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Power House, William Baker Technical School, HertfordThe engine in the Power House at the William Baker Technical School, Hertford, run by Barnardo s. Date: Date unknown
All Saints Training Home, London ColneyAn aerial view of the All Saints Training Home for Girl, London Colney, Hertfordshire Date: Date unknown
National Childrens Home, AlresfordA view of the National Childrens Home, formerly known as the Primitive Methodists Childrens Home, at Old Alresford, Hampshire Date: Date unknown
Comic Postcard - AdoptionA comic postcard depicting two women stand outside a childrens home and adoption society. Date: Date unknown
Basingstoke Union WorkhouseA view of part of the Basingstoke Union workhouse, Hampshire Date unknown
Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse PlanPlan of the Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse erected in 1824 near Southwell, Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher and William Nicholson. Date: 1828
St Olaves Union Institution, LadywellBird s-eye view of the design for the St Olaves Union Institution for the Aged and Infirm Poor, Ladywell, South London. The architects were Newman and Newman of London. Date: 1897
St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, Rackham StreetThe St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, Rackham Street, London. It was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: 1881
Stockbridge Union Workhouse, HampshireA view of the landscaped entrance to the Stockbridge Union Workhouse. Two men, perhaps the workhouse master and his son, stand in the garden. Date: early 1900s
Smallburgh Workhouse NursesNurses at the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk. Date: circa 1910
Smallburgh WorkhouseA view of the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk. Date: early 1900s
Smallburgh Workhouse MasterThe Master of the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk, believed to be Frank Owen. Date: circa 1910
Smallburgh Workhouse ChildrenChildren and staff at the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk Date: circa 1910
Norwich WorkhouseA view of the entrance to the Norwich Union workhouse, Norfolk. Date: circa 1920
Newcastle in Emlyn workhouseAn aerial view of the Newcastle in Emlyn Union workhouse, Carmarthenshire. Date: Date unknown
Mountfield Parish WorkhouseThe former parish workhouse at Mountfield, Sussex. Date: circa 1908
Marston Green Cottage Homes, BirminghamEntrance lodge at the childrens cottage homes at Marston Green, near Birmingham. Date: circa 1921
1751 Local Act St Margaret and St John, WestminsterThe front page of 1751 Local Act obtained by the joint parishes of St Margaret and St John, Westminster for the better relief and employment of the poor Date: 1751
Hungerford Union WorkhouseA view of the Hungerford Union workhouse, Berkshire, designed by the architect S.O. Foden. Date: Date unknown
Hunslet Workhouse, LeedsThe design by architect J.H. Morton for the new Hunslet Union workhouse, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, erected in 1903. Date: 1903
Union Workhouse Infirmary, East Preston, SussexThe infirmary at the East Preston Union workhouse. The workhouse was rebuilt in 1872-3 with the new infirmary and nurses home erected in 1906. Date: Date unknown
Bridge Union Workhouse, KentA view of the frontage of the Bridge Union Workhouse, Kent. Date: early 1900s
Wolverhampton Training Home for Destitute Orphan GirlsThree inmates stand outside the Training Home for Destitute Orphan Girls, St Judes Road, Wolverhampton
Prescoed Camp, near Usk, MonmouthshirePrescoed Camp used to house well-behaved inmates from the nearby Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire. Date: circa 1945
Usk Borstal, MonmouthshireSilhouetted inmates at work in a corridor at Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire. Date: circa 1945
Girls Industrial School - SwimmingGirls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924
Girls Industrial School - Dance ExerciseGirls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924
Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh - Boys BandThe boys band of the TS Empress, operated at Helensburgh by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association
The Rauhe Haus, HamburgInmates outside the Rauhe Haus, Hamburg. The establishment was founded in 1833 to provide industrial training for poor boys
St Monicas Home Hospital, Brondesbury Park, LondonNurses and patients in the boys ward at St Monicas Home Hospital, Brondesbury Park, London Date: circa 1927
Somerset Council Farriery Training VanHorses being shoed alongside a travelling farriery training van operated by the Somerset County Council. Date: circa 1900
Sister Hope Creche, Greek Street, LondonA nurse sits by a baby in its cradle at the Sister Hope Creche, Lincoln House, Greek Street, London. Date: circa 1896
Barnardos Home, Shrewsbury - HaircutsThe gardener at the Barnardos Home at Shrewsbury doubled as a barber when the children needed their hair trimming
Sheffield Orphan HomesThe boys house at the Sheffield Orphan Homes, Lydgate Lane, in the Crookes district of Sheffield. Date: circa 1915
Sesame House Froebel Kindergarten, LondonGoing home time for children attending the Sesame House Froebel Kindergarten, London NW8
Portland Borstal Silent HourSilent Hour at the Borstal in Portland, Dorset. Inmates were expected to use the time in reading, writing letters etc. Date: 1945
Portland Borstal Inmates GardeningInmates work in the garden of the Borstal at Portland, Dorset. Date: 1945
National Childrens Home, Oxted, SurreyInmates and staff at National Childrens Home (NCH), Oxted, Surrey Date: 1915
National Childrens Home, Doddington, KentInmates and staff at National Childrens Home (NCH), Doddington, Kent Date: 1915
National Childrens Home, CardiffInmates in training for domestic service at National Childrens Home (NCH), Cardiff. Date: 1915
National Childrens Home, Edgworth - Emigration PartyThe 1899 emigration Canadian emigration party from the National Childrens Home (NCH) branch at Edgworth. Date: 1899
National Childrens Home Sisters Training Home, Bethnal GreWillard House - the National Childrens Home (NCH) training home Bethnal Breen for its Sisters of the Children. Date: 1899
National Childrens Home - Rev. R Bevan ShepherdThe Rev. R Bevan Shepherd was Vice-Principal of the National Childrens Home (NCH)from 1901 to 1907. Date: early 1900s
National Childrens Home London ChoirThe London Choir of the National Childrens Home (NCH) at the Bonner Road Home, Bethnal Green
National Childrens Home, FarnboroughMembers of the cricket and football teams at National Childrens Home (NCH), Farnborough
National Childrens Home Birthday Society LetterA letter to a member of the Birthday Society - one of the fund-raising schemes run by the National Childrens Home (NCH).. Date: 1923
National Childrens Home, Sutton ColdfieldA view from the tower at the Princess Alice Orphanage branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
National Childrens Home, Princess Alice OrphanageBoys Scouts troop at the Princess Alice Orphanage branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1910