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Industrial School, Kirkdale, Liverpool
The driveway of the Industrial School at Kirkdale opened in 1845 by Liverpools poor law authority. The School housed and educated more than a thousand pauper children away from the workhouse

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Cottage Homes at Fazakerley
Childrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by Liverpools West Derby Union at Fazakerley in 1889. The homes housed 650 pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

Abingdon Union Workhouse, Berkshire
A bird s-eye view of the Abingdon Union workhouse at Abingdon, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). The building, opened in 1835

Bexley Asylum, Kent
Bexley Asylum was opened in 1898 on Old Bexley Lane, Bexley. It was also known as Heath Asylum and later as Bexley Hospital. Date: circa 1915

Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham

Greenwich Childrens Home, Sidcup
Entrance to The Hollies - the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent. A group of children stand inside the gate

Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham - Doctors Residence
Uniformed nurses stand next to the doctors residence at the Western Fever Hospital on Seagrave Road, Fulham. Opened in 1877

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout
Sir Robert Baden-Powell KCB, KCVO, LLD. FRGS, Chief Scout, on the day he opened the South London Scout Exhibition. 13 December 1911

Chepstow Bridge, the fine iron bridge over the River Wye, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. It connects England with South Wales

Norwood Grove House, Streatham, London, was built in 1760 - 61 for John Ambler, a hop merchant. It was extended in the 1830s and opened to the public in 1926. Date: built 1760 - 1761

Fairfield General Hospital, Bury
An aerial view of Fairfield General Hospital at Jericho near Bury, Lancashire. The building was originally opened in 1857 as the Bury Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

St Georges Infirmary, Fulham Road, London
St Georges Infirmary on Fulham Road. Passers-by include a cyclist and a horse-drawn omnibus. The building, designed by Henry Saxon Snell

Rome / Tarpeian Rock 1891
Traditionally, traitors against the Roman state were thrown from this rock to their deaths : it was named after Tarteia who opened the gates Date: 1891

Main entrance, Union workhouse, Tendring, Essex
The main entrance and front driveway of the Tendring Union workhouse at Tendring Heath, Essex. A man, perhaps the workhouse porter, can just be seen

Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London
The entrance to the Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, south east London. The infirmary, originally opened in 1876 as the St Olaves Union Infirmary, later became St Olaves Hospital

Aerial view of The Limes, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Aerial view of the former Biggleswade Union workhouse opened in 1836 on London Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. In 1935 the site became known as The Limes

Bleasdale Reformatory, Garstang, Lancashire
A view of the North Lancashire Reformatory for Boys at Bleasdale, near Garstang, Lancashire which opened in 1857. Reformatories could house convicted juvenile offenders aged under 16 for a period of

Group of boys at Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
A large group of boys at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are sitting on a grassy bank wearing identical uniform

Llwynypia Homes, Rhondda, South Wales
The Llwynypia Homes, Rhondda, South Wales, were opened in 1903 as a subsidiary workhouse for the Pontypridd Poor Law Union

Rosa Betty Uprichard, a variety of large-flowered rose of the Rosaceae family with salmon pink flowers. Seen here in close-up are three partially opened flowers

China / Shanghai Port 1850
Shanghai: one of five ports opened for British trade

The Berlin Observatory, Germany. It was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and opened in 1835

Suez Canal Opened 1869
The procession of boats, one of which carries the French Emperor, passes El Guist, watched by thousands - many of whom are doubtless workers who helped build the Canal

Magdalen Hospital, Southwark
The Magdalen Hospital premises on Great Surrey Street (now Blackfriars Road, Southwark, opened in 1772. Date: early 1800s

Amsterdam Burger Weeshuis (Orphanage) - Catechism
Girls studying the catechism at the Burger Weeshuis (orphanage) on Kalverstraat, Amsterdam, opened in 1580

Amsterdam Burger Weeshuis (Orphanage) - Basketball
Basketball at the Burger Weeshuis (orphanage) on Kalverstraat, Amsterdam, opened in 1580

London Orphan Asylum, Hackney Road, Clapton
A view of the London Orphan Asylum, opened in 1825 at Hackney Road, Clapton. Date: circa 1840

Liverpool Boys Orphan Asylum Band
Members of the Orphan Asylum for Boys band, dressed in sailor suits and holding instruments. The Asylum, on Myrtle Street, Liverpool, opened in 1854. Date: 1890s

Fourth Term, East India Companys Military Seminary
Photograph: Fourth Term, East India Companys Military Seminary, Addiscombe, June 1857. One of 53 photographs. Intended to train the Company

The Heaven Opened - Revelation 4. circa 1688

Bilbao, Spain - Giant Figures - Festival
Semana Grande Festival, the gigante of modern fiestas of Bilbao, Spain - Many Latin festivals include costumed figures known as gigantes y cabezudos, roughly, Giants and Big-Heads. Date: circa 1905

Gordon Ward, Her Majestys Hospital, Barnardos Home, Stepne
Interior of Gordon Ward at Her Majestys Hospital, opened in 1887 as part of the Barnardos complex at Stepney Causeway, East London. Nurses attend the patients who include a small boy with crutches

Medical Examination, Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, Lond
A medical examination at Her Majestys Hospital, opened in 1887 as part of the Barnardos complex at Stepney Causeway, East London. A nurse looks on as a doctor examines a boys arm. Date: circa 1906

Roof of Her Majestys Hospital, Barnardos Home, Stepney Cau
Young inmates and a nurse in a rooftop enclosure at Her Majestys Hospital, opened in 1887 as part of the Barnardos complex at Stepney Causeway, East London. Date: circa 1906

100 years of The Swiss Northern Railway
An old steam locomotive on the track to celebrate 100 years of The Swiss Northern Railway (German: Schweizerische Nordbahn, SNB), informally known as the Spanisch-Brotli-Bahn

Fern fossil in an opened rock. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Old Theatre, Arthur Square. Opened 26 Feb. 1793, Last Performance 13 Mar 1871 - a copy of an engraving(unsharp) with buildings and people and horse vehicle

USA - The Metropolitan Opera House - New York - Metropolitan Opera House. The Metropolitan Opera House was an opera house located at 1411 Broadway in New York City

Abbot Industrial School, Gateshead
An illustration of the Abbot Industrial School opened in 1868 on Durham Road, Gateshead. Date: circa 1868

Kingswood Reformatory Band, Bristol
Boys band in uniform with instruments at the Kingswood Reformatory near Bristol, opened in 1854. After 1933 it became an Approved School known as the Kingswood Training School for Boys

Entertainment at the newly opened Dorchester Hotel
Page from the Tatler, part of a promotional 4-page feature about the newly opened Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, London. Main illustration shows the restaurant which overlooks Hyde Park. Date: 1931

The newly opened Dorchester Hotel
Page from The Tatler, a form of advertorial, promoting the newly opened Dorchester Hotel on Londons Park Lane. Illustration features the entrance

St Nicholas Homes, Pyrford
St Nicholas Homes for physically disabled children at Pyrford, Surrey, opened in 1908 by the Waifs and Strays Society (now the Childrens Society)

St Martins Orthopaedic Hospital And Special School, Pyrford, near Woking, Surrey, opened in 1916 by the Waifs and Strays Society (now the Childrens Society)

Talbot Manor Home for Boys, Bournemouth
The Talbot Manor Home for Boys, Bournemouth, was opened in 1890 by the Waifs and Strays Society (now the Childrens Society). Here, the boys are at work in the Homes garden. Date: circa 1921

Girls Industrial Home, Louise House, Forest Hill, London
The Forest Hill Girls Industrial Home, also known as Louise House, opened in 1891 at Forest Hill, London. Date: early 1900s

Walker Whitman shoe factory, Campello, Boston
The Walker Whitman shoe factory was owned in partnership by William O Walker and William Elbridge Whitman. The factory opened under its name for the purpose of producing shoes for the retail trade

Red Cross Motor badge
During the First World War this label was attached to one of the two motor ambulances owned by Major PHG Powell-Cotton of Quex Park, Birchington

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