Images Dated 26th June 2012 (page 9)

Warwick Prison - Exterior View
An exterior view of cell blocks at Warwick Prison. Date: Date unknown

Warwick Prison - Exterior View
An exterior view of cell blocks at Warwick Prison. Date: Date unknown

Warwick Prison - Cell Interior
The interior of a cell at Warwick Prison. Contents include a table, chair and bedding roll. A plank bed stands against the wall at the left. Date: Date unknown

Unemployed Men Outside West Ham Workhouse
A crowd of unemployed men stand outside the West Ham Union workhouse demanding poor relief during a period of high unemployment. Police officers, some mounted, are present to maintain order

Bread-making machine, St Marylebone workhouse
A trial of Stevenss bread-making machine being conducted at St Marylebone workhouse. Date: 1858

Dining Hall at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
Benches and tables set for a meal line the dining hall in B Wing at Wakefield prison. A black central heating shaft rises from the floor to the roof. Date: Date unknown

North Metropolitan Horse-drawn Tram
A horse-drawn tram used on route 270, Moorgate Street to Green Lanes, run by North Metropolitan Tramways. A number of men occupy the open upper deck

Tunstead and Happing Corporation Penny Token

Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, Styal, Cheshire
Houses at Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, Styal, Cheshire. One of the two men in the scene is pushing a lawn-mower. The homes were opened in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

St Lukes Workhouse, Old Street, London
A design by architect Henry Saxon Snell for additions to St Lukes Workhouse on Old Street. The new buildings, opened in 1879, contained administrative offices and infirm wards for 930 inmates

St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary
An exterior view of the St Marylebone workhouse infirmary. The buildings, designed by Henry Saxon Snell and his son, were located at Rackham Street, Ladbroke Grove

Settlement Certificate from Newington, Oxfordshire
A 1747 settlement certificate relating to Alecksander and Marcy Chalk of Newington, Oxfordshire. The certificate guaranteed that if the Chalks needed poor relief while living elsewhere

Salvation Army Hostel - new arrival
A new arrival is greeted by a member of staff at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Social Wing 4d Token
A 4d token issued to workers by the Salvation Army Social Wing. Date: Date unknown

Salvation Army Hostel - Lights Out
Lights out time in a dormitory at a London Salvation Army Hostel. The bedspreads are marked with a Salvation Army insignia. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - getting a bed ticket

Salvation Army Hostel - Free Shave from Army Barber
A man gets a free shave from an Army barber at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - Foot-washing
Men wash their feet in foot-baths at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Elevator - Sorting Paper and String
A man at work sorting paper and string at one of the Elevator depots run by the Salvation Army to provide work for destitute men. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - Evening Service
Men, in varying states of consciousness, attend an evening service at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Salvation Army Hostel - Evening Meal
Men sit at tables for their evening meal at a London Salvation Army Hostel. Date: 1938

Ragged School Union - Dressmakers at Spitalfields
Dressmakers at the Spitalfields home run by the Ragged School Union. Date: circa 1907

Sir John Kirk, Ragged School Union Secretary
Sir John Kirk who, for 40 years, was Secretary of the Ragged School Union. Date: 1907

Wolverhampton Poor Law Officers Recreation Club Badge
Wolverhampton Poor Law Officers Recreation Club enamel badge in gold and blue. It bears the Latin motto Tenebris Critur Lux - Darkness will be Light. Date: Date unknown

Ragged School Union - Boy Being Clothed
A boy is kitted out with new clothes in a home run by the Ragged School Union. Date: circa 1907

Ragged School Union - Arthurs Home, Bognor Regis
Children stand in front of Arthurs Home at Bognor Regis - one of the homes operated by the Ragged School Union. Date: circa 1907

Prison Fire Drill
Prisoners take part in a fire drill at an unidentified prison. Date: Date unknown

Poplar Hospital for Accidents, London
The Poplar Hospital for Accidents opened in 1855 on East India Dock Road, Poplar. The busy street includes many pedestrians together with several horse-drawn wagons. Date: circa 1914

Borstal Institution, Portland, Dorset
A line of inmates leaving the Borstal Institution at Portland, Dorset. Originally established in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts, the site was converted for borstal use in 1921

Poplar & Stepney Sick Asylum, London

Pewsey Union Workhouse, Wiltshire
A view of the main building of the Pewsey Union workhouse, designed by William Cooper. The site later became Pewsey Hospital. Date: Date unknown

Tonbridge Union Workhouse, Pembury, Kent

Morning in Out-patients room in London Hospital Date: 1902

Paddington Workhouse Infirmary, London
The infirmary block added to Londons Paddington workhouse in 1886. Date: 1906

Boys Band at Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Lamorbey, Sidcu
The boys band, posed with their instruments, at the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent. The homes name can be seen on the bass drum

Boys Band at Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Lamorbey, Sidcu
A group of boys and staff show the trades taught at the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent

Montrose Asylum Halfpenny Token
A halfpenny copper token issued in 1799 by the Montrose Asylum. Date: 1799

Abingdon Union Workhouse, Berkshire
A bird s-eye view of the Abingdon Union workhouse at Abingdon, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). The building, opened in 1835

Merxplas (or Merksplas) Labour Colony, Belgium
A new inmate arrives in the director principals carriage at the labour colony and beggars depot at Merxplas (or Merksplas), Belgium. Date: 1904

Birmingham Union Cottage Homes, Marston Green, Warwickshire
View of the cottage homes at Marston Green, to the east of Birmingham. The homes were opened by the Birmingham Poor Law Authorities in 1879 to house over 400 pauper children away from the workhouse

Luhlerheim Labour Colony, Germany - Draught Oxen
A team of oxen pulling a cart at the Luhlerheim labour colony in Germany. Date: 1904

A London Night Refuge
A cut-away view of the three storeys of an unnamed London Night Refuge. The entrance level bears the sign South London Soup Kitchen perhaps identifying the establishment as the South London Night

Lower Southern Hospital, Gore farm, Dartford, Kent
The Lower Southern Hospital at Gore Farm, Dartford, during its First World War use as a military hospital. Several uniformed personnel are visible

London Lock Hospital, Hyde Park
A view of the London Lock Hospital, Hyde Park. The hospital was opened in 1747 to treat patients with venereal diseases. Date: 1831

Outpatients Department at London Hospital, Whitechapel
Rows of what appear to be mostly women and children sit on benches in the outpatients department of the London Hospital, Whitechapel - on of the capitals many voluntary hospitals. Date: circa 1910

Liebig Beef Extract Advertisement
An advertisement for Liebig Beef Extract showing a woman in kitchen apron taking a spoonful from a can of the product. A poem entitled Extract of Happiness accompanies the illustration. Date: 1891

Staff at Launceston Union Workhouse, Cornwall
A group portrait of the staff of the Launceston Union workhouse in Cornwall with the master, third from right, and matron, second from right. Date: circa 1911

St Olave Union Workhouse, Ladywell, South London - Ward Inte
Interior 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

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