Welfare Collection (page 9)

Risley Hall Approved School, Nottinghamshire
Exterior of Risley Hall Approved School at Risley, near Nottingham

National Childrens Home (NCH) at Frodsham, Cheshire
Girls, one supported by crutches, on the steps of the chapel at the National Childrens Home in Frodsham, Cheshire. Date: circa 1907

Nazareth House, Bexhill
The Nazareth House, Bexhill, run by the Sisters of Nazareth to house orphans and the elderly poor. Date: 1900s

St Annes Home for Cripple and Invalid Children, Brighton
Inmates in the garden of the St Annes Home for Cripple and Invalid Children, Brighton. Two girls are using crutches. Date: circa 1914

WW2 Evacuation of Barnardos Children
Girls from Barnardo homes in London area at Paddington station in a pre-war evacuation operation in September 1938. Date: 1938

Approved School - Gym
Boys performing exercises in the gymnasium of an unidentified Approved School. Date: circa1945

Essex Industrial School, Chelmsford - Swimming Pool
Boys at the Essex Industrial School, Chelmsford, using the Schools swimming bath supervised by staff. Date: early 1900s

Mr and Mrs Alfred Mager, Edgworth
Alfred William Mager was a co-founder of the National Childrens Home (NCH). From 1872 to 1907 he was governor of the charitys home at Edgworth, Lancashire, with his wife Elizabeth Esther as matron

London Slums - White Horse Yard, Coleman Street
Boarded up buildings at White Horse Yard, off Coleman Street in the City of London - one of the capitals Victorian slum areas. Date: circa 1902

London Slums - Angel Court, Strand
A view of Angel Court, Strand - one of Londons Victorian slum areas. Date: circa 1902

Liverpool Ragged Industrial Schools, Everton Terrace
The Ragged Industrial Schools at Everton Terrace, Liverpool, opened in 1864 to replace the original Soho Street premises. Date: circa 1877

Wellington Reformatory for Boys, Penicuik, Midlothian
Illustration of the Wellington Reformatory or Farm School for Boys, Penicuik, near Edinburgh. Date: circa 1876

Bristol Maternity Hospital, Southwell Street Bristol. Staff and patients can be seen. The building previously housed the Carlton House Industrial School for Girls

Salvation Army Maternity Hospital, Ivy House, Hackney
A Salvation Army Maternity Hospital for single mothers was opened in around 1895 at Ivy House, 271 Mare Street, Hackney. Date: early 1900s

NCH Princess Alice Orphanage, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
The Governor and a group of children at the National Childrens Home Princess Alice Orphanage, Sutton Coldfield

Barnes Home, Heaton Mersey
An aerial view of the Barnes Home - an Industrial School for Boys on Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey, Cheshire. Its construction was financed by Manchester cotton baron Robert Barnes. Date: 1930s

Hill Top, Ilkley
A large house known as Hill Top, in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. It was later used as a childrens home by the West Riding County Council. Date: circa 1915

Duchess of Marlborough
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook - Plan
Ground floor plan of the Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook, North London, designed by Mr G. Somers. Date: 1863

St Clares Convent Pantasaph, Holywell, Flintshire. For some years, St Clares also housed an orphanage and domestic training school

County Home, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA
A view of the County Home at Mercer, Pennsylvania - a publicly funded home for the elderly poor. Date: Date unknown

Glasgow Slum residents
Residents of an unidentified Glasgow slum. Date: 1896

Edens Orphanage, Astley Bridge, Bolton, founded by a legacy from local industrialist James Eden

Coltness House, near Wishaw, Lanarkshire, where a Barnardos home for physically disabled children was opened in 1953. Date: circa 1906

Ely Homes, Cardiff
Ely Homes run by the Cardiff Board of Guardians to house workhouse children

National Health Insurance Stamp - Take a bit of licking
This Stamp will take a bit of licking - the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

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