Family sitting at the table
Slum Housing, near the Malden Road, London.
Farm labourers at Booths Farm, Perry Barr by Sir Benjamin Stone
Parts of Birmingham were very rural until relatively recently and many children were employed in agricultural work.
Father and two children
Photograph of a father with his two children in a slum interior. Taken in Moss Side, Manchester by Nick Hedges.
Fighting Prejudice
In the twentieth century, the 'Birmingham Hebrew Congregation' of Singer's Hill faced a humanitarian crisis- the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany.
In WWII, Hitler's brutal regime would ...
Floor tiles from 'Longworth', Edgbaston
These floor tiles, from 24 Priory Road, were rescued from the home of John Thackray Bunce, editor of the Birmingham Daily Post from 1862 to 1898. His daughters Kate and Myra were students at the Birmingham ...
George and Elizabeth Cadbury with their children
Families were often larger than today, and the death of one parent often resulted in extended step-families. George Cadbury had five children with his first wife Mary Tylor: George junior and Edward ...
Girl in fancy dress presenting a bouquet to Elizabeth Cadbury at Bournville Children’s Festival
Girl in slum interior
Photograph of a little girl in a white dress in a derelict house. Taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Girl on swing
Slum Housing, near the Malden Road, London.
Girl sweeping yard
Photograph of a girl sweeping a back yard, seen from above. Taken in Salford by Nick Hedges.
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. ...
Great Western Arcade
Image of the Great Western Arcade today.
Group of children crossing the road
Group of children playing in street
Back-to-back and Tunnel-back Slum properties, Hockley, Birmingham.
Group of children playing in street
Back-to-back and Tunnel-back Slum properties, Hockley, Birmingham.
'Gypsies of the Sahara'
This photograph shows children in the Atlas Mountains.
'Gypsy Encampment' in Turkey
This photograph shows children on an encampment near Misopoli.
'Gypsy Encampment', Cookley
This photograph shows children on a traveller site on Whittington Lane, Cookley.