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Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 6 / Fairlawn

Home 6 was initially a home for girls only and, as such, was on the left hand side of the drive. By 1948, Home 4 had become mixed with accommodation for 18 boys and girls. In 1949 it was given the ...

Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 7 / Birkdale

Home 7 was initially a home for boys only and, as such, was on the right side of the drive. At the back of Home 7 was the sports pavilion. In 1948, Home 7 remained as a home for boys only with accommodation ...

Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 8 / Glenedyth

Home 8 was initially a home only for girls and, as such was on the left side of the drive. It was one of the detached homes. By 1948, Home 8 was mixed with accommodation for 18 boys and girls. In 1949 ...

Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 9 / Appledore

Home 9 was initially a home for boys only and, as such was on the right side of the drive. Home 9 was a semi-detached house sharing a wall with the adjacent home. Opposite these two homes was the Superintendent’s ...

Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Southview / The Probationary Home

Southview was opened as a purpose-built probationary home within Erdington Cottage Homes. Whereas the cottage homes complex was opened in 1900, the Probationary, or Pro, Home was not opened until 20th ...

Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: The Lindens

The initial cottage homes complex incorporated not only a school, chapel and swimming pool but also an infirmary. Children who had infectious diseases could be kept away from other children in the ...

Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: The Lodge / Orchardside

The Lodge was initially the home of the Cottage Homes porter and his wife. It also functioned as the receiving home for the Cottage Homes. The initial building was described as “a porter’s lodge and receiving ...

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 its inmates. A digital enhancement of the photograph enables an adult figure to be seen in an open ...

Fairfield, 20 Dudley Park Road, Acocks Green

This children’s home has been located on two different sites. The first Fairfield opened in 1973 at 20 Dudley Park Road, Acocks Green. In 2004, it moved to Erdington. The Dudley Park Road Fairfield ...

Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre, Kingsbury Road, Erdington

Glenthorne was a purpose-built residential treatment centre for young people which opened in 1978. It could accommodate, at the time of its opening, 62 children aged between 12 and 19. The children coming ...

Graveyard of Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage by Sir Benjamin Stone

It is possible to see the surname of a child and their date of death in this photograph – Taylor 1905. The existence of the Orphanage’s graveyard is a physical reminder that child mortality was commonplace. ...

Pype Hayes Hall, Pype Hayes Park, Erdington

The children’s home at Pype Hayes Hall has the distinction of being in the oldest building of all the Birmingham City Council children’s homes. Pype Hayes Hall was built in around 1630, with some significant ...

The Bungalow, Erdington

The children's home known informally as the Bungalow opened in 2004 on the site of part of the former playing fields of Erdington Cottage Homes. It is a purpose-built, single storey unit with beds for ...

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