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1930s slum back yards, Limehouse
Central London Sick Asylum, HendonInterior of the Central London Sick Asylum opened in 1898 at Hendon, Middlesex. Later known as Hendon Infirmary and Colindale Hospital, it was a treatment centre for tuberculosis (TB) patients
Male Quarters, Broadmoor Asylum, BerkshireExterior of blocks housing male patients at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. The institution opened in 1863 as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown
Great Western, Marigold Steam Train, Flower Class Locomotive 4163 1908
Dirty Dicks Bar in LondonThe World Renowned Wine House, Vaults Bar at Dirty Dicks in Bishopsgate, London, established in 1745 c. 1920
Prisoners consulting room, Newgate PrisonPrisoners consulting room at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Birmingham workhouse penny, 1812
Prison reformer John HowardA portrait of prison reformer John Howard. Date: 1862
Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, MonmouthshireAt 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
Location map of London prisons. Date: 1862
Woolwich hulks - Warrior and SulphurThe Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the Warrior with washing-ship Sulphur. Date: 1862
1930s poor housing at Shadwell, StepneyWomen and children in a passageway between blocks of poor housing in the Shadwell district of Stepney in Londons East End. Date: circa 1936
1930s slum dwelling at Blaina, Monmouthshire
Scullery in slum at Limehouse
Gateway at Pentonville PrisonPortcullis gateway at Pentonville Prison, designed by Sir Charles Barry.. Date: 1862
1930s Poor housing at Bethnal GreenInterior of a cramped one-room dwelling at Bethnal Green. A woman and her child sit on a chair The is a table covered in newspaper and an upturned broken chair. Date: circa 1936
Wales - school window
Chapel exit indicator, Pentonville PrisonDevice to signal prisoners order of exit from chapel at Pentonville Prison, London. Date: 1862
Girls playgroundThe girls playground at a what may be childrens home, workhouse, or similar institution. The girls are wearing a typical dress of such an establishment and some are dancing around a maypole
Chain room, Millbank PrisonThe chain room at Millbank Prison, London. The walls are lined with chains, shackles and handcuffs. Date: 1862
Poplar - doorstep cleaning
Workhouse bowl and mugAn inmates soup or gruel bowl and spoon from the Hackney workhouse and a mug from the Bootle workhouse, all marked with their unions monogram. Each held up to two pints of liquid. Date: Date unknown
Newcastle miners dwellingsMiners dwellings outside Newcastle, Northumberland. A mother, baby and small child stand at the door of one of the tiny, dilapidated
Chamberlains gate at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Pump room at Wandsworth PrisonPump room at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Street Children - Naples, Italy. The Scunizzi street urchins, running wild amid the bombed buildings of Naples. The priest Father Mario Borrelli achieved international renown with his campaigns to
Dirty Dicks Bar in LondonThe World Renowned Wine House, Dustbin Bar at Dirty Dicks in Bishopsgate, London, established in 1745 c. 1920
House and slag heap near SwanseaA house near Swansea is becoming overwhelmed by a nearby slag heap. A man clambers up the heap to inspect its progress. Date: circa 1936
Caravan dwellers in DurhamAn assortment of caravans, some with wooden wheels and others having lost their wheels, near a quarry in County Durham. Date: circa 1936
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, LondonCosy corners in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, in Fleet Street, London c. 1920
Entrance gate with waiting visitors, Newgate PrisonEntrance gate with visitors awaiting admission at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Bird s-eye view of Wandsworth PrisonBird s-eye view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Westminster JudgesJudges in procession at opening of courts, Westminster. Date: 1862
Prisoner making shoes, Millbank PrisonPrisoner at work making shoes in cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, LondonThe Chop Room in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, in Fleet Street, London c. 1920
Fleet MarriagesA minister takes money from a couple in the Liberty of the Fleet (the area around the Fleet Prison) - a notorious venue for clandestine marriages
Punishment cell, Millbank PrisonPrisoner in refractory (punishment) cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862
Overcrowded housingA family of seven in their cramped single-room accommodation, location unknown. Date: circa 1936
1930s poor housing at Shadwell, StepneyA boy stands in a passageway between blocks of poor housing in the Shadwell district of Stepney in Londons East End. Date: circa 1936
Night view of Millbank PrisonNight view across Thames of Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862
Entrance to Tothill Fields PrisonEntrance to Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862
Tothill Fields, WestminsterBird s-eye view of Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862
Men searching for coal on slag heapA 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
1930s basement dwelling, StepneyA view down through the rooms only window into a basement dwelling in Stepney in the East End of London. Dinner is on the table and a bird cage is hung above. Date: circa 1936
Plan of Tothill Fields, WestminsterGround plan of Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862
Convicts working in garden, Millbank PrisonA 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
Prison Chief Warder And MatronChief Warder at Pentonville and Matron at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862
Miners cottagesA row of single-storey miners cottages - location unknown. Date: circa 1936