L Aw Collection (page 8)

Monyhull Colony home 1908
An inmates home at the Monyhull Colony, Birmingham. The colony, for Sane Epileptics and Feeble Minded Persons, was opened in 1908 by the Birmingham, Aston and Kings Norton Poor Law Unions

Constance Bennett in The Common Law
Constance Bennett (1904 - 1965), American actress in the role of an artists model in the film The Common Law". According to the editorial she had to pose

Scene at the trial of Gavrilo Princip and others for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914

Jakarta, Indonesia - A public Flogging. The unlucky recipent of this punishment (a chained prisoner) has been tied to a tall frame

Force feeding a suffragette (cartoon)
A cartoon depicting a suffragette being force fed in a prison cell. Two men, a prison warder and a doctor, hold the woman down with the help of a large weight (one hundredweight)

Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
A padded cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, used to hold mentally disturbed or violent prisoners. Some kind of calendar is scratched on the door. The inmate sits, head in hands

Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos, Cuba
General view of the Presidio Modelo Prison on the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), Cuba, now renamed Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth)

H. M. Prison, Stafford, Staffordshire
A view of Stafford prison in Staffordshire. A group of uniformed prison officers stand in front of the building

Prisoner on roof at Armley Gaol, Leeds, West Yorkshire
A prisoner can be seen on the roof of Armley Gaol in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The event has attracted spectators from the neighbourhood. Boys in caps sit on a wall beside the prison

Reformatory School for Boys, Thorndon, Suffolk
The reformatory school for boys at Thorndon, near Eye in Suffolk, originally established in 1856. It was usually known as the Kerrison Reformatory, after one of its initiators, Sir Edward C Kerrison

Wandsworth & Clapham Workhouse, Garratt Lane, London
Part of the new Wandsworth & Clapham Union Workhouse, at Swaffield Road, off Garratt Lane in south west London. It opened in 1886 and was designed by TW Aldwinckle

Islington Workhouse, North London
Aerial view of the Islington parish workhouse, opened in 1870 on St Johns Road in Islington, North London. Designed by RH Burden, it could house more than 1000 inmates

Bethnal Green Workhouse, Waterloo Road, London
Bethnal Greens Waterloo Road workhouse was erected in 1840-1842. It was later known as Waterloo House

Wording of the 1601 Poor Relief Act
The opening section of the 1601 parliamentary Act for Relief of the Poor which formed the basis of what became known as the Old Poor Law

New End Hospital, Hampstead, North London
The frontage of New End Hospital, Hampstead, North London, with a military ambulance outside. The building, designed by H.E. Kendall, was erected in 1849-50 as the Hampstead workhouse

Seafield House, Seaforth, Liverpool. In 1914, the West Derby Union converted and extended a former convent on Waterloo Road at Seaforth to provide accommodation for what were then referred to as

St Pancras Union School, Leavesden, Hertfordshire
Tailoring class at the St Pancras Union Industrial School at Leavesden, Hertfordshire. Boys are engaged in cutting and sewing material, supervised by school staff

Nell Lane Hospital, Manchester
Aerial view of Nell Lane Hospital, Withington, Manchester, opened in 1855 as Chorlton Union workhouse. The cross shaped block (left of centre) was the main workhouse building

Nell Lane Hospital and Institution, Manchester
Aerial view of Nell Lane Hospital at Didsbury, near Withington, Manchester, opened in 1855 as Chorlton Union workhouse. The cross shaped block (above centre) was the main workhouse building

St Germans Workhouse, Torpoint, Cornwall
A view along Union Road, Torpoint, Cornwall. The long building behind the white wall, partially obscured by a tree, is the St Germans Union workhouse

Heswall Sanatorium, Cheshire
Heswall Sanatorium or Childrens Hospital, located on the Wirral peninsula, then part of Cheshire. It was established in 1902 by Liverpool Parish, West Derby Union

Grove Park Hospital, Lewisham, London
Entrance to the Grove Park Hospital, Marvels Lane, Lewisham, south east London. The buildings, designed by T & J Norman Dinwiddy

Wheatenhurst Union Workhouse, Eastington
The Wheatenhurst Union workhouse at Chippenham Platt, Eastington, Gloucestershire. The main building (right) has a greenhouse attached. A large pond is in the foreground

Greenwich Union Workhouse, Vanbrugh Hill, Greenwich
Part of the infirmary at the Greenwich Union workhouse at Vanbrugh Hill, south east London. A sign on the front of the nearmost building reads Calvert Road

Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving

Hexagonal workhouse, first floor plan
The first floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

St Oswalds Hospital, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The building, designed by Henry Stevens, was originally the Ashbourne Union workhouse erected in 1848 on Dark Lane (later Union Street)

Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary, East London
Exterior view of the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on Charles Street (later Bakers Row, now Vallance Road), East London. A carriage stands outside the entrance

Sheffield Workhouse Token, 1815
A one penny workhouse token of the Sheffield Workhouse, Yorkshire, from 1815. During a national shortage of copper coins in 1812-15

Wakefield Union workhouse, West Yorkshire
Aerial view of the Wakefield Union workhouse, designed by J.E. Oates and erected in 1851 on Park Lodge Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

St Johns Childrens Home, Ipswich, Suffolk
Children and nurses at the St Johns Childrens Home on Bloomfield Street in Ipswich, Suffolk. The childrens toys include two rocking horses

Industrial School, Chelmsford, Essex
The Essex Industrial School on Rainsford Road, Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, certified in 1879 to hold 150 boys. In 1933 it became the Essex Home Approved School

Union Workhouse, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
The Doncaster Union workhouse opened in 1900 at Springwell Lane, Balby, replacing the previous premises at Hexthorpe Lane

An Edwardian lawyer in judges wig
An unidentified Edwardian lawyer in a full-length judges wig

Wordsley Hospital, Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Main building and clock tower at Wordsley Hospital at Kingswinford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, which was previously the Stourbridge Union workhouse

Union Workhouse, Ticehurst and Flimwell, Sussex
The Ticehurst Union workhouse on Union Street, Ticehurst and Flimwell, Sussex. A uniformed policeman stands at the gate. The workhouse, erected in 1835, was designed by Sampson Kempthorne

Bagthorpe Military Hospital, Nottingham
Soldiers and nurses pose in front of the Bagthorpe Military Hospital - the First World War guise of Nottinghams workhouse infirmary, now part of the City Hospital

Wayland Hospital, Attleborough, Norfolk
Wayland Hospital, originally the Wayland Unions workhouse infirmary, erected at Attleborough, Norfolk, in 1912-13

Union Workhouse, New Cross, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Aerial view of the Wolverhampton Union workhouse at New Cross, Wednesfield (then Staffordshire, today part of the West Midlands district), opened in 1903 and designed by Arthur Marshall

St Lukes Military Hospital, Halifax, West Yorkshire
St Lukes Hospital at Skircoat, Halifax, West Yorkshire, during its First World War occupation as a military hospital. It opened in 1901 as the Halifax Union workhouse infirmary

St Pancras Schools, Leavesden, Hertfordshire
The St Pancras Schools at Leavesden In Hertfordshire. The schools were opened in by the St Pancras Board of Guardians in 1872 to house pauper children in the countryside away from the workhouse

Union Workhouse, Rugby, Warwickshire
The Rugby Union workhouse on Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. The view, seen from the Guardians Board Room, shows the main workhouse building (right of centre)

Union Workhouse, Chard, Somerset
The Chard Union workhouse, also known locally as Sunnylands, in Chard, Somerset. The people in front are presumably the master and matron (right) and porter and nurse (left)

Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg with her children
Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg, Princess Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg with her daughters and future son-in-law in 1915: (l to r) Princess Irma, Alexandra herself

Police Tea Break
A Metropolitan Police officer drinking a cup of tea break on Derby Day. In 1947 over 16 million cups of tea were drunk by the Metropolitan Police

Police Charge Room
Police charge room in a police station Metropolitan Police

Police in Uniform 1977
WPC wearing Surrey cap and PC wearing Queen Elizabeth II helmet plate, EIIR Metropolitan Police

Mile End Old Town Workhouse, East London
Previously part of the Stepney Union, Mile End Old Town in East London became an independent Poor Law Hamlet in 1857. The following year, work began on its new workhouse located on Bancroft Road

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