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Hightown School for Boys, Hightown, near LiverpoolA view of the Hightown Boys Industrial School for Boys, Hightown, near Liverpool Date: 1906
Childrens Exercise Drill at Cleevedon Toddlers Home, SouthStaff take young children through an exercise drill at the Cleevedon Toddlers Home, South Norwood, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)
Convict in prison cell turning hand-crank
Scouts during WartimePendlebury Scouts are doing a good turn and also a national service by filling sandbags for use as air raid protection for the Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital, Pendlebury. Date: circa 1940
Gates of Wakefield Prison, West YorkshirePrison officers stand at the entrance gates of Wakefield prison. Date: circa 1929
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Belmont Road workhouseThe Belmont Road workhouse opened in 1890 by Liverpools West Derby Union. It catered primarily for able-bodied inmates and vagrants, providing daily out-relief in return for manual labour. Date: 1925
Kings Norton Workhouse / Selly Oak Hospital, BirminghamAn aerial view of Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham - the former Kings Norton Union workhouse and workhouse infirmary. The original workhouse building is at the left, just below centre
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Nurses HomeNurses home at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital
Stobhill Hospital, Springburn, GlasgowAn aerial view of Stobhill Hospital, erected in 1903-4 at Springburn, Glasgow, by the citys poor law authority. It provided around 2000 beds for the infirm and chronic sick poor, and for children
St Olave Union Workhouse, Ladywell, South London - Dining HaThe festively decorated dining-hall at the St Olave Union Workhouse, Ladywell, South London - presumably a special occasion such as Christmas or a royal celebration
Waifs and Strays Society AdvertisementAn appeal for funds by the Waifs and Strays Society featuring an illustration of two barefoot children in rags on a doorstep
Bethnal Green Union Guardians Offices, LondonThe offices of the Bethnal Green Union Board of Guardians on Bishops Road (now Bishops Way). The offices were situated adjacent to the Waterloo Road workhouse. Date: Date unknown
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey HospitalWard blocks at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital
Cincinnati Workhouse, Ohio, USAA view of the workhouse at Cincinnati, Ohio. Date: circa 1908
Chipping Norton Workhouse, OxfordshireA view of the Chipping Norton workhouse, Oxfordshire, designed by George Wilkinson. Date: 1906
Battle Union Workhouse, SussexThe Battle Union workhouse, designed by Frederick Thatcher, was erected in 1840. It later became Battle Hospital. Date: Date unknown
Scouts during WartimePlymouth Scouts Gallantry gets V.C. Rover Scout Patrick McLaughlin receiving the Scouts Silver Cross from the Deputy Lord Mayor of Plymouth (Alderman W.J.W)
Regents Park Industrial SchoolA view of the Regents Park Industrial School, Regents Park Road, Primrose Hill, London. Date: 1910
Ragged School Union - Cobbling ClassBoys at work in the shoe-making workshop at a home run by the Ragged School Union Date: circa 1907
Portland Prison, Dorset - Stone-dressing YardConvicts at work in the stone-dressing yard at Portland Prison, Dorset. Date: circa 1910
St Olave Union Workhouse, Ladywell, South London - Ward InteInterior of a male ward at the St Olave Union workhouse, Ladywell, South London. The establishment, designed by Newman and Newman, was opened in around 1900 to house only elderly and infirm inmates
St Olave Union Workhouse, Ladywell, South London - KitchenStaff prepare food in the kitchen at the St Olave Union workhouse, Ladywell, South London. The establishment, designed by Newman and Newman
Scouts during WartimeScout despatch riders outside City Police Station during the First World War. Date: circa 1916
Scouts during WartimeTheir Scout Son Died Doing Air Raid Good Deed: Awarded Scouts V.C. Thirty Scouts - all air raid heroes - attended a presentation ceremony at Bermondsey, London
East Leeds Military Hospital / Leeds Workhouse, West YorkshiThe Leeds Union workhouse in its temporary First World War role as East Leeds Military Hospital. A car is parked outside the entrance to the main block. Date: circa 1915
Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary, Brownlow HillA view of the Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary at Brownlow Hill, now the site of the citys Metropolitan Cathedral. Date: 1925
Droxford Union Workhouse, HampshireA view of the Union Workhouse at Droxford, Hampshire. Some inmates can be seen at the front of the building. Cabbages are growing in the ground at the bottom of the picture
Dudley Road Hospital, BirminghamThe front of the Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. The hospital was originally the infirmary of the Birmingham workhouse. Date: circa 1935
Wycombe Union Workhouse, Saunderton, BuckinghamshireThe Wycombe Union workhouse at Saunderton during its use as a World War One military hospital. Several men in uniform stand at the left of the entrance
Barony Hospital, NantwichAerial view of the Barony Hospital, Nantwich, formerly the Nantwich Union workhouse. The original workhouse block is at the upper centre
Your Arms Uniform and Accoutrements are ReadyCome Now. your Arms Uniform and Accoutrements are Ready Waiting for you - Lord Kitchener at Guildhall, July 1915. be Honest with Yourself. Poster
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Walton WorkhouseThe workhouse at Walton-on-the-Hill erected in 1864-69 by Liverpools West Derby Union. Date: 1925
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Office, Brougham TerraceWest Derby Unions administrative offices at Brougham Terrace, Liverpool. Date: 1925
Industrial School, Kirkdale, LiverpoolThe driveway of the Industrial School at Kirkdale opened in 1845 by Liverpools poor law authority. The School housed and educated more than a thousand pauper children away from the workhouse
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Deysbrook HouseDeysbrook House - a childrens convalescent home operated by Liverpools West Derby Union. Date: 1925
Smithdown Road Workhouse, Toxteth Park, LiverpoolThe Smithdown Road Workhouse, built in 1859 by Liverpools Toxteth Park poor law authority. Date: 1925
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Cottage Homes at FazakerleyChildrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by Liverpools West Derby Union at Fazakerley in 1889. The homes housed 650 pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925
Women Washing Clothes in a RiverA group of women wash clothes in a river, location unknown. A bridge, left, crosses to the far bank where a building with a large chimney-stack stands. Date: Date unknown
William Doran, veteran of the Battle of Navarino, at St GeorWilliam Doran ( Old Navarino ), aged 96, was once a powder monkey on the Genoa at the Battle of Navarino. In his old age, he was discovered to have entered the St Georges Fulham Road workhouse
Entrance of Walton Prison, LiverpoolThe entrance gateway to Liverpools Walton Prison. Date: circa 1910
St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary - A Royal VisitThe Prince and Princess of Wales talk to patients at the official opening of the St Marylebone workhouse infirmary. The buildings, designed by Henry Saxon Snell and his son
Westgate Road Workhouse / Institution, Newcastle-upon-TyneAn aerial view, from the north-west, of the former Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union workhouse, also known officially the Westgate Road Institution
Old Workhouse and Pond, West Horsley, SurreyA view of the former West Horsley parish workhouse. Date: 1904
Halesowen Workhouse TokenA one penny workhouse token issued in 1813 at Halesowen, then placed in Shropshire. During a national shortage of copper coins in 1812-15
Goldie Leigh Childrens Cottage Homes, Bostall Woods, PlumstEntrance to the Woolwich Unions Goldie Leigh cottage homes at Bostall Heath, Plumstead, erected in 1899 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
East Leeds Military Hospital / Leeds Workhouse, West YorkshiThe Leeds Union workhouse in its temporary First World War role as East Leeds Military Hospital. Uniformed soldiers stand at the entrance gatehouse which is adorned with a red cross
Bexley Asylum, KentBexley Asylum was opened in 1898 on Old Bexley Lane, Bexley. It was also known as Heath Asylum and later as Bexley Hospital. Date: circa 1915
