Sheffield Boys Working Home for Destitute Boys, 82 Broomspring Lane

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Sheffield Boys Working Home for Destitute Boys, 82 Broomspring Lane. 1889.

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Detail from Ordnance Survey Map, sheet no. Yorkshire 294-7-24.

Sheffield Red Book, 1912 (page 207): The Sheffield Boy's Working Home was founded in 1881 to provide a home for boys in a state of physical or moral destitution, the relief of mothers of fatherless children; and to afford a measure of education and give the boys an opportunity of earning an honest livelihood; there is accommodation in the home for 40 boys; there is no workhouse atmosphere about the place, and boys are allowed to visit their friends on Sundays .. the home is supported by subscriptions, and by the earnings of the boys.

 

No. 105, Upper Hanover Street (left) and Nos. 86-82, Broomspring Lane with Springfield School in the background. February 1974

82 Broomspring Lane was formerly the Sheffield Boys' Working Home. w01745

Nos. 82-88, Broomspring Lane, February 1974. w01743

 

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Boys Working Home at 82 Broomspring Lane, 1901 Census. 

Run by Alfred Stubbing and his wife Sarah. 

https://www.ourbroomhall.org.uk/content/explore/places/hospitals-and-homes/boys-working-home-82-broomspring-lane-1901-census

 

See also the Comments below the article. 

"If you Check out the Sheffield Daily Telegraph 7/12/1918 there is an article about some of the former boys that served in WW1

By Nick Beeley (31/10/2017)" 

" My wife’s grandparents (Windle) also ran this home in the early 1900’s. She has a write up about it and photos of the boys during this period. Copies available to anyone interested.

By Tony Biles (09/10/2015)"

 

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Link to:

https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/9524-sheffield-boys-working-home-broomspring-lane/

 

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Sheffield Boys Working Home for Destitute Boys, Broomspring Lane. 

" We help those who try and help themselves." 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295480990436

 

 

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Working Boys Homes. 

https://www.formerchildrenshomes.org.uk/working_boys_home.html

 

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