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Board School Boys

This photograph shows school boys from a Board School in Stratford on Avon.

Board School Girls

This photograph shows school girls from a Board School in Stratford on Avon.

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.

Booklet describing Birmingham Workhouse

In the past children from poorer families in Britain had to earn a living as a matter of routine. Going to school was not common until 1870. Many children worked from a young age, often in seasonal or ...

Bournville Continuation School Cookery Notebook

In 1926, George Cadbury Jnr wrote that, 'As employers […] we only have a right to use the labour of young people if we make sufficient provision for their proper development […] the privilege of using ...

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 and toy horse

Photograph by Lisel Haas entitled 'Das Neue Pferd' (the new horse).

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 selling newspapers with a blind man on the corner of New Street and Worcester Street by Thomas Clark

Boy with Flag by Vanley Burke

Vanley Burke’s photographs are noted for making visible in a sensitive way black daily life in Britain. Looking straight at the camera the boy presents the viewer with a strong sense of his own identity. ...

Boy with hoop at Calthorpe Park

In the 19th century public parks were introduced to provide the poor and working classes with healthier ways to spend their leisure hours. The land was often given by social reformers – Lord Calthorpe ...

Boy with pigeon, Balsall Heath by Alan Wood

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 ...

Boy with toy horse