Social Collection (#90)

Glasgow Parkhead industrial area, 1896
A smoke laden view of the Parkhead Industrial Area, Glasgow. Date: 1896

National Childrens Home (NCH) Industrial School, Gravesend. Uniformed boys stand in front of a table bearing a large number of bells of different sizes. Date: 1890s

Glasgow Schools for Orphans of Foreigners designed by James A. Burton. Date: 1882

Glasgow Toll Cross Convent of Good Shepherd Dormitory
Dormitory at the Toll Cross Convent of Good Shepherd. Beside each bed is a small cupboard with a washbowl, soap, glass and toothbrush

Gracie Fields Orphanage, Peacehaven
Gracie Fields and Dora Bryan making music with children at the Gracie Fields Orphanage, Peacehaven. Date: circa 1950s

Glasgow Municipal Family Home interiors
The spacious interiors of a Glasgow Municipal Family Home, precise location not recorded. Date: 1896

Glasgow Municipal Family Home
Exterior of a Glasgow Municipal Family Home, precise location not recorded. Date: 1896

Glasgow Municipal Lodging House Plan
Layout plan of a Glasgow Municipal Lodging House. Date: 1896

Glasgow Municipal Lodging House
A Glasgow Municipal Lodging House, precise location not recorded. Date: 1896

Moffatt Orphanage, Port Glasgow
Boys sit on a bench at the Moffatt Orphanage, Port Glasgow

Glasgow Block of Artisans Dwellings. A china merchants occupies the ground floor. Date: 1896

Miss Annie Macpherson
Annie Macpherson was a promoter and organiser of the emigration of poor and orphan children to Canada in the latter part of the 19th century

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Membership Card
A Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Membership Card issued in 1897. Date: 1896

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Magazine, 1933
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Magazine, May 1933, with a cover picture of HRH The Princess Royal (Countess of Harewood). Date: 1933

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, Church Walks, Llandudno. Date: circa 1907

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge Clifton
The Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge at Clifton, Bristol

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Liverpool Diocesan Lodge
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Diocesan Lodge at 55 Canning Street, Liverpool. Date: circa 1911

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge and Registry, Folkestone
The Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge and Registry at Folkestone

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, Hull
The Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge at 13-14, Wright Street, Hull

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Home, Rostrevor, Co - Down
The Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Home at Rostrevor, County Down

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Home, Prestatyn

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Home of Rest, Malvern Wells
The Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Home of Rest at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Founder Mary Elizabeth Townsen
A portrait of the founder of the Girls Friendly Society (GFS). Mary Elizabeth Townsend

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) - Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver, Staffordshire. Date: circa 1908

St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe - Classroom
St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe. Girls sit in rows in the homes classroom

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Diocesan Lodge, Brixton
Garden of the Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Diocesan Lodge, Brixton SW. Date: circa 1905

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Much Ado About Nothing
Members of a Girls Friendly Society (GFS) drama club rehearse a scene from Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing. Date: circa 1920s

St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe - Girls at Beach
St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe. Girls from the home are at an area just above the beach. Several bathing machines can be seen. The pier (left) was one of the longest in the country

St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe - Dining Hall
St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe. The dining hall is being laid out for tea, with mugs, plates and stacks of sliced bread

Farningham Home for Little Boys General View
Farningham Home for Little Boys - general view. Date: circa 1875

Josiah Masons Orphanage, Erdington, Birmingham
Josiah Masons Orphanage opened in 1868 at Erdington, Birmingham. Date: circa 1905

Farningham Home for Little Boys Cottage
Farningham Home for Little Boys - one of the childrens cottages. Date: circa 1875

Farningham Home for Little Boys Chapel
Farningham Home for Little Boys - the chapel. Date: circa 1875

Dumfries and Maxwelltown Industrial School Band
The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Industrial School fife and drum band. Date: circa 1906

Abbey of St Mary of Nazareth, Hale Lane, Edgware. A graveyard lies at the centre of the picture

National Childrens Home, Edgworth, Lancashire
National Childrens Home (NCH), Edgworth, Lancashire. The Barlow Memorial House, named after the homes benefactor. Date: circa 1900

Dinner-time at Church Army Home, Westminster. Men sit eating at long rows of trestle tables. A uniformed officer is seated at the left. Date: circa 1920

Dublin City Workhouse
A view of the 17-foot-long frontage of the Dublin City Workhouse. Date: 1762

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Workshop
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - boys with planes, mallets, chisels etc in the carpentry workshop. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Girls Day Room
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - girls sit in their day room. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Children in the Sanatorium
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - children in the homes sanatorium. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Boys Dormitory
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - beds lined up in a boys dormitory. A basket for stowing clothes is under each bed. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage
A view of the Derby Railway Servants Orphanage. Date: circa 1908

Barnardos Home Wheelwright
A young wheelwright at an unnamed Barnardos Home. Date: circa 1922

Barnardos Home Tinsmith
A young tinsmith at an unnamed Barnardos Home. Date: circa 1922

Barnardos Home Gardener
A young gardener at an unnamed Barnardos Home. Date: circa 1922

Barnardos Home Carpenters Final Lesson before Australia
Barnardos Home Carpenters having a final lesson in roof construction before their emigration to Australia. Date: 1922

Barnardos - Dame Margarets Home - Washington, Durham
Two women, perhaps the Matron and her assistant, at the gates of Dame Margarets Home, Washington, Durham, one of the homes run by Barnardo s

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