Scrubs Collection

Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. It was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890

Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
A general view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The prison was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890

Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor

Kings College students on buses
Kings College students in high spirits, on two buses which are about to leave the Strand campus for Wormwood Scrubs (an open space in west London, not the prison!) for a football match

Ernest Willows and his mechanic, W Goodden
Ernest Willows and his mechanic, W. Goodden, starting at Wormwood Scrubs on the flight to Paris in the Willows No3 City of Cardiff airship on 4 November 1910

Indian Elephant been rubbed down with a birch broom and water, to prevent skin from cracking. Date: 1896

Railway cutting works at Wormwood Scrubs, West London. Date: circa 1840s

Wormwood Scrubs - Church Service
A church service in progress in the chapel at Wormwood Scrubs prison, London. Date: circa 1945

Wormwood Scrubs - Prison Cell
Interior of a cell at Wormwood Scrubs prison, London. Date: circa 1945

SOCIAL / WORKING CHILDREN
Two little girls: while one holds the baby, the other scrubs the floor Date: 1881

RNAS standard Rolls Royce armoured car, WW1
RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) standard Rolls Royce armoured car, at Wormwood Scrubs, used during the First World War. Date: 1915

Midday mealtime, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, return to their individual cells for their midday dinner. Uniformed prison warders watch as prisoners climb the metal staircases to the galleries

Scrubbing Woodwork
A French housemaid scrubs down the woodwork using Hudsons powdered soap and a bowl of hot water Date: 1878

Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - Household Work
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - a girls scrubs the floor with brush and bucket. Date: 1890s

World War One Royal Navy Truck / Lorry, Wormwood Scrubs
World War One Royal Navy Truck/Lorry, Wormwood Scrubs, London, near Shepherds Bush, County of London, England. Date: 1910s

Firefighters in action, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a rubber dump fire, Mitre Wharf, Scrubs Lane, NW10, on 5 June 1958. Date: 1958

Scrubbing Kitchen Floor
A housewife kneels down as she scrubs the kitchen floor with a scrubbing brush and an enamel bucket of water. Date: 1940s

Bakery, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Scene in the bakery at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London. Prisoners are making bread under the supervision of the prison cook who wears a chefs overalls and hat

Chain room, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
The chain room at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The walls are lined with chains and handcuffs. A prison inmate is at work

War Office at Wormwood Scrubs
A War Office filing clerk in his temporary office, a cell at the Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London. The prison was requisitioned by the War Office at the outbreak of war in 1939

Farmer Scrubs Cow
A dairy farmer scrubs down his cows using Hudsons Dry Soap while the women wash the churns & pails

Housemaid Scrubbing 1886
Friday: The housemaid scrubs the staircase

Social / Working Children
Two working-class girls: while one holds the baby, the other scrubs the floor

Scrubbing Step
A housemaid scrubs the front step of a London house while the cook goes out to do her early morning marketing

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