Children eating breakfast, by Lisel Haas
The children sharing breakfast in this photograph are believed to be siblings although we do not know their names. Haas was born in Monchengladbach, Germany. She was a Jewish refugee who settled in Birmingham ...
Children feeding a swan
Shenley Fields Estate, Weoley Castle, Birmingham.
Children from Port Elizabeth
This photograph shows children with a teacher in Port Elizabeth, Africa.
Children in abandoned car, Lozells
Most working class homes were so small and overcrowded that there was little space to play indoors. Parents encouraged their children to play outside in the street. The street became a place for running, ...
Children in Bethlehem
Street scene in Bethlehem.
Children in Classroom, Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage by Sir Benjamin Stone
This photograph shows that all of the girls are dressed uniformly and the age range of the girls in the orphanage. It also shows school desks and some teaching equipment. The space is large but is heated ...
Children in school classroom
Photograph of a white boy and a black girl in a classroom interior. Taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Children in Summer Lane
Many of the back-to-back courts in the city had a large number of children living in them. The children of Summer Row were among the poorest in Birmingham, as we can see from their clothes and the boy ...
Children in Traditional Japanese Dress
This photograph shows two children dressed in traditional Japanese attire, Kyoto, Japan.
Children in Warwickshire
This photograph shows 'village children' at Water Orton.
Children on a Birmingham Co-operative Society float at the May Day parade
Children on a see-saw
Municipal Estate, Kingstanding.
Children on climbing frame
Shenley Fields Estate, Weoley Castle, Birmingham.
Children on swings
Municipal Estate, Kingstanding, 1939
Children on the street in Aston
Children Playing at the Botanical Gardens
Holidays were mainly the preserve of the middle classes in the late nineteenth century – the poor had very little time off and very little spare money to spend. A public park therefore provided a unique ...
Children playing football in Holliday Road, Handsworth by Vanley Burke
This photograph is part of a Digital Handsworth online gallery: Vanley Burke Galleries
Photograph copyright: Vanley Burke
Children playing in street by Nick Hedges
Children’s play was often determined by gender, both at home and in the street. Here the boy plays with a wheel barrow whilst the girls play with dolls and prams.