Urchins Collection (page 2)

WAIFS HEADING TO MISSION
Two street Arabs from the streets of London make for the Edinburgh Castle mission in Limehouse where they will be fed. Date: 1895

Four young boys playing a game with a stick and a stone Date: late 19th century

SEE-SAW / LATE C19TH
A group of children enjoy a makeshift see-saw fashioned from a wooden barrel and a plank of wood taken from a nearby building site Date: late 19th century

STREET ARABS / EGG IN CAP
Three street boys play a game of Egg in the Cap: An egg is thrown into a cap, the owner of which must attempt to strike one of his fellow players as they flee Date: late 19th century

KIDS PULLING ORANGE BOX
A boy and his sister wheel their younger siblings about the streets in a wheelbarrow-like contraption they have made from an orange box and some pram wheels. Date: late 19th century

The Christmas Waits 1848
Town waits, playing their musical instruments while people are standing around listening. From medieval times up to the early 19th century

Marigold seller, India
An old woman sits on a ledge in a back street in Banares, India. She sells marigold flowers. Two boy urchins approach. The flowers are used to make offerings to the River Ganges Date: 1987

Boys on footbridge Stoke
Two small boys and their mongrel dog run up the steps of a railway footbridge in Stoke on Trent Date: 1987

Humorous British Christmas card - a rather stern-faced guardsman is about to get a shock as a bunch of n er-do-well street urchins are following him with a lot of bangers and rockets...!

Boys with toy guns, Balham, SW London
Four boys with three toy guns on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Father Mario Borrelli - Naples
Father Mario Borelli (1922-2007) - Italian Priest, who committed his life to aiding the Scugnizzi - the wild street children and young adults of Naples

Glasgow Boy and Dog at Water Fountain Victorian period Date: 19th century

Girl fetching water Victorian period Date: 19th century

A Christmas Hamper Victorian period Date: 19th century

Boys fishing probably 1950s Date: circa 1950s

Southgate Place, Bath, early 1900s

Little girl climbing on a fence, Balham, SW London
Little girl climbing on a fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Two children on pavement, Balham, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, sitting and lying on the pavement on a street in Balham, SW London. The boy is holding a shovel, and they are both rather dirty. Date: circa 1961

1960s, 60s, sixties, boy, boys, girl, girls, child, children, childhood, balham, street
Three children, a girl and two boys, wondering what to get up to on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Group of children at a gate, Balham, SW London
Group of children standing round a wrought iron gate in front of a house on a Balham street, SW London. They are all smiling and looking at something interesting, perhaps in a window

Group of children sittiing on kerb, Balham, SW London
A group of children sitting on the kerb in a Balham street, SW London, playing with a battered old suitcase. Date: circa 1961

Little boy crying in Balham, SW London
A little boy sitting on the kerb and crying on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys playing football in Balham, SW London
Three boys playing football in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boy keeping goal in Balham, SW London
A boy keeping goal in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys playing in street, Balham, SW London
Boys playing in a street in Balham, SW London. They seem to be playing a game where the loser has to take off an item of clothing. Date: circa 1961

Children with sweets on a Balham street, SW London
Five children in their Sunday best explore a bag of sweets in the doorway of a shop on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Children buying ice cream on a Balham street, SW London
Children buying ice cream from an ice cream van on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1967

Boys playing football in a street, Balham, SW London
Four little boys playing a game of football in a Balham street, SW London. One boy is holding the ball close to his chest. Date: circa 1961

Boys playing a game, Balham, SW London
A group of boys sitting in a circle, playing a game (spin the bottle), on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Two girls with gramophone, Balham, SW London
Two little girls with an old wind-up gramophone and a 78rpm record on a pavement in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boy climbing drainpipe on a Balham house, SW London
A boy climbing the drainpipe of a house in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Group of children playing on a Balham street, SW London. One has a bicycle, another has a toy car, and others are sitting in the remains of an old suitcase

Children eating ice cream on a Balham street, SW London
A group of six children eating ice cream on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Group of children on waste ground, Balham, SW London
A group of children on waste ground in Balham, SW London. The girl standing up seems to be giving a speech or singing a song. Date: circa 1961

Girls with their dolls in a Balham street, SW London
Four girls with their dolls, sitting on the kerb in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys on a go-kart in a Balham street, SW London
Three boys on a go-kart in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Little boy with freckles, Balham, SW London
A little boy with freckles, Balham, SW London. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1961

Girls with doll and parasol, Balham, SW London
Girls with a doll in a cradle, and a parasol, in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Maori Children
Learning to be good Maoris : The youngest children in the class are a little boxed up in their first lesson in old traditional Maori songs which tell the history of the race

Urchin, policeman and puppy -- e ain t lost, I found im. early 1900s

Three boys and a dog on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa early 20th century

Man and boys on a street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Man and boys on a street in the Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Boys on a window ledge, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two boys standing on a window ledge in the Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Invitation, Menu, or Place Setting Card -- three boys grin at a dog from behind a fence. circa early 20th century

Woman police officer with small boys, London
Woman police officer on duty in London, tying the shoelace of a small boy as his friends look on. Date: circa 1920s

Fairies walking on the seabed on a New Year card
Three fairies walking on the seabed on a New Year card, admiring the sea creatures. Date: circa 1890s

Children with toy pram, Balham, SW London
Children playing with a toy pram on a Balham street, SW London. A small girl and a teddy bear are in the pram. Date: circa 1961

Two little girls on a Balham street, SW London
Two little girls in front of a house on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

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