Social Collection (#87)

Agnes Parr Nursery, Streatham
Small children stand at the gate of the Agnes Parr Nursery, Streatham, in South London

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Laundry
Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell. Girls at work in the laundry, some ironing. Date: circa 1902

Fegans Homes, Stony Stratford - Chapel
Fegans Homes, Stony Stratford. Chapel interior. Date: circa 1910

Barnardos Home, Stepney, London - Her Majestys Hospital
Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. Her Majestys Hospital was purpose built for Barnardos and in its day was one of the best equipped childrens hospitals in London. Date: circa 1906

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Choir & Bell-ringers
Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell. The boys choir and team of bell-ringers with their instruments

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Boys at Drill
Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell. Boys perform a drill exercise holding dumb-bells

Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook
The Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook, North London, designed by Mr G. Somers. Date: 1863

St Marys Home, Southend on Sea
Staff and children outside St Marys Home, / School Southend on Sea

South Stoneham Workhouse Laundry
Women at work in the laundry of the South Stoneham Workhouse, Hampshire

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Boys at Brighton
Children - apparently just the boys - from Spurgeons Orphanage at Stockwell on a seaside outing to Brighton. Date: circa 1913

National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Boys Wing
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Boys Houses

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Home of Rest, Bangor, County Down

Hampstead Orphan Working School. Date: circa 1909

National Refuges Home for Boys and Girls, Royston
The National Refuges Home for Boys and Girls, formerly the Home for Little Girls. From the late 1920s, the establishment was used as a boys home

Cadet Inspection, poss. at Bradwall Training School, Holmes
Cadet Inspection believed to be at Bradwall Training School (later known as Saltersford Reformatory) for Boys, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. Date: circa 1920

Royston Home for Little Girls
The Home for Little Girls, Royston, Hertfordshire. From the late 1920s, the establishment was used as a boys home

Shustoke Industrial School Rifle Team
The 1912 Miniature Rifle Shooting team from the Shustoke Industrial School for boys at Coleshill near Birmingham. Date: 1912

St Andrews Waifs and Strays Societys Home, Reading
Boys playing cricket and other games at the St Andrews Waifs and Strays Societys Home, Reading. Date: circa 1905

Provincial Police Orphanage, Redhill - House and Garden Fron
Provincial Police Orphanage, Redhill, Surrey. House and garden from the front

Provincial Police Orphanage, Redhill - Rear View and Entranc
Provincial Police Orphanage, Redhill, Surrey. View of entrance at rear

Ripon Episcopal Palace
The former Bishops Palace on the outskirts of Ripon was used as a Barnardos Home in the 1940s. Date: circa 1908

Provincial Police Orphanage, Redhill - Scout Troop
Provincial Police Orphanage, Redhill, Surrey. The homes Scout Troop (5th Reigate) on parade

Rev WJ - Mayers
Rev W.J. Mayers holding a baby. Mayers was Senior Deputation Secretary for Dr Barnardos Homes and particularly involved in overseas fund-raising in countries such as Canada and Australia

Fegans Distributing Home, Toronto
The Distributing Home at George Street, Toronto, used to house new emigrants from James Fegans childrens homes in England

Liverpool Seamens Orphanage - Opening Ceremony in Dining Ha
Liverpool Seamens Orphanage opened by the Duke of Edinburgh, popularly known as the Sailor Prince. Date: 1872

Kilmacolm Sailors Orphan Homes Valentines
A view of the Sailors Orphan Homes, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire

Fegans Canada Farm Home, Goudhurst
The Canada Training Farm at Goudhurst, Kent, set up by James Fegan to train boys before they emigrated to Canada

Kingswood Reformatory, Bristol - Band
Boys on rifle drill parade at the Kingswood Reformatory, near Bristol. The Schools Band stands alongside. Date: circa 1901

John Grooms Girls make Roses for Alexandra Day
Girls at John Grooms Orphanage, Sekforde Street, London make Roses for Alexandra Day. Date: circa 1920

Liverpool Seamens Orphanage Opening Royal Party at Entrance
Liverpool Seamens Orphanage opened by the Duke of Edinburgh, popularly known as the Sailor Prince. The royal party arrive at the entrance. Date: 1872

Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers Schools, Purley Playing Fi
Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers Schools, Purley, Surrey. Girls playing hockey

The Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey Playground
The Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey Children in the playground. Date: circa 1908

The Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey - Classroom
The Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey. A class of boys and girls sit at their desks while a teacher stands at the blackboard. Date: circa 1908

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - New Hall
Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. A view of the New Hall. Date: circa 1906

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Girls Drill
Girls perform a drill routine with sticks. Date: circa 1906

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Gymnasium
Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. Gymnasium interior. Date: circa 1906

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Dormitory
Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. Rows of beds in a dormitory. Date: circa 1906

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. View of the main building. Date: circa 1906

Commercial Travellers School, Pinner - Girls Sewing Class
Commercial Travellers School, Pinner. Girls cutting out material and sewing by hand or by machine

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Boys Drill
Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. Boys Boys perform a drill routine. Date: circa 1906

Pembury, Kent - Union Church
A view of the Union Church (later known as Pembury Free Church), Pembury, Kent. Date: circa 1912

National Childrens Home (NCH), Frodsham - Ploughing
Boys from the National Childrens Home (NCH) branch at Newton Hall, Frodsham, near Warrington. Two are hoeing the ground, another is leading a horse-drawn plough

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Industrial School - Gymnastics
Boys from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Industrial School give a display of gymnastics. Date: circa 1904

National Childrens Home (NCH) Boys Off to Canada
A party of boys from branches of the National Childrens Home (NCH) onboard a ship about to set sail for Canada

Mrs Louisa Birt
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. From 1873 to 1915 she was Superintendent of the Liverpool Sheltering Home. Date: circa 1910

Men Chop Firewood at Morning Post Embankment Home
Men chop firewood at a home on Londons Embankment sponsored by the Morning Post newspaper during a period of severe unemployment. Date: circa 1920

Monks at Work, Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire. In the 1860s and 1870s, the monks ran a boys reformatory

Mrs Rachel Merry
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. Rachel and her husband Joseph Merry superintended Macphersons Home of Industry for several years

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