Images Dated 5th July 2011

Castle Coaches Bus at a bus stop running between Lewisham and Marylebone in London c. 1940

Harrys New York Bar, Paris, France
A whole variety of Gentlemen drinking at Harrys New York Bar, 5 Rue Daunou, Paris, France - the bar is adorned with pendants from all of the major Ivy League Universities Date: circa 1910s

Whip and Whipping Post at Wandsworth Prison
Whip and Whipping Post at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

37th Lancers 35th, Scinde Horse, 36th Jacobs Horse
Indian Army regiments - 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse), 35th Scinde (Sindh) Horse and 36th Jacobs Horse Date: 1910

Nipa Houses near Manila, Philippines
Nipa Stilt Houses (also known as bahay kubo, is an indigenous house used in the Philippines)

View of Wandsworth Prison
Exterior view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

Miners from Fernhill Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
A black-faced miner, carrying his small daughter, his wife shielding her face, at Fernhill in the Rhondda

Childrens Playroom, St Pelagias Home, Highgate
The childrens playroom at St Pelagias Home for penitent girls at 34 Highgate West Hill, London N6. The home provided accommodation for unmarried mothers and their children. Date: circa 1932

Ground plan of Wandsworth Prison
Ground plan of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

St Lawrences Hospital, Caterham, Surrey
Aerial view of St Lawrences Hospital at Caterham in Surrey

Advertisement for hammocks for workhouse vagrant wards
A 1900 advertisement from the Grantham company of Carlton * Co. for the supply of hammocks to workhouses for use in their casual wards which provided overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

Poor Law Workers Union Badge
An enamel badge worn by members of the Poor Law Workers Union, a trade union established in 1918 and changing its name in 1922 to the Poor Law Officer? Union Date: circa 1919

St Vincents Industrial School, Dartford, Kent
The main building of St Vincents Industrial School, Dartford, Kent

Stepney Union Workhouse
The Stepney Union workhouse on St Leonards Street, Bromley-by-Bow opened in 1873 and was designed by Henry Jarvis

Ida Hospital, Cookridge, Leeds
The Ida Hospital for convalescent patients at Cookridge, near Leeds, opened in 1888 following a bequest by John North

Miners cottages at Blantyre, Lanarkshire
A row of decaying miners cottages at Blantyre, a mining district to the east of Glasgow. A few residents stand at their doorways and children and dogs are at the steps below. Date: circa 1936

Ground plan of Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Ground plan of Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862

Fire Station at Quarriers Homes, Bridge Of Weir
Fire station, fire engine, ladders and uniformed firemen at the Quarriers childrens homes, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon
Jeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse or industry house for up to 2000 inmates

St Georges Infirmary, Fulham Road, London
St Georges Infirmary on Fulham Road. Passers-by include a cyclist and a horse-drawn omnibus

Williton Union Workhouse
The Union workhouse at Williton, Somerset. Some of the workhouse staff and some local residents are visible

Ground plan of Holloway Prison
Ground plan of London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster
A view of the buildings of the Great Coat Hospital, a charitably endowed school opened in 1701 in a former parish workhouse building on what is now Grey Coat Place, London. Date: Date unknown

Liverpool Brownlow Hill c. 1930
An aerial view of the Liverpool workhouse at Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, shortly before its demolition in 1931 to make way for Sir Edwyn Lutyens Roman Catholic cathedral

Holborn Military Hospital, Mitcham
The Holborn Military Hospital operated during the latter part of the First World War in the premises of the Holborn Union workhouse at Mitcham

Hackney Homes Band and Soldiers at Budworth Hall, Ongar, Ess
Soldiers at Budworth Hall military hospital on Chipping Ongar High Street are joined by the boys band from the nearby Hackney Union cottage homes

Towcester Chantry House
The entrance to Chantry House, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, founded by Archdeacon Spence. Date: early 12th century

Unemployed miners, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd
Unemployed miners at Cilfynydd near Pontypridd in South Wales. They watch the buckets tipping slag in case any lumps of coal can be found. Date: circa 1936

Bromley Workhouse, Kent

Cell wing at Pentonville Prison. Date: 1862

Aylesbury Prison Laundry
Interior of laundry at Aylesbury prison. Uniformed women handle the washing on trolleys and in baskets which bear the convict arrow insignia. Date: circa 1900

Advertisement for clothing and bedding disinfector
An 1880 trade advertisement for a disinfector by made by Nelson and Sons of Leeds

Rowton House, Camden
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

Strand Refuge, Edmonton
The Strand Union Workhouse at Edmonton used to house Belgian refugees during the First World War. A group of adults and children, some carrying parcels, are milling around the entrance gates

TS Mercury - Market Day
Market Day at the Training Ship Mercury - boys spend their small weekly allowance in the institutions shop, with bags of sweets apparently popular

A Village Post Office in Jamaica Date: circa 1907

Moroccan Man with a piercing gaze
Moroccan Man (Arab) wearing a white turban and sporting a particularly piercing gaze and very nicely trimmed goatee beard. Date: circa 1909

Ballon-Poste 1871
A Ballon-Poste loaded with mail leaves the place Saint- Pierre, Montmartre Date: January 1871

Gaggle of Geese
A gaggle of five geese. Date: 1960s

Hawaii - Residential Street Scene with Palm Trees
Nunanu Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii - Residential Street Scene with Palm Trees Date: 1898

Castleford Cricket Team, Yorkshire
A group photo of the Castleford Cricket Team, Yorkshire, with umpires on either side. Date: 1920

BRICKS
Just a pile of bricks. Date: 1960s

Norway - Hammerfest - Blue Whale
Hammerfest - a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. A huge Blue Whale has been caught and brough ashore. The whaling crew responsible stand in front of their magnificent catch. Date: 1902

Liberton Industrial School, Edinburgh
A view of the Industrial School at Liberton, Edinburgh

Portslade Industrial School - Gym
Gym with bars, ropes, mats and vaulting horse at Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex

Portslade Industrial School - Dormitory
Rows of beds and bedding in a dormitory at Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex

Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex, opened in 1902 to house children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for reasons such as vagrancy, begging, disrupting schools

Sleeping cell at Brixton Prison

Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell
Ground plan of the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Ground plan of Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

John Bews shop front in Guernsey, Channel Islands
John Bew, Wholesale & Retail Tobacco & Cigar Merchant, and Ship Insurance Agent -- his shop front in Guernsey, Channel Islands, with a female assistant standing in the doorway. Date: circa 1905

Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell
Bird s-eye view of the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Haiti - Port au Prince - The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, destroyed by an earthquake in January 2010 Date: circa 1920

1930s Slum dwellings at St Pancras, London
Slum housing in St Pancras shortly before its demolition. Date: circa 1936

1930s Poor housing at Bethnal Green
Interior of a cramped one-room dwelling at Bethnal Green. The cramped room contains a double-bed, old pram, and unwashed teacups on a chest of drawers. Date: circa 1936

Coatbridge miners houses, Lanarkshire
A deserted street of single-storey miners cottages at Coatbridge, a mining and iron-producing area to the east of Glasgow. Date: circa 1936

Fairfield General Hospital, Bury
An aerial view of Fairfield General Hospital at Jericho near Bury, Lancashire. The building was originally opened in 1857 as the Bury Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Carrington House, Deptford
Carrington House was erected in Deptford in 1903 by the London County Council as a hostel for working men

The Eiffel Tower, Paris - Elephant Statue
The Eiffel Tower, Paris - Statue of an Elephant being tethered to a rock by a Baboon. This statue now is to be found outside the Musee D Orsay in Paris. Date: circa 1902

Chepstow Bridge, the fine iron bridge over the River Wye, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. It connects England with South Wales

Pen-Y-Bont Bridge
Pen-y-Bont Bridge, over the River Rheidol at Penparcau, near Aberystwyth, Wales. Date: 1950s photo

Ireland / Kilkee
The rocky coast of Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, showing the Lions Head. Date: 1930s

England / River Frome
A scene on the River Frome, with the riverside houses and the old bridge at Wareham, Dorset, England. Date: 1960s

Grasse, France - Cultivation of Jasmine. Twenty-seven tonnes of jasmine are harvested in Grasse every year!! Date: circa 1910

Bhutia Woman, Sikkim, India
A Woman from the ethnic Tibetan Bhutia tribe from Sikkim, a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. Date: circa 1908

Sindh Valley, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Sindh Valley to the north of Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Date: 1904

India - Parsee Beauty
A Parsee (Parsi) Beauty of India Date: circa 1910

Harraby Hill House Band, Carlisle
The boys band at Harraby Hill House, Carlisle - a home run by the Carlisle poor law union to house children away from the workhouse. The building was formerly St Cuthberts parish workhouse. Date: 1904

Hackney Union Workhouse, Homerton, London
Infirmary ward blocks at Hackney Union workhouse on Homerton High Street. Pedestrians and a horse and cart pass along the adjacent street. Date: 1905

Dirty Dicks Bar in London
The World Renowned Wine House, Vaults Bar at Dirty Dicks in Bishopsgate, London, established in 1745 c. 1920

Female convict in cell, Millbank Prison
A female convict in a cell at Millbank Prison, London. She is wearing a canvas dress and is being punished for tearing her normal clothes. Date: 1862

1930s poor street in Stepney
A small child stands outside a row of dilapidated houses on a poor street in Stepney in the East End of London. Date: circa 1936

Prison reformer John Howard
A portrait of prison reformer John Howard. Date: 1862

Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, Monmouthshire
At Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, relatives and friends wait at the pit-head for news of the miners who are taking part in a stay-in strike below ground. Date: circa 1936

Chain room, Millbank Prison
The chain room at Millbank Prison, London. The walls are lined with chains, shackles and handcuffs. Date: 1862

Bird s-eye view of Wandsworth Prison
Bird s-eye view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, London
The Chop Room in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, in Fleet Street, London c. 1920

1930s Poor housing at Blaina, Monmouthshire
A woman and her small child stand outside a single-storey cottage at Blaina in South Wales

Undermined houses, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire
A row of houses at Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, supported by wooden props because of subsidence resulting from mining beneath them. Date: circa 1936

South Wales miner washing
A South Wales miner, face and forearms black with coal-dust, washes at home in a large tin bath. His wife helps wash his back. Date: circa 1936

Men searching for coal on slag heap
A line of unemployed men carrying sacks search for lumps of coal on a slag heap in South Wales. In the background are railway lines and clouds of smoke and steam rising from the engines

Convicts working in garden, Millbank Prison
A warder supervises male convicts working in garden at Millbank Prison, London. They are pulling a large roller. A small dog is in attendance. Date: 1862

Downpatrick Workhouse Admission Ticket
An admission ticket for the workhouse at Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland

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