhouse, Somerset, erected 1836 and designed by Jesse Gane. Date: early 1900s
Risbridge Union Workhouse, Kedington, SuffolkA view of the Risbridge Union Workhouse, Kedington. It was designed by J. F. Clark, of Newmarket. Date: early 1900s
Aerial view of Marion, Ohio, USA, including a planned new town called Vernon Heights. Date: 1922
Group of children playing on a Balham street, SW London. One has a bicycle, another has a toy car, and others are sitting in the remains of an old suitcase