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Background imageCouncil Collection: Weatherboard houses and shops on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1900

Weatherboard houses and shops on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1900
Weatherboard houses and shops on the corner of Albert Embankment and Upper kennington lane, Lambeth, London, 1900. Shops advertising Beechams Pills, Liptons Tea and other items

Background imageCouncil Collection: Tramlines and vehicles on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1909

Tramlines and vehicles on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1909. View south from the junction with Broad Street looking towards Vauxhall, with a tram stop and tram rails in foreground

Background imageCouncil Collection: Tramlines on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1909

Tramlines on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1909. View north from the junction with Broad Street looking towards Lambeth Palace and Lambeth Bridge, with a tram stop in foreground

Background imageCouncil Collection: Row of shops including the West London Workshops for the Blind, London, 1913

Row of shops including the West London Workshops for the Blind, London, 1913
Row of shops including the West London Workshops for the Blind, Notting Hill Gate, Kensington, London, 1913. A shop selling goods produced by blind workers, a discount book store

Background imageCouncil Collection: Carts outside the Sundial public house, Goswell Road, London, 1900

Carts outside the Sundial public house, Goswell Road, London, 1900
Carts outside the Sundial public house, 82-88 Goswell Road, London, 1900. Horse-drawn carts laden with sacks of coal pass in front of the Sundial and warehouses

Background imageCouncil Collection: Chocolate King sweetshop, Upper Street, Islington, London, 1944

Chocolate King sweetshop, Upper Street, Islington, London, 1944. Man, woman and child standing in front of a sweet shop and tobacconists advertising Palm toffee

Background imageCouncil Collection: Bishops Court with boarded-up houses, London, 1906

Bishops Court with boarded-up houses, London, 1906. View looking north-west up the passage towards the entrance to the street. This area was part of the Aylesbury Place Improvement Scheme

Background imageCouncil Collection: Busy street by Stamford Bridge Stadium, (Chelsea Football Ground), Fulham, London, 1912

Busy street by Stamford Bridge Stadium, (Chelsea Football Ground), Fulham, London, 1912
Fulham Road by Stamford Bridge Stadium, (Chelsea Football Ground), Fulham, London, 1912. People, cars and buses are crowded outside the entrance to the ground

Background imageCouncil Collection: Scrapyard by Cat and Mutton Bridge, Shoreditch, London, January 1903

Scrapyard by Cat and Mutton Bridge, Shoreditch, London, January 1903
Scrapyard by Cat and Mutton Bridge, Pritchards Road, Shoreditch, London, January 1903. F Church iron merchants establishment near the Grand Union Canal, with scrap metal in the yard

Background imageCouncil Collection: Row of shops in Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, London, September 1909

Row of shops in Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, London, September 1909
Row of shops at 1-7 Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, London, September 1909. People standing outside shops including a tobacconists and a fishmonger s. One man leans on the lamppost at the street corner

Background imageCouncil Collection: Row of shops with advertising hoardings, Balls Pond Road, Hackney, London, September 1913

Row of shops with advertising hoardings, Balls Pond Road, Hackney, London, September 1913
Row of shops with advertising hoardings, 2-12 Balls Pond Road, Hackney, London, September 1913. Deserted cobbled street with shops including an eel and pie house

Background imageCouncil Collection: Row of derelict houses, Hackney, London, August 1937

Row of derelict houses, Hackney, London, August 1937
Row of derelict houses 21-37 Acton Street, Hackney, London, August 1937. Street of abandoned houses with broken and boarded-up windows. On the right is a shop, with men digging-up the road on the left

Background imageCouncil Collection: Vanbrugh Castle, Westcombe Park Road, Greenwich, London, May 1933

Vanbrugh Castle, Westcombe Park Road, Greenwich, London, May 1933. View from the driveway of an ivy-clad castle with round and square towers

Background imageCouncil Collection: Interior of an office with a man on the telephone, Greenwich, London, November 1936

Interior of an office with a man on the telephone, Greenwich, London, November 1936
Interior of an office on the ground floor, with a man on the telephone, 1 High Bridge, Greenwich, London, November 1936. A messy office is piled with papers and box files

Background imageCouncil Collection: Horse-drawn vehicles in High Holborn, London, 1898

Horse-drawn vehicles in High Holborn, London, 1898. View along the street with a queue of horse-drawn carriages

Background imageCouncil Collection: Barges and goods in front of Fishmongers Hall, seen from London Bridge, 1912

Barges and goods in front of Fishmongers Hall, seen from London Bridge, 1912. Barrels and a crane sit on the quay in front or the hall, with barges moored on the Thames

Background imageCouncil Collection: Shop windows, looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912

Shop windows, looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912
Shop windows on Old Change looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912. Narrow street with a Saxone shoe shop on the left. Horse-drawn carts and pedestrians are visible

Background imageCouncil Collection: Children drawing water from the Aldgate pump, London, August 1908

Children drawing water from the Aldgate pump, London, August 1908. One boy pumps while the other holds a cup under the water outlet. To the left is a street fire alarm, with a bank behind

Background imageCouncil Collection: Shops on Bishopsgate, London, October 1909

Shops on Bishopsgate, London, October 1909. View from the south looking towards Norton Folgate. The blurs are caused by moving cars, due to the long exposure of the photograph

Background imageCouncil Collection: Pensioners in the Womens Day Room at the Lambeth Home for Aged Poor, London, 1935

Pensioners in the Womens Day Room at the Lambeth Home for Aged Poor, London, 1935
Pensioners sitting and reading in the Womens Day Room at the Lambeth Home for Aged Poor (renamed Elderwood ), London, 1935. Women sit in armchairs ranged round the walls

Background imageCouncil Collection: Kitchen at the Fulham Hostel, London, 1947

Kitchen at the Fulham Hostel, London, 1947. Empty kitchen with large vats for preparing food. A drain runs below the taps

Background imageCouncil Collection: Pensioners playing cards in the Mens Day Room, Lambeth Home for Aged Poor, London, 1935

Pensioners playing cards in the Mens Day Room, Lambeth Home for Aged Poor, London, 1935
Pensioners playing cards in the Mens Day Room, Lambeth Home for Aged Poor (renamed Elderwood ), London, 1935

Background imageCouncil Collection: Display of posters at a training centre, Deptford, London, 1935

Display of posters at a training centre, Deptford, London, 1935
Display of posters at the Nynehead Street Non-Residential Training Centre, Deptford, London, 1935

Background imageCouncil Collection: Hair dressing class for men at the Bromley Non-Residential Training Centre, London, 1934

Hair dressing class for men at the Bromley Non-Residential Training Centre, London, 1934
Hair dressing class for men at the Bromley Non-Residential Training Centre, Bromley by Bow, London, 1934. Men training to be barbers, with a row of chairs and mirrors at one end of the room

Background imageCouncil Collection: Men sitting in the library at Cedars Lodge old peoples home, Wandsworth, London, 1939

Men sitting in the library at Cedars Lodge old peoples home, Wandsworth, London, 1939. Old men sit reading or nodding off in a parquet-floored room with no visible bookshelves

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908

Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908. Scene in the bakery; one boy gets a loaf of bread out of the oven

Background imageCouncil Collection: Children and carers in a garden, Hampstead, London, 1960

Children and carers in a garden, Hampstead, London, 1960
Children and carers in Wadham Gardens, Hampstead, London, 1960. Women and children in the garden of a nursery with prams, playpens and toys

Background imageCouncil Collection: Group of women visitors in front of a school, Croydon, 1937

Group of women visitors in front of a school, Croydon, 1937
Group of women visitors in front of the ivy-clad Shirely Residential School, Croydon, 1937. Female visitors standing in front of a Pullman coach

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys emigrating to Canada setting off from Saint Nicholas Industrial School, Essex, 1908

Boys emigrating to Canada setting off from Saint Nicholas Industrial School, Essex, 1908
Boys emigrating to Canada setting off from Saint Nicholas Industrial School, Manor House, Manor Park, East Ham, Essex, 1908

Background imageCouncil Collection: Roll call of boys about to emigrate to Canada, Essex, 1908

Roll call of boys about to emigrate to Canada, Essex, 1908
Roll call of boys about to emigrate to Canada, Saint Nicholas Industrial School, Manor House, Manor Park, East Ham, Essex, 1908

Background imageCouncil Collection: Language lesson on daffodils at Oak Lodge School for Deaf Girls, London, 1908

Language lesson on daffodils at Oak Lodge School for Deaf Girls, London, 1908
Language lesson on daffodils at Oak Lodge Residential School for Elder Deaf Girls, Clapham Common, Wandsworth, London, 1908

Background imageCouncil Collection: Young children asleep at Mitcham Residential School, London, 1931

Young children asleep at Mitcham Residential School, London, 1931. Infants asleep on camp beds in the Nursery, a rather bare classroom with a fireguard round the fireplace

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, London, 1908

Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, London, 1908
Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 1908. Workshop with boys making baskets and cribs, with completed baskets hanging from the ceiling

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908

Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908
Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, Islington, London, 1908. Boys learn to make clothes; some draw patterns, others use sewing machines, while at the back more boys sew by hand

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908

Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908
Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Boys in aprons learning metalwork in the smithy

Background imageCouncil Collection: Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908

Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls in the gymnasium pose in pyramid formation with flags; others sit on apparatus

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908

Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908
Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Seamanship training: boys standing on the masts and rigging of an old sailing ship with part of the hull removed

Background imageCouncil Collection: Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908

Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls work at making baskets, with examples of the finished product on display

Background imageCouncil Collection: Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908

Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908
Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908

Background imageCouncil Collection: Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908

Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls sit at desks, possibly reading Braille, in a rather bare room

Background imageCouncil Collection: Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. The school cricket team pose with a trophy and their cricket bats

Background imageCouncil Collection: Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. A group of child acrobats performs a balancing act in front of a house

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys playing dominoes and reading at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Boys playing dominoes and reading at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900. Boys in uniform sit reading large books, left. Others sit in pairs playing dominoes. The room is bare and bleak

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Boys in uniform stand in line; a brass band plays on the right

Background imageCouncil Collection: Children playing in the nursery at Banstead Residential School, Surrey, 1931

Children playing in the nursery at Banstead Residential School, Surrey, 1931. Young children sit at a table and others play with sand

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908

Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Versailles Road, Penge, 1908. Boys at work in the Shoemakers Shop; pieces of leather lie on the floor in the foreground

Background imageCouncil Collection: Boys sitting at their desks, Ashford Residential School, Middlesex, 1900

Boys sitting at their desks, Ashford Residential School, Middlesex, 1900. Serious-looking boys sit obediently at their desks in an extremely long classroom. There seem to be at least four teachers



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