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Irish drinker receives warning at Taproom door from Priest
" Ye re not goin into that Public House, are ye, Tim?" " Shure, oi am, Yer Riverance." " Then, do ye know the Divel in goin in wid ye." " Faith, thin

An old Cockney Woman - East London Date: circa 1890s

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Beggar Children Date: circa 1910s

Fern Street Settlement
Poor working class children in Londons East End, queueing up for the Fern Street Settlement, set up in 1905 by Clara Grant; a bundle of toys in exchange for a farthing. Date: early 1930s

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

Smithdown Road Workhouse, Toxteth Park, Liverpool
The Smithdown Road Workhouse, built in 1859 by Liverpools Toxteth Park poor law authority. Date: 1925

Halesowen Workhouse Token
A one penny workhouse token issued in 1813 at Halesowen, then placed in Shropshire. During a national shortage of copper coins in 1812-15

Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham

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

Harraby Hill House Band, Carlisle
The boys band at Harraby Hill House, Carlisle - a home run by the Carlisle poor law union to house children away from the workhouse. The building was formerly St Cuthberts parish workhouse. Date: 1904

1930s poor street in Stepney
A small child stands outside a row of dilapidated houses on a poor street in Stepney in the East End of London. Date: circa 1936

Apres la Guerre no. 5 - postcard drawn by George Ranstead
Humorous drawing on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War. This image, one of a series suggesting what life might be like at the end of the war

Belgium by George Ranstead
Drawing on a postcard showing a small child looking cold and frightened, meant to represent Belgium which had fallen to German forces in the first few weeks of the First World War

Gypsy Camp near Latimer road, London
Sketches of gypsy life: an encampment near Latimer road, Notting Hill. Mr. George Smith, social reformer of Coalville, Leicester, can been seen conversing with a gypsy family in the fore ground. 1879

Poor law childrens hospital ward
A childrens hospital ward, though to be in a workhouse or poor law infirmary. In the scene are nurses, patients, cot beds, babys crib, and a playpen. Date: circa 1912

North Wind Doth Blow
The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then? Poor Thing!

Entrance to West London District School, Ashford, Staines
Staff near the entrance to the West London District School on Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, opened in 1872 as the West London District School for workhouse children from Fulham

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

Hollingbourne Union Workhouse, Kent
The union workhouse - later known as White Heath - at Hollingbourne, Kent, erected in 1836

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

Mr Drouets pauper school, Tooting, Surrey
A view of the school for pauper children, privately run by Bartholomew Peter Drouet at Tooting in Surrey (now south west London). In 1849, a cholera epidemic broke out at the school

Griselda, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales: The Clerks Tale. The marriage of Lord Walter of Saluzzo to Griselda

Gardening, Inebriates Reformatory, Lewes, Sussex
Inmates gardening at the Southern Counties Inebriates Reformatory at Lewes, Sussex. The institution, housed in the former Lewes Union workhouse

Fire drill, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
A fire drill at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control, an organisation privately run by the Rev Harold Burden to house feeble minded

Hull Workhouse, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire
A picture of what is presumably the cricket team of the Kingston-upon-Hull Incorporation workhouse in Hull, Yorkshire. The workhouse master

Old Red Lion Inn and former infant workhouse, Barnet
A view from Barnet Hill, North London (Hertfordshire) of the Old Red Lion inn (left) and a row of cottages. The cottages are said to have formerly housed an infant workhouse operated by the London

Dining Hall, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey
A view from the rear of the dining hall cum chapel (also known as the Great Hall) at what is thought to be the Holborn Union workhouse at Merton Lane, Mitcham, Surrey

Union Workhouse, Vanbrugh Hill, Greenwich, London
An architects aerial view of the Greenwich Union workhouse, erected in 1840 at Vanbrugh Hill, Greenwich, south east London, to a design by R.P. Browne

County Poor House, Burlington, Iowa, USA
The county poor house at Burlington, Iowa, USA. The poor house was a welfare establishment providing accommodation for the destitute, particularly the elderly and chronic sick

House of Industry, Beeton, Ontario, Canada
The House of Industry at Beeton, Ontario. The House of Industry was Canadas equivalent to the British workhouse

Lambeth Union Workhouse, Renfrew Road, London
In 1871-3, a new Lambeth workhouse was built at Renfrew Road to a design by Thomas W Aldwinckle. In 1896, the future star of the silent screen Charles Chaplin (then aged seven)

Children at Eastcliff House, Margate, Kent
Residents outside Eastcliff House, Alexandra Road, Margate, Kent. It was established as a childrens seaside convalescent home by the St Pancras Union in 1896

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex
Girls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan

Union Workhouse, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Entrance gateway to the Grimsby Union workhouse on Scartho Road, Grimsby (then in Lincolnshire, now in South Humberside). The buildings, opened in 1894, were designed by H.C. Scaping

Bury Union Workhouse, Jericho, Lancashire
A distant view of the Bury Union workhouse opened in 1857 at Jericho, Bury, Lancashire. The site later became Fairfield Hospital

Fylde Union Workhouse, Medlar-with-Wesham, Lancashire
The newly erected Fylde Union workhouse at Medlar with Wesham in about 1907. It replaced a previous building at Kirkham. The Wesham site served as a military hospital during World War One

Rochdale Union Cottage Homes, Wardle, Lancashire
A view of the Rochdale Union cottage homes at Wardle, Lancashire. The homes, opened in around 1898, housed pauper children away from the workhouse

Union Workhouse, Haslingden, Lancashire
The Haslingden Union workhouse at Higher Pikelaw, between Haslingden and Rawtenstall, Lancashire. The original workhouse buildings are at the far left

Whiston Hospital, Lancashire
An aerial view of Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Whiston, Lancashire. The site began life in 1843 as the Prescot Union workhouse

Union Workhouse Hospital, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire
The Union Hospital, erected in 1906 as part of the Ashton under Lyne workhouse, Lancashire. The site is now Tameside Hospital

Fylde Union Workhouse, Kirkham, Lancashire
The Fylde Union Workhouse on Moor Lane, Kirkham, Lancashire. The building was opened in 1844 but in 1907 was replaced by a larger building at Wesham

Chorlton Hospital, Manchester
Entrance to Chorlton Hospital, part of the large complex of buildings on Nell Lane, Withington - originally the Chorlton Union workhouse

Hothfield Common and West Ashford Workhouse, Kent
A view of Hothfield Common near Ashford, Kent. A girl stands with a parasol. In the distance is the West Ashford Union workhouse, later Hothfield Hospital

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport
Administration block of Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. The hospital was opened as Stepping Hill Infirmary by the Stockport Union in 1905 to improve on the medical facilities that existed at

Shirley Warren Infirmary, Southampton
Ward interior at Shirley Warren Infirmary, Southampton. It was erected by Southampton Incorporation (Southamptons poor relief authority) in 1902 at a site on Tremona Road, Shirley Warren

Inmates of Union Workhouse, Shipston on Stour, Worcs
Aged female inmates of the Union workhouse believed to be at Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire. The women are wearing the typical workhouse uniform of long dress, shawl, apron, and bonnet

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