Photograph of group of nurses and infants at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Newhall Street

Dormitory rules in Norton Reformatory

Individual boy in uniform, Norton Reformatory

Drill was part of the regular routine for boys at Norton. The reformatory also had a cadet corp.

Register of Children, Marston Green Cottage Homes

For the Victorians orphans invited both pity and fear. They were pitied because they lacked family, ...

Exterior of Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage, Erdington by Sir Benjamin Stone

Like many Victorian civic buildings Mason’s Orphanage was monumental in scale, the building dwarfing ...

Dormitory, Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage by Sir Benjamin Stone

As Mason’s Orphanage was so large the dormitory could accommodate three rows of beds. The room is essentially ...