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New Lambeth Bridge
The construction of new Lambeth Bridge, a five span bridge, designed by George Humphreys. Work started in 1929 and the bridge was opened by King George V in 1932. Date: early 1930s

Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, Lancashire, England, the original terminus for the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, which was opened in 1830. Date: 1960s

Sailing boats passing the swing bridge - Cairo, Egypt
Dhows passing through an open swing bridge on the River Nile - Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1930s

Pretty girl with a big fan
Pretty young French girl with a beautiful big green fan adorned with flowers. Date: circa 1900s

The last of the Qantas-built DH50s at Longreach in August 1929. de Havilland DH50J, VH-ULG, Hippomenes, and a DH61 opened the first regular Australia/England service on 10 December 1934

Aqueduct on the Bridgewater Canal at Barton, opened in 1761. People regarded it as a marvel and flocked from afar to see boats sailing over the bridge whilst barges passed below

Crimean War. The bombardment of Odessa. On April 10th, 1854 thirty-two French and British ships opened fire on Odessa. Litography. SPAIN. Barcelona

Railway line Barcelona-Matar, opened the 28th October 1848. Litography

Princess Mary Village Homes, Addlestone, Surrey
Children at the Princess Mary Village Homes for Little Girls, Addlestone. The cottage homes style development opened in 1870 as an Industrial School for girls placed there by magistrates for reasons

Workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam
View of the workhouse on Roetersstraat, Amsterdam. The building was opened in 1782. From 1875, it was officially to as a poorhouse or hospice. Date: circa 1800

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Mill Road Hospital
Mill Road Hospital, opened in 1893 by Liverpools West Derby Union. Date: 1925

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Seafield House, Seaforth
Seafield House, a home for mental defectives, was opened in 1914 by Liverpools West Derby Union in a former convent at Seaforth. Date: 1925

Cottage Homes at Wavertee, Liverpool
Childrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by the Liverpool poor law authority at Olive Mount, Wavertree, in 1898. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

St Lukes Workhouse, Old Street, London
A design by architect Henry Saxon Snell for additions to St Lukes Workhouse on Old Street. The new buildings, opened in 1879, contained administrative offices and infirm wards for 930 inmates

Poplar Hospital for Accidents, London
The Poplar Hospital for Accidents opened in 1855 on East India Dock Road, Poplar. The busy street includes many pedestrians together with several horse-drawn wagons. Date: circa 1914

Poplar & Stepney Sick Asylum, London

Boys Band at Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Lamorbey, Sidcu
The boys band, posed with their instruments, at the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent. The homes name can be seen on the bass drum

London Lock Hospital, Hyde Park
A view of the London Lock Hospital, Hyde Park. The hospital was opened in 1747 to treat patients with venereal diseases. Date: 1831

Union Workhouse, Ipswich, Suffolk
A bird s-eye view plan of the new Ipswich union workhouse designed by Stephen Salter and H Percy Adams with Lister Newcombe. The building, on Great Whip Street, opened in 1899. Date: 1899

Brentford Workhouse entrance
New buildings, opened in 1902, at the Brentford Union workhouse on Twickenham Road, Isleworth. Behind the entrance lodge stand a receiving block for new arrivals, a block housing boys on remand

London Fire Brigade Lambeth HQ, inscription on the Main Building

The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island, City of New York, opened February 1, 1937. Poster for the City of New York Department of Docks, showing five ocean liners. Date 1937

Boys at Truant School, Highbury Grove
Boys in their uniform at the London County Councils Truant School at Highbury Grove in North London opened in 1891. Date: 1895

Erdington Cottage Homes Girls Netball Team
Girls 1926-27 netball team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Western Hospital, Fulham
Frontage of the Western Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Seagrave Road, Fulham. It was the fourth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which in 1869 became responsible

Hellingley Hospital, Hailsham, Sussex
An aerial view of Hellingley Hospital, near Hailsham, Sussex. The institution originally opened in 1903 as the East Sussex County Asylum was also later known as the East Sussex County Mental

Peterborough Jail
The entrance to Peterborough Gaol (or Jail). The prison, designed by W J Donthorn, opened in 1842 but was closed in 1878. Part of the old building is now used as a restaurant. Date: 1905

Wolverhampton Union Workhouse, Staffordshire

East London Industrial School brass band
The boys military-style brass band at the East London Industrial School. The boys are posed in uniform with instruments. The School opened in 1873 at 43 Leman Street Whitechapel but by 1909 was

Darenth Asylum - Day-room

Erdington Cottage Homes Girls Hockey Team
Girls 1926-27 hockey team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Truant School, Highbury Grove, London
The London County Councils Truant School at Highbury Grove in North London opened in 1891. Date: 1895

Erdington Cottage Homes Holiday - Boys Band at Rhyl, North

East Preston Union Workhouse, Sussex
A view of the East Preston Union Workhouse in Sussex, opened in 1873. Date: Date unknown

St Georges Union Receiving House and Casual Ward, Wallis Ya
A London workhouse establishment opened in 1884 by the St Georges Union on Walliss Yard (now Warwick Row), Westminster. It was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: 1884

Western Fever Hospital, Fulham

Erdington Cottage Homes Girls Swimming Team
Girls swimming team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Sheet Glass Making at Cooksons Glass Works, South Shields
Interior of a sheet-glass-making shop at Cooksons Glass Works, South Shields. A man blows into a pipe leading into a tubular bubble of glass which will then be opened out to form a sheet. Date: 1844

Erdington Cottage Homes Boys Swimming Team
Boys swimming team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Carpentry Workshop at St Pancras Schools, Leavesden, Hertfor
Boys saw and plane wood in the carpentry workshop at the St Pancras Schools at Leavesden In Hertfordshire. The schools were opened in by the St Pancras Board of Guardians to house pauper children

New arrivals at Truant School, Highbury Grove
New arrivals at the London County Councils Truant School at Highbury Grove in North London opened in 1891. Date: 1895

Darenth Asylum
The Darenth Schools, near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London

South-Western Hospital, Stockwell, London
Part of the South Western Fever Hospital, opened in 1871 on Landor Road, Stockwell. With facilities for fever and smallpox patients

Station at Whittingham Asylum, Lancashire
The terminus station at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum

Police Convalescent Home near Goring-on-Thames, Oxon
Exterior view of the Police Convalescent Home, known as Flint House, near Goring-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire. It was officially opened by the Queen Mother in 1988

Convalescent Police Seaside Home, Hove, East Sussex
A close-up of the sign outside the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 205 Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex. The building opened in the mid-1960s, and closed in 1988. Date: late 1960s

Opening of the docks at Birkenhead
The docks were opened on the 5th April 1847, with a great number of people coming to view the event. Steamers crossed from Birkenhead to Liverpool and back again for the whole day

Australia House Statue
The fine statuatory group at the entrance to Australia House, Strand, London. Officially opened in 1918, home of the Australian High Commission. Date: 1918

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