Bartley Green Children's Home (no. 36)
This was built as a family group home or ‘scattered home’ in 1952 on the newly built California municipal housing estate in Bartley Green.
The home was part of a programme of new children’s homes, ...
Bartley Green Children's Home (no. 52)
Along with the other children’s home built on this road (at number 36), this was built in 1952, as a new-build on the California housing estate which itself was in the process of being completed at the ...
Beechenhurst, 10 Serpentine Road, Selly Oak
From at least 1953, Beechenhurst was used by the Council as a care home for elderly people.
In 1981, Birmingham residential childcare was divided into four districts – West Birmingham, North/East Birmingham, ...
Bicknell Croft Children's Home, Kings Heath
There are several parallels between this home and another children's home which was built on Reynoldstown Road. The two homes are very similar in structure, at least outwardly. Both were built in 1967 ...
Bonnet from Fancy Dress Costume
This fancy dress costume was worn by Florence Barrow, aged 10, in 1886 for the Lord Mayor's Children's Party.
Bournville Family, by Bill Brandt
Black and white photographic print by Bill Brandt depicting family sat in garden of a house on the Weoley Castle Estate.
Bournville Family, by Bill Brandt
This photograph was taken by a London-based photographer called Bill Brandt, forming part of an album in the Bournville Village Trust archive that remained unknown to the photographic world until the ...
Boy and girl in slum interior
Photograph of a young boy and girl in a dark interior. Taken in Bradford by Nick Hedges.
Boy bathing in slum kitchen
Photograph of a young boy in a plastic bath in a dark kitchen interior. Taken in Hackney, London by Nick Hedges.
Boy in street
Photograph of a boy standing in front of a derelict house. Taken in Balsall Heath, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.
Boy with scar
Photograph of a little boy with his jumper pulled up to reveal a vertical scar on his stomach. Taken in Newcastle by Nick Hedges.
Boy with sibling, London, by Nick Hedges
Hedges tried to capture the human face of homelessness. This photograph shows that positive family relationships existed despite the difficult conditions. The boy and his sibling are shown under the watchful ...
Boys on street corner by Nick Hedges
Bridgeburn Road, Weoley Castle
The children's home on Bridgeburn Road opened in a purpose-built house for eight children in 1953 on the newly built Woodcock Hill housing estate.
The first houseparents were Mr and Mrs Godfrey who ...
Brooklands, Selly Wick Road, Selly Oak
Before becoming a children's home, the building on Selly Wick Road was originally a vicarage. The two storey building was bought by the Children’s Committee in 1967 to be adapted for use as a children’s ...
Caerynwch Residential Nursery, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
In 1941, attempts had been made to evacuate many of the children from the cottage homes to the countryside. Approximately 40 of the nursery-age children from Erdington Cottage Homes had already been sent ...
Canal Boat Hostel, Wood End Lane, Erdington
The Canal Boat Hostel in Wood End Hall was not a children’s home as such. It was a hostel providing what was presumably temporary accommodation for canal boat children.
It was established in 1951 by ...
Castle Vale Children's Home
This home was built to replace the children's home on St Athan Croft.
Built in partnership with the Castle Vale Housing Action Trust, it was designed to have rooms for eight children aged between 12 ...