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Barnardos Stepney Causeway - Home & HospitalA view across railway lines of the Barnardos Boys Home (left) and Hospital, Stepney Causeway, East London. Date: early 1900s
Spurgeons Homes, BirchingtonAerial view of the distinctive zig-zag layout of Spurgeons Homes, Birchington, Kent. The Homes were originally based at Stockwell
Barnardo Evacuees at Comlongon Castle, DumfriesA group of Barnardos sit on a wall at Comlongon Castle, Dumfries. The property was used a an evacuation home during the Second World War. Date: circa 1942
Waifs and Strays Society Pyrford St NicholasChildren, some using crutches, at St Nicholas Hospital, Pyrford, run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1909
London Slums - Feathers Court, Drury LaneOld tea chests and a cart at Feathers Court, Drury Lane - one of Londons Victorian slum areas. Date: circa 1902
Pishiobury Approved School, HertfordshireAerial view of the Approved School at Pishiobury, near Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. A cricket match is taking place. Date: circa 1940s
P. D. S. A. AMBULANCEThe Small Animal Ambulance of the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals (P.D.S.A.) arrives outside the Sanitorium in Ilford, Essex, England
Hereford Industrial School SchoolroomBoys sit at desks in a classroom at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
Hereford Industrial School Basket MakingBoys sitting making baskets at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, SussexInmates of the St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex Date: circa 1924
St Martins Waifs and Strays Home, Surbiton - PlaygroundSt Martins Waifs and Strays Society Home, Surbiton. Boys play on a swing, while another holds a cat
Animal Welfare Card" God gave us the world Man gives us a cage" Date: 1930s
Barnardos Home, The Marfords, BromboroughA view of the Marfords, a Barnardos Home at Bromborough, Cheshire. The building is decorated with bunting. Date: circa 1938
Christie Templedean Home, HaddingtonGirls in front of the Templedean Female Industrial Home for Haddington, East Lothian, one of several such establishments founded by John Christie. Date: circa 1906
Hereford Industrial School and Working Boys HomeThe Home for Working Boys, later Boys Industrial School, Hereford, opened in 1877 Date: circa 1910
Lowdham Grange Borstal InstitutionExterior view of Lowdham Grange Borstal Institution, near Nottingham. Date: circa 1945
Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, RedhillA view of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill, Surrey, founded in 1847. It later became known as the Royal Earlswood Hospital. Date: circa 1854
Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, LancashireThe Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, opened in 1927 in premises of former Jubilee Cottage Hospital
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Aerial viewNational Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Aerial view
St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - Boys bandSt Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - the boys band pose with their instruments
Glasgow Municipal Tenement PlanLayout plan of a Glasgow Municipal Tenement. Date: 1896
Ravelrig Barnardos Home, Balerno, EdinburghA view of the Ravelrig Barnardos Home, Balerno, near Edinburgh
National Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke - Aerial viewNational Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke, Hampshire. Aerial view showing the boundary of the homes site. Date: July 1939
Balmoral Industrial School, BelfastA view of the Balmoral Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Belfast Date: 1899
Bisley Farm School No. 2 Ground-floor PlanGround-floor plan of the new building added to the Bisley Farm School, Surrey, in 1873, and later known as the Shaftesbury School block. Date: circa 1888
Kilburn Orphanage of the Infant SaviourA group photo of the residents of the Kilburn Orphanage of the Infant Saviour. Date: Early 1900s
Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, RenfrewshireAerial view of the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The Homes, laid out as a village of cottage homes, were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier
Portsmouth Prison Tread-wheelPrisoners on the tread-wheel at Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire. Date: circa 1900
Portsmouth Prison GalleryOne of the galleries at Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire, cell doors lining each side. Date: circa 1900
National Nautical School, PortisheadBoys holding oars in a boat - possibly in the Schools swimming pool - at the National Nautical School, Portishead, near Bristol. Date: circa 1945
Lancaster Nazareth House - young inmatesYounger children on the steps of the Nazareth House at Lancaster, run by the Sisters of Nazareth. Date: circa1913
Barnardos Agra House Home for Incurables, Tunbridge WellsBarnardos Agra House home for Incurables as physically disabled children were then described, at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: Early 1900s
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Swimming BathJosiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the homes swimming pool. Date: circa 1930s
Fyfield Truant Industrial School, EssexBoys at the Fyfield Truant Industrial School, near Ongar, Essex, run by the West Ham School Board. Date: circa 1913
Wilpshire Orphanage, Blackburn, LancashireChildren, including one on a pony, stand outside the Blackburn and Orphanage at Wilpshire, near Blackburn. Date: Date unknown
Exminster Industrial SchoolInmates stand in front of the Exminster Industrial School, Devon
Duke of York at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, LeicesterThe Duke of York pays a visit to the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester - 24th November 1921. The homes provided accommodation for pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1921
Snaresbrook Royal Merchant Seamens Orphanage InfirmaryA view of the infirmary building at the Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook, North London. Date: circa 1910
St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - CarpentrySt Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - manual instruction room. Boys at work benches with tools
Pickering Garth Waifs and Strays Home, HullChildren and staff outside the Pickering Garth Waifs and Strays Home, Hull
Home for Motherless Children, Eric House, Mattock Lane, Ealing
Castle Milk, LockerbieCastle Milk, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. The house was one of several in the area used by Barnardos as an evacuation home during the Second World War
Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, GardeningInmates gardening at Dr Guthries Original Industrial School for Boys, Liberton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899
Waifs and Strays Society Home, Sunny Side, Frome, SomersetBoys and staff outside the Home for Boys, at Sunny Side (or Sunnyside), Frome, opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1887. Date: circa 1893
Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Gloucesterhire. From 1948, the premises served as St Josephs Approved School for Roman Catholic Girls
Birmingham Middlemore Homes Emigration PartyA party of boys from Birminghams Middlemore Homes begin their journey to a new life in Canada. Each carries a large bag stencilled with their name in which their clothes
Waifs and Strays Society Leeds St Chads Price ListPrice list for socks and stockings produced at the Waifs and Strays Societys St Chads Home, Leeds. Date: 1898
St Marys Home, Rottingdean, SussexSt Marys Home, Rottingdean, a magdalen home founded in 1855 for fallen young women. Date: Date unknown