Welfare Collection (#12)

Female Patients Room, Broadmoor Asylum
Interior of a female patients bedroom at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. Date: circa 1900

The 75th Birthday of King Oscar II of Sweden
Commemorative postcard on the occasion of the 75th Birthday of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. His motto is written below his portrait - Broderfolkenes Vel

Free Industrial School, Gem Street, Birmingham
The Free Industrial School at Gem Street, Birmingham, was opened in 1850 to provide education, training and meals for poor children in the area. Date: Date unknown

Cripples Football Team, Barnardos Stepney Causeway, Londo
Football team of disabled boys, some with crutches, at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London Date: circa 1905

Padcroft Boys Home, Yiewsley, Middlesex
A view of Padcroft Boys Home, Yiewsley, Middlesex Date: circa 1920

Waifs and Strays Society First 1913 Emigration Party to Cana
The Waifs and Strays Societys first emigration party to Canada of the 1913 season. Boys dressed in overcoats and caps stand in front of a railway carriage. Date: 1913

RMS Victorian
The Royal Mail Ship RMS Victorian, operated by the Allan Line, and one of the vessels used for the emigration of orphaned and pauper children to Canada. Date: Date unknown

Hambro Orphanage, Roehampton
The Hambro Orphanage, Roehampton, was founded in 1879 to educate and train girls for domestic service. Date: circa 1907

Sandwell Hall Training Home, near West Bromwich, was founded in 1857 to receive poor orphans and train them for domestic service. Date: circa 1890s

Northumberland Village Homes, Whitley Bay
Girls play on the grass and around a maypole at the Northumberland Village Homes, Whitley Bay. Date: Early 1900s

Our Western Home, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Inmates at the gate of Our Western Home at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, opened in 1869 by emigration promoter Miss Maria Rye. Date: circa 1906

National Childrens Home (NCH), Oxted, Surrey
Girls and staff at the National Childrens Home, Oxted. Date: Early 1900s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Toddlers Dormitory
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - a group of the younger girls in the toddlers dormitory. Date: circa 1930s

Royal Caledonian Schools, Bushey, Hertfordshire
A view of the Caledonian Schools, Bushey, originally established in 1815 as the Caledonian Asylum. Date: Date unknown

Bisley Farm School No. 1
The original main building at Bisley Farm School, Surrey, opened in 1868. Date: circa 1888

Barnardos Hazelbrae / Margaret Cox Home, Peterborough
New arrivals at Barnardos Hazelbrae home for girls at Peterborough, Ontario. The home was opened in 1883 to receive girls emigrating from Barnardos homes in the UK

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Dining Hall
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - children sit a long tables in the dining hall. Date: circa 1930s

St Pancras Female Orphanage - Present Day Dress
Girls at the St Pancras Female Orphanage display the homes present-day style of dress. (See separate image for their original dress.) Date: early 1900s

St Pancras Female Orphanage - Original Dress
Girls at the St Pancras Female Orphanage display the homes original style of dress. (See separate image for their present-day dress.) Date: early 1900s

St Faiths House of Mercy / Youth Hostel, Lostwithiel
St Faiths House of Mercy, a home for single mothers, at Lostwithiel, Cornwall. The building was later used as a youth hostel

North Devon Convalescent Childrens Home, Lynton
Staff and inmates of the North Devon Convalescent Childrens Home, Lynton

Abbey Street Ragged Schools, Bethnal Green
A free breakfast is provided to pupils at the Abbey Street Ragged Schools, Bethnal Green. Children sit at trestle tables. A woman sits at a harmonium. Date: late 1800s

TS Arethusa - Compass instruction
Boys receive compass instruction aboard the training ship Arethusa, moored at Greenhithe, Kent Date: 1917

TS Arethusa - Steering instruction
Boys learning to steer aboard the training ship Arethusa, moored at Greenhithe, Kent Date: 1917

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Exercises
Exercise routine by boys from the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham Date: 1940s

Sir Ralph Pendlebury Orphanage, Stockport
A view of the orphanage in Stockport founded in 1882 through a legacy from local mill owner Sir Ralph Pendlebury

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Shoemaking
Shoemakers department at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Dining Hall
Dining hall at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Cell
A cell at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation. Date: circa 1847

Nottingham Poor Boys Convalescent Home, Skegness
A seaside convalescent home at Skegness, Lincolnshire, for Poor Boys from Nottingham

Islington Technical Home - Carpenters Shop
Boys at work in the carpentry workshop at the Islington Technical Home. The home was run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1907

Spring Bank Orphanage, Hull
A winter view of the Spring Bank Orphanage, Hull, after a fall of snow. A ships mast stands in the grounds of the home, used for nautical training exercises. Date: circa 1907

Maryhill Industrial School, Glasgow
A view of the Industrial School for Girls, Maryhill, Glasgow Date: circa 1924

Mossbank Industrial School, Glasgow
A view of the Industrial School for Boys, Mossbank, Glasgow. Extensive plots of vegetables were cultivated by the inmates. Date: circa 1924

Gracie Fields Home and Orphanage, Peacehaven, East Sussex
Orphanage and childrens home at Peacehaven, East Sussex, opened in 1933 by singing star Gracie Fields to care for the children of parents in the theatrical profession

London Foundling Hospital - Tokens
Some example of the tokens left with children deposited at Londons Foundling Hospital. They allowed parents to prove their connection with their child if ever required to do so

Feltham Borstal, Middlesex
An aerial view of the Feltham Borstal, Middlesex Date: circa 1930s

Farningham Homes for Little Boys, Swanley, Kent
A view along the entrance drive at the Farningham Homes for Little Boys, Swanley, Kent Date: circa 1904

Feltham Borstal, Middlesex - inmates
Inmates on parade at the Feltham Borstal, Middlesex Date: circa 1910s

Albion Hill Home for Female Penitents, Brighton - inmates at work in the ironing room Date: 1874

Macpherson Distributing Home, Knowlton, Quebec
The Distributing Home in Knowlton, Quebec, operated by childrens emigration promoter Miss Annie Macpherson to receive a distribute children she brought to Canada from England

National Childrens Home (NCH) branch Ballacloan at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Children stand outside the house. Date: circa 1909

Workhouse Nursery
Children in the nursery at an unidentified workhouse. Date: 1909

Barnardos Boys Garden City, Woodford Bridge - Boys
Barnardos Boys Garden City, Woodford Bridge, Essex. Some of the boys. Date: 1930s

Jews Orphanage, West Norwood
The Jews Orphanage (previously the Jews Orphan Asylum) on Knights Hill Road, West Norwood. A group of boys stand beside the approach to the home. Date: early 1900s

Agra House Home for Incurables, Tunbridge Wells
Barnardos Agra House home for Incurables as physically disabled children were described, at Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Princess Alice Orphanage, Sutton Coldfield - Choir
Princess Alice Orphanage, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham. Choir

Stepping Hill Infirmary, Stockport
An aerial view of the Stepping Hill Infirmary, opened in 1901 as a hospital facility for the Stockport workhouse. Date: circa 1927

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