Poverty Collection (page 10)

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

Alexandra Orphanage, Haverstock Hill, North London
The Alexandra Orphanage on Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, North London. Nursery children are at play while nurses keep watch

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)

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

Boundary Park Hospital, Oldham, Lancashire
Arched entrance to Boundary Park Municipal Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, Lancashire. The hospital began life in 1851 as the Oldham Union workhouse

Southgate Place, Bath, early 1900s

Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904

Kabyle Children - Algeria. The Kabyle are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimate population today approx. 5 million individuals. Date: 1910

Poor Macedonian Beggar Woman and her dog
Poor Macedonian Beggar Woman sitting on the pavement with her dog beside her. Date: circa 1920s

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

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

Carrying-in boy in Alexandria Glass Factory, Alexandria, Va. Works on day shift one week and night shift next week. See photo 2261. Location: Alexandria, Virginia. Date 1911 June

Josie, six year old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, 10 years old, all shuck regularly. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. Date 1911 February

Addie Card, anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. See photo No. 1056. Location: Vermont. Date 1910 August

Great Depression (USA) cartoon
Great Depression cartoon. We re on our ass. Here we are together ON OUR ASS. If this depression don t improve, We ll all be forced TO DIGEST GRASS ! Date: 1930s

Indian encampment - Hop Picking Season - Washington State Date: 1909

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

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

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

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

Rowton House, Arlington Road, Camden, London
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden, north west London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men

Ground Floor Plan, Rowton House, Camden, London
The entrance floor plan of the Rowton House opened in 1905 on Arlington Road, Camden, north west London, to provide cheap accommodation for working men

Muller Orphanage, Ashley Down, Bristol
Part of the orphanage or childrens home established by George Muller in the Ashley Down area of Bristol

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

Frying Pan Alley, East End of London
A view of Frying Pan Alley, a narrow thoroughfare in the Spitalfields area of Londons East End

House to Let, Chapel Street, Spitalfields, East London
A run-down building described as a House to Let on Chapel Street, Spital Square, Spitalfields, in the East End of London. A line of children watch the photographer

Leman Street, Whitechapel, East London
A view down Leman Street towards the docks in the Whitechapel area of Londons East End. A few horse-drawn vehicles can be seen. Tramlines run down the centre of the road

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

Woman tramp sitting at side of road
A female tramp, her skin tanned by the outdoor life, sits by the road, her bag of possessions at her side. Although her body is well wrapped in overcoat and hat, her feet are in open sandals

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

Itinerant family on the road
An itinerant family - two parents and six children, plus a pram - who, for reasons unknown, are on the road. With little or no money they might have to spend each night in a workhouse casual ward

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

Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, London
A ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The room is decorated with potted plants and pictures. The floor is bare apart from a strip of matting

Insane tramp on the road
A tramp, aged 24, on the road, said to be insane by the former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray, who in the 1920s had a particular concern for tramps and vagrants

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)

Industrial Farm Colony, Duxhurst, Surrey
Inmates at the Industrial Farm Colony for Female Inebriates, Duxhurst, Surrey. Founded in 1895 by Lady Henry Somerset, the colony provided care for women alcoholics

White Oak School, Swanley, Kent
General view of the White Oak School, Swanley, Kent. The school was established in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the treatment of ophthalmia, a highly infectious condition of the eyes

Arnos Court Reformatory for Girls, Bristol
Inmates and staff at Arnos Court Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls in Bristol, opened in 1856. It was later known as St Josephs Reformatory, then in 1933 became St Josephs Approved School

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

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