Images Dated 20th April 2021

Christie Templedean Home, Haddington
Girls in front of the Templedean Female Industrial Home for Haddington, East Lothian, one of several such establishments founded by John Christie. Date: circa 1906

Madame Sans-Gene by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau. First produced Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris, 27th October 1893.Henry Irving starred in J

Eleanor Nellie Souray (1886 - 1931), Lady Torrington. A popular stage actress
Eleanor Nellie Souray (1886 - 1931), Lady Torrington

Deaf and Dumb Finger Alphabet
A chart of the finger-spelling alphabet used by many deaf people. Date: circa 1905

Bradford School for Deaf and Disabled Children
Children, some in wheelchairs, others sitting on buses, outside the City of Bradfords special school for what were then referred to as crippled and physically defective children

Mental Hospital, Powick, Worcestershire
An aerial view of the what opened in 1852 as the Worcester County Pauper and Lunatic Asylum. it was designed by J. R. Hamilton and J. M. Medland of Gloucester

Golf Hotel, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
A birds eye view illustration of what was originally a spa hydro at Ben Rhydding, near Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Starcross Institution, Exeter, Devon
Boys gardening at what was variously known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum and the Training School for Feeble-minded Children

Taking the veil at the church of the convent of the most Holy Trinity at Bermondsey, which opened for the reception of the sisterhood of the Order of our blessed Lady of Mercy in November 1839

Lewes Prison, Sussex
A view of the prison at Lewes, Sussex, opened in 1853. Date: Date unknown

Soldiers Cottage Homes, Burnley, Lancashire
The opening by Princess Louise of the Soldiers Cottage Homes, on Salus Street, Burnley. Date: 1908

Southam Orphanage, Warwickshire
The Roman Catholic orphanage for girls at Southam, Warwickshire, opened in 1880 by the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus. Date: Date unknown

H. M. Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
A view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison. Date: Date unknown

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner, Middlesex
Children engaged in a variety of craft and other activities in the kindergarten class of the Commercial Travellers Schools at Pinner. Date: Date unknown

Nottingham General Hospital
A view of Nottingham General Hospital. The distinctive circular ward block of its Jubilee wing, designed by Alfred Waterhouse and Son, was opened in 1899. Date: circa 1911

Moss Bank Industrial School, Millerston, Glasgow
A view of the Moss Bank Industrial School for boys at Millerston, Glasgow. Date: Date unknown

NCH Home, Bethnal Green, London
Children stand in the playground, with chapel behind, at the National Childrens Home, Bonner Road, Bethnal Green. Date: Date unknown

London Orphan Asylum Lobby Card
A card pleading the case of Elizabeth Rose Shepherd which was distributed to those eligible to vote at an election of entrants to the London Orphan Asylum, Clapton. Date: 1857

London Asylum for the Deaf, Margate Branch
Two children, identified as Evan Williams (with Indian clubs) and Rhoda Pippeck (with barbells)

MABYS Dance Card, Highgate. London
Dace card from a fund-raising dance, at Gate House, Highgate organised by MABYS (Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants). Date: 1914

Scottish Dancers, Glasgow School for the Deaf
Scottish dancers from the Langside School for the Deaf, Glasgow. The girls are identified (left to right) as Mary Jamieson, Mary Allison and Mary Pratt. Date: circa 1905

Nazareth House, Lasswade
A view of the Nazareth House home at Lasswade, Midlothian, established in 1932 by the Sisters of Nazareth. Date: Date unknown

British Orphan Asylum, Slough
Children in front of the British Orphan Asylum, Slough - then in Buckinghamshire. The building, formerly a hotel, was taken over in the 1920s by the Licensed Victuallers School. Date: Date unknown

Order of Good Templars - Deaf Dancers
A card featuring the deaf finger alphabet and Scottish dancers from Glasgows Langside School for the Deaf

Furnishing Trades Cottage Homes, Radlett
Childrens cottage homes opened in 1905 at Radlett, Hertfordshire, by the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association. Date: 1905

Court Moor Home for Motherless Children, Crookham
The Court Moor (or Courtmoor) Home for Motherless Children, opened in1918 by the Church Army at Crookham, near Fleet, Hampshire. Date: Date unknown

Bradstock Lockett Hospital Home
Girls, one holding a crutch, and staff in a dormitory at the Hospital Home - sometimes referred to as the Home for Crippled Children - opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1902 at Southport

Scarlet Fever at Barnardos Home
A card published by the Barnardos Girls Village Home at Barkingside, Essex, extolling the success of its infection limitation during an outbreak of scarlet fever. Date: 1914

Edythe A. Baker (1899 - 1971), American boogie-woogie pianist, wife of Gerard (" Pop" ) d Erlanger. Date: 1927

Page from The Tatler reporting on the marriage of Mrs Stirling (formerly Clare Elizabeth Taylor) of the Gaiety Theatre and Lord George Cholmondeley, second son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley

Front cover of The Sketch reporting on the marriage of Mrs Stirling (formerly Clara Elizabeth Taylor) of the Gaiety Theatre to Lord George Cholmondeley, second son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley

Theatre show, promotional postcard

Christmas Holidays - man and turkey - Sorry Date: 20th century

Crystal Palace interior - Christmas and New Year greetings Date: late 19th century

Easter Holidays Date: 20th century

The Way of an Eagle, by Ethel M Dell, published by Fisher Unwin, London Date: early 20th century

Trompe-La-Mort, after a story by Honore de Balzac, interpreted by M Arquilliere of the Theatre de la Renaissance, Director Charles Krauss. Date: 1914

Crystal Palace with snow scene Date: late 19th century

Florence Worth, as actress and Salvationist

Young woman roller skating Date: late 19th century

Carriages driving along the south side of Hyde Park, central London. Date: 1900

In 1935 the 88 year old, Edwin Crocker, known as the Telescope Man, had completed 40 years at his pitch in front of the Boadicea and Her Daughters, bronze monument, at Westminster

Interior of the reading room at the London Library, in St. Jamess Square. Date: 1900

Interior of Messrs. Cook s, Ludgate Circus, London. Date: 1900

National Nautical School, Portishead
Aerial view of the National Nautical School, Portishead, near Bristol. Date: circa 1948

London Asylum for the Deaf, Margate Branch
Children and teacher in an oral class at the Margate branch of the London Asylum for the Support and Education of the Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor. Date: 1892

London Asylum for the Deaf, Margate Branch
Children with exercise bars in the gymnasium at the Margate branch of the London Asylum for the Support and Education of the Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor. Date: 1892

MABYS Dance Card, Highgate. London
Dace card from a fund-raising dance, at Gate House, Highgate organised by MABYS (Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants). Date: 1914

Edythe A. Baker (1899 - 1971), American boogie-woogie pianist, wife of Gerard (" Pop" ) d Erlanger. Superb repeat portrait of her using the polyfoto process. Date: 1933

Edythe A. Baker (1899 - 1971), American boogie-woogie pianist, wife of Gerard (" Pop" ) d Erlanger. Pictured by Olive Snell in The Tatler. Date: 1930

Theatre show, promotional postcard

Florence Worth, as actress and Salvationist

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