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Furnishing Trades Cottage Homes, RadlettChildrens cottage homes opened in 1905 at Radlett, Hertfordshire, by the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association. Date: 1905
Court Moor Home for Motherless Children, CrookhamThe Court Moor (or Courtmoor) Home for Motherless Children, opened in1918 by the Church Army at Crookham, near Fleet, Hampshire. Date: Date unknown
Bradstock Lockett Hospital HomeGirls, one holding a crutch, and staff in a dormitory at the Hospital Home - sometimes referred to as the Home for Crippled Children - opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1902 at Southport
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Coo - you ought to have seen oursThe Caption reads Coo! You ought to have seen ours. The bombs look like what were called Butterfly bombs. These were anti-personnel weapons dropped for people to pick up
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good EggThe caption is Good Egg. As the egg has not yet been opened let us hope so. A good egg is of course used to describe a reliable person
The Great Wheel built for Empire of India Exhibition LondonThe Great Wheel was built for the Empire of India Exhibition at Earls Court, London, in the United Kingdom. Construction began in March 1894 at the works of Maudslay
19th c. photograph: Gotthard Rail tunnel, SwitzerlandGotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, is a 15.kilometre-long railway tunnel and forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland)
Advertising insert for the newly opened Selfridges department store on Oxford Street, placed in Printers Pie magazine for that year. Date: 1909
The Westminster Unions industrial school for pauper children, opened in 1851 on St James Road, Wandsworth. From 1904, it was used as a workhouse by the Wandsworth Union
Bethlehem HospitalView of the new Bethlehem hospital building opened in 1815 in St Georges Fields. Date: 1875
Surrey GardensView of Surrey Gardens in 1860. Royal Surrey Gardens opened in 1856, as pleasure gardens in Newington, Surrey, London in the Victorian period, slightly east of The Oval
Music HallView of the Music Hall Surrey Gardens. Royal Surrey Gardens opened in 1856 as pleasure gardens in Newington, Surrey, London in the Victorian period, slightly east of The Oval
Belsize HouseView of Belsize House in 1800. Belsize House was rebuilt in 1663 in the restoration style. In 1720 it opened as a pleasure garden with concerts, dancing, fishing, hunting and racing
Smallpox HospitalView of the Smallpox Hospital in Kings Cross opened in 1793-94. It was demolished around 1850 to make way for the St Pancras railway station and replaced by the Highgate Smallpox
Entrance to London ZooView of the entrance to the zoological gardans 1840. London Zoo is the worlds oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828
The Albert Memorial, London, close to the Royal Albert Hall, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861
University College in Gower Street, London, opened in 1826. Date: 1875
Tottenham Street TheatreA view of Tottenham Street Theatre in 1830. it was opened in 1772 on Charlotte Street and Tottenham Street, London. It later became the Scala Theatre that was eventually demolished after a fire in
St James TheatreThe St Jamess Theatre was in King Street, St Jamess, London. It opened in 1835 and was demolished in 1957. Date: 1875
Memorial Plaque for Little Talbot House - Ypres, BelgiumThis is on the wall of No 83 Rijselstraat in Ypres and marks the site of the little brother of Talbot House (Toc H) which opened on 13 November 1917
The Australian Diggers Memorial, Plugstreet ExperienceThe 14-18 Experience Museum was opened on 9 November 2013 and on that day a splendid bas relief of Australian miners digging underground was unveiled. It was donated by Ross J
The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, BelgiumTalbot House, a rest house for soldiers and officers, was started by Padre Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton and was officially opened on 11 December 1915
Exterior of the London HippodromeExterior, showing entrance, of the brand new London Hippodrome, when it opened in January 1900. Built by theatre architect Frank Matcham for Edward Moss (Moss Empires Limited)
Spurgeons Orphanage, StockwellStockwell orphanage, founded by Charles Spurgeon, opened in 1869 off Stockwell Park Road, on a site which is now part of the Stockwell Park Estate. The building was bombed in World War Two
Barnardos Carter Home, ClaphamThe Carter Home for Destitute Boys opened by Barnardos in 1870 on the High Street, Clapham. Date: circa 1907
Overhead Electric Railway Station, Liverpool Docks 1893A station (probably Canada Dock) on the Overhead Electric Railway Line running through Liverpool Docks, in the year of the services opening. The line was seven miles long. Date: 1893
Railway station at Lime Street, Liverpool 1838Entrance to the railway station at Lime Street, Liverpool, two years after its opening. Date: 1838
Railway station at Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, at the time of its opening. It later became known as Liverpool Exchange railway station
Railway station at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, showing the opening celebrations. Date: 1850
Railway station at Evesham, Worcestershire 1852Railway station at Evesham, Worcestershire, on the occasion of its opening. Date: 1852
Wadsley Asylum, SheffieldA view of Wadsley Asylum opened in 1872 near Sheffield. It was various known as the South Yorkshire Asylum, the West Riding Asylum
St Anns Girls Home, AmblesideA view of the St Annes Home for Girls, Ambleside, Westmorland. The home was opened in 1907 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1911
Quarriers Glasgow City Orphan HomeThe Glasgow City Orphan Home opened by James Quarrier in 1875. Date: Date unknown
Mullers Orphan Houses - Swimming BathInterior of the swimming bath opened in 1910 at Mullers New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: circa 1910
RAOB Orphanage, SouthboroughThe orphanage at Southborough, Kent, opened in 1924 by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. Date: Date unknown
Islington Workhouse / Hillside InstitutionAn aerial view of Hillside Institution on St Johns Road, Islington, run by the London County Council. Designed by R.H. Burden, The building was opened in 1870 as the Islington workhouse
Bila Labut (department store)Advertisement for ladies wear at Bila Labut, a department store opened in Prague in 1939. Date: 1940
Magna Carta being opened by tin-opener on return to LincolnThe Magna Carta being opened by a tin-opener (from its hermetically-sealed container) on its return to Lincoln Cathedral from America where it had been on loan since 1939
Heating engineer viewing House of Commons chamberEngineer in charge of heating and air-conditioning for the House of Commons viewing the chamber through a 65 foot long periscope. Date: 1950
Aberdeen Municipal Lodging House, opened on East North Street in 1897 and designed by the partnership of Marshall and Dick. Date: 1897
Horton Epileptic Colony / St Ebbas Hospital, EpsomA view of the Horton Epileptic Colony, opened in 1903 on Hook Road, Epsom. In 1918 it became the Ewell War Hospital, then was renamed St Ebbas Hospital in 1938. Date: 1903
Battersea new Ladies Swimming BathThe new Ladies Swimming Bath opened in 1904 by Battersea Council on Burns Road. Date: 1904
Battersea Council Workmans HomesA view of the new Workmans Homes, opened in 1905 by Battersea Council on Theatre Street. Date: 1905
National Childrens Home, Alverstoke, HampshireChildren and their teacher in a classroom at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke. The folding doors allowed one whole side of the room to be opened to the fresh air and sunshine
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - PantryPantry at the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade HomeA view of the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - KitchenKitchen at the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899
Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home - HallAssembly hall of the new Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home opened in 1899 on Fountainbridge. Date: circa 1899