Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 4 / The Haven
Home 4 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 20 boys and girls. In 1949 it became known ...
Erdington Cottage Homes, Fentham Road: Home 5 / Braemar
Home 5 was initially a home for boys only and, as such was on the right hand side of the drive.
In 1948, Home 5 remained as being for boys only with accommodation for 18 boys. In 1949, it became known ...
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 ...
Extract from Elizabeth Cadbury's Family Journal
Between 1915 and 1918 Elizabeth Cadbury wrote a weekly family journal that was circulated amongst family members and close friends. These journals provide an insight into the Cadbury’s family life during ...
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 ...
Family group
Municipal Estate, Kingstanding.
Family in bedsit interior
Photograph of a woman and man with their two children in a bedsit interior. Photograph taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Family of J.H.A. Majendie Esq. MP at Headingham Castle, Essex by Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914)
The conditions in which children lived depended on their social class and the economic circumstances of their family. Children from well off families lived in comfortable homes surrounded by their possessions. ...
Family sitting at the table
Family sitting at the table
Slum Housing, near the Malden Road, London.
Fancy Dress Costume worn by Florence Barrow
This fancy dress costume was worn by Florence Barrow, aged ten, in 1886 for the Lord Mayor's Children's Party. Florence was the daughter of Richard Cadbury Barrow and grew up in Edgbaston. Later she ...
Father and two children
Photograph of a father with his two children in a slum interior. Taken in Moss Side, Manchester by Nick Hedges.