Shoemaking, Norton Reformatory Annual Report
Children were educated and trained in various trades, including shoemaking, gardening, tailoring and farming.
Sir Benjamin Stone and Children Around the World
Sir John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838 and educated at King Edward's School on New Street, Birmingham. He joined his father’s glass manufacturing business, eventually succeeding him as director. ...
Sir Benjamin Stone and Children in the UK
Sir John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838 and educated at King Edward's School on New Street, Birmingham. He joined his father’s glass manufacturing business, eventually succeeding him as director. ...
St Athan Croft Children's Home, 34 St Athan Croft, Castle Vale
This children’s home on St Athan Croft was opened in 1967.
When it opened it was a new build – a large detached house - on the newly built Castle Vale housing estate. It was in close proximity to another ...
St Johns, Gravelly Hill, Erdington
The children's home known as St Johns was opened in 1976. The building, situated next to St Mary’s and St John’s church, was originally a voluntary approved (Roman Catholic) school for girls and was run ...
St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographer: Brigitte Winsor, 12 March 2006.
Stechford Children's Home
In the early 1970s, six purpose-built children’s homes were built each of which could accommodate 18 children. This home in Stechford was one of these, opening in 1973. The site, 2,173 square yards, cost ...
Stevens Avenue Children's Homes, Bartley Green
In the early 1970s, nine purpose-built children’s homes were built, each of which could house 18 children. One of these was Stevens Avenue which opened in 1974.
The 1950s and 1960s had seen small ...
Street Boys in Greece
This photograph shows 'street boys' in Patras.
Street Children in Italy
This photograph shows 'street loiterers' in Milan.
Street scene
Photograph of women and children in street. Taken in Salford by Nick Hedges.
Study for 'The Beloved', by Rossetti
This drawing was made by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) as a study for a painting, ‘The Beloved’ (‘The Bride’), which features models of different ‘races’. The dark skin of the boy is contrasted with ...
Summer Hill, 19 Summer Hill Terrace, Ladywood
In 1905, the Birmingham Board of Guardians bought a house on Summer Hill Terrace to use as the city’s first receiving home for children. Its purpose was to relieve overcrowding in the cottage homes by ...
Sunday School Anniversary Parade
Methodist Sunday School Anniversary Parade, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Sunderton Road Children's Home (no. 18), Brandwood End
This opened as a purpose-built home for eight children in 1952 on the newly-built Woodthorpe Farm estate.
The home was part of a programme of new children’s homes, each built on newly developing housing ...
Sunderton Road Children's Home (no. 196), Brandwood End
This opened as a purpose-built home for eight children in 1953 on the newly-built Woodthorpe Farm Estate.
The home was part of a programme of new children’s homes, each built on newly developing housing ...
Sutton Road Children's Home, Erdington
The building that was to become the children's home on Sutton Road was originally built as a doctor’s house. It was purchased by the Council in 1966, adapted and opened as a children’s home in 1967.
A ...
Tennal School, Balden Road, Harborne
Tennal’s roots are in the 19th century when Birmingham’s first ragged school was founded as St Philip’s Free Industrial School in 1847. As a ragged school, free education was given to poor children who ...