Waifs Collection (page 4)

St Agathas Girls Home, Princes Risborough
Girls in the garden of the St Agathas Girls Home at Queens Road, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1909. Date: 1920s

Stockwell College Girls / St Elizabeths Home, Clapham
Girls from Stockwell College present Christmas stockings to children from the St Elizabeths Receiving Home, Clapham. The home was established by the Waifs

St Judes Home for Girls, Selhurst, London
A sketch of St Judes Home for Girls at Selhurst, south-east London. Originally established in 1862, the home was taken over by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1904. Date: 1920s

Audenshaw Home for Girls, Lancashire
Children and staff at the girls home on Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw, Lancashire. The home was established in 1894 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Girls Sewing at St Barnabas Home, New Brighton, Cheshire
Girls from the St Barnabas Home on Montpellier Crescent, New Brighton, engaged in sewing. The home was opened in 1898 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Children from Scholfield Home, Wavertree, at Conway
Children from the Scholfield Home, Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, play at sea nymphs on the beach on a trip to Conway in North Wales

St Annes Home for Girls, Ambleside, Westmorland
Children and staff of the St Annes Home for Girls, Ambleside, Westmorland. The home was opened in 1907 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Boys from Morfa Home, Newquay, Cornwall
Boys from the Morfa Home at Newquay on the towns beach. The home, on Cliff Road, Newquay, was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1909. Date: 1920s

Dulwich Home Girls at Southbourne, Dorset
A seaside trip to Southbourne for residents of the Home for Girls at 62 Overhill Road, East Dulwich. The original home, the first to be established by the Waifs and Strays Society

Meal-time at St Saviours Home for Girls, Harrow
Girls in the dining-room at the Home for Girls in Harrow, Middlesex. The home, originally established by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1883

Children at Scholfield Home, Wavertree, Liverpool
Children holding soft toys at the entrance to the Scholfield Home, Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool. The home, originally opened in 1897 in the home of the Scholfield sisters was taken over by

Boys and Cow at Hedgerley Home, Buckinghamshire
Two boys and a cow the Hedgerley Court Farm Home For Boys after their arrival in Canada in 1924. The home was opened in 1893 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: Circa 1924

Boys from Frome Home at Weymouth
Boys from the Sunnyside Boys Home, Oakfield Road, Frome, on holiday at Weymouth. The Frome home was opened in 1888 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Children at Beckenham Home, Kent
Young residents of St Hildas Home For Girls, Crescent Road, Beckenham. The home was opened in 1905 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Emigrants to Canada from Hedgerley Farm Home, Buckinghamshir
Emigrants to Canada from the Hedgerley Court Farm Home For Boys. The home was opened in 1893 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1924

Farm Buildings at Hedgerley Home, Buckinghamshire
Farm buildings at the Hedgerley Court Farm Home For Boys after their arrival in Canada in 1924. The home was opened in 1893 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: Circa 1924

Boys Receiving Home, Stockwell
Boys, one sitting on a swing, and member of staff at the boys receiving home, 197 Clapham Road, Stockwell, London. The home, opened in 1914 by the Waifs and Strays Society

Girl from St Olaves Home, Exeter
Annie - an inmate of St Olaves Home For Girls, Bartholomew Street, Exeter, Devon. The home was opened in 1894 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Orphan Girls Emigrating to Canada
Girls on board the RMS Canada, June 13th 1924, in an emigration party to Canada organised by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1924

Amphlett House Home, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
Amphlett House Home for Boys, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, opened by the Waifs and Stray Society in 1924. Date: 1924

St Catharines Girls Home, Stroud Green, London
Children and staff at the entrance to St Catharines Girls Home, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, London. The home, originally and independent institution

Sisters at St Gabriels Home for Girls, Kettering
A portrait of two young sisters, both residents of St Gabriels Home for Girls, The Broadway, Kettering. The home was opened in 1905 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Wellingborough Boys Home Picnic
Boys and staff from the Hatton Home, Broad Green, Wellingborough, on an Easter picnic. The homes premises, previously known as Hatton Hall, was donated to the Waifs and Strays Society in 1913

Waifs and Strays Society, First Emigration Party
The first emigration party organised by the Waifs and Strays Society to send some of children in its care to Canada. Date: 1924

Girls on See-saw, St Dorotheas Home, Bournemouth, opened in 1915 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Printing Shop, St Aldhelms Home, Frome
Men at work in the printing workshop at St Aldhelms Home, Oakfield Road. Frome. Linked to the nearby Sunnyside Boys Home, the print works produced literature for the Waifs and Strays Society

Girls Sewing at St Cuthberts Home, Darlington
Girls occupied at needlework at the St Cuthberts Home, Cleveland Avenue, Darlington, County Durham. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1893. Date: 1920s

Laundry at St Oswalds Home, Cullercoats, Northumberland
Women at work in the laundry at the St Oswalds Home for Girls, Mast Lane, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1896

Playground at St Cuthberts Home, Darlington
Children on swings in the playground at the St Cuthberts Home, Cleveland Avenue, Darlington, County Durham. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1893. Date: 1920s

Bootmakers Workshop, St Martins Home, Pyrford, Surrey
Some of the residents in the boot-making workshop of the St Martins Orthopaedic Hospital And Special School, Pyrford, near Woking, Surrey

Government Inspectors Visit to Canadian Emigrant
A Canadian Government Inspector visits a young emigrant from Britain to Canada, placed there by the Waifs and Strays Society

St Lawrences Home For Girls, Worcester
Children and staff on the fire escape at St Lawrences Home For Girls, Bath Road, Worcester. The home was established in the 1880s by Lady Alice Nelson

Brighton Childrens Home, Sussex
Residents of the Waifs and Strays Societys Home For Girls, at Egremont Place, Brighton. The home was originally opened in 1854 as the Brighton and Hove Industrial School

Former Kitchener Home Boy in Canada
A former inmate of the Kitchener Memorial Home For Boys, 122 Hillfield Avenue, Hornsey, after his emigration to Canada. The home, operated by the Waifs and Strays Society, could house 50 boys

Galloway Home, Whalley Range, Cheshire
Children stand in front of the Galloway Home at 34 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, near Manchester The home was established in 1875 by Miss Galloway who, for 35 years, ran it single-handed

St Winifreds Receiving Home, Clapham Park, Balham
St Winifreds Home, Thornton Road, Clapham Park, Balham - formerly the Clapham Home of Rest for Girls Out of Situation, and later the St Annes Home for Girls

St Augustines Boys Home, Sevenoaks, Kent
Children and staff at St Augustines Boys Home, Sevenoaks, Kent, also known as the Peace Home. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1921. Date: Circa 1921

Edward Rudolf
A portrait at the age of 70 of Edward de Montjoie Rudolf (1852 -1933), founder in 1881 of the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1922

Pickering Girls Home, Hull, Yorkshire
The Pickering Girls Home at Hull, opened in 1915 by the Waifs and Strays Society. The home was named after its benefactor Christopher Pickering. Date: Circa 1921

Kitchener Memorial Home, Hornsey, London
The Kitchener Home for Boys, opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1918 at 122 Hillfield Avenue, Hornsey. Date: Circa 1921

St Marys Childrens Home, Cheam, Surrey
Children and staff outside the St Marys Home for Girls, on Sandy Lane, Cheam, was opened in 1914 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: Circa 1921

Waifs and Strays Society Corporate Seal
The corporate seal of the Church of Englands Waifs and Strays Society, founded in 1881 by Edward Rolf. Date: Circa 1921

Young children on the street with the youngest in a pram
Carriage Folk? Certainly not a fancy carriage in sight for these three! Date: 1900

Two young children discuss the merits of piano size
" Do you like them big pianners better than the likkle uns Aurelia?" " No, Dolpaus, they take up to much room; an besides they don t make any more noise than the little uns

A rather tall tale of the largest fish ever caught
" My Father e once caught a fishas big -as our street!" " Well, then, it must ave bin a Whale." " Garn, e were baitin wi Whales!" Date: 1901

The Pageant of the Child, Wandsworth, London
Scene from The Pageant of the Child, a set of beautifully staged tableaux produced by the Waifs and Strays Society at Wandsworth Town Hall, London

Waifs and Strays Society appeal advertisement
An appeal for funds by the Waifs and Strays Society featuring a picture of four-year-old Violet, one of a family of eight motherless children

Dr Barnardos Musical Boys
The National Waifs Association (Dr Barnardos Homes) - Some of Dr. Barnardos Musical Boys. Date: circa 1907

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