Children of the State, Scattered Homes

[RichardB]

Sheffield Union 'Children of the State, Scattered Homes' for poor children.

1890's - Nos 149 and 151, Upperthorpe, (former East View House). No 3, Miss Bertha A. Coldwell and No 4, Miss Amy Andrew, Foster-mothers

Where's the second adult ??

1890's - Nos 149 and 151, Upperthorpe, (former East View House). No 3, Miss Bertha A. Coldwell and No 4, Miss Amy Andrew, Foster-mothers

1890's - Outside a homes at Upperthorpe, most probably Nos 149 or No 151, East View

1890's - View of a Headquarter Home named 'Ivy Cottage', off Smilter Lane, near Fir Vale workhouse, although outside its boundaries

[RichardB]

Sheffield Union 'Children of the State, Scattered Homes' for poor children.

1890's - No 92, Andover Street, (No. 7, for Roman Catholic boys), Mrs Bertha Woolhouse, Foster-mother

[RichardB]

Sheffield Union 'Children of the State, Scattered Homes' for poor children.

1900's - most probably Nos 399 andamp; 401, City Road (next to the cemetery)

[RichardB]

Typical plan of a Sheffield Union, 'Children of the State, Scattered Homes' for poor children (1900's)

[Lyn 1]

The NGH History Project has reproduced 100 copies only of the following -

An enlarged facsimile reprint by the Northern General Hospital History Project, of two historical booklets relating to the Smilter Lane (Herries Road) Children's Homes, part of the old Fir Vale Workhouse

SHEFFIELD UNION

THE CHILDREN OF THE STATE

SHEFFIELD'S SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT

Reprinted from 'THE COUNCILLOR AND GUARDIAN'

LONDON:

COUNCILLOR AND GUARDIAN OFFICES 29, OLD QUEEN STREET,

S.W.

1898

&

The Scattered Homes for Children

Historical Sketch

. . And . .

Record of the present position of the

Homes, together with certain details

and statistics . . . . . . . .

Presented by the Children's Homes Committee to the

Sheffield Board of Guardians, 20th March, 1907

SHEFFIELD

SHEFFIELD INDEPENDENT PRESS LIMITED, 21 FARGATE.

1907

If anyone is interested in obtaining a copy, price £4.50, just send me a private message.

Lyn

[Guest Gramps]

There is a fair amount of detail about the Fir Vale 'scattered' or 'cottage' homes about two thirds of the way down this page...

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Sh...Sheffield.shtml

[Guest Gramps]

It is interesting to note that the Ecclesall Union Guardians had an entirely different take on the treatment of children in their care. The Fulwood Cottage Homes project seems to have had little enthusiasm for keeping children in touch with the surrounding community, opting instead for what was an undisguised 'institution'.

The inmates appear to have been educated 'on site' rather than in the local schools but there is no mention of education in the details on-line here http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/EcclesallBierlow/ (about half-way down the page).

Perhaps the local community preferred these poor children to be kept out of sight.

[Lyn 1]

In 1939 shortly before the war started, the children from Fir Vale or Herries Rd Homes were all moved to Fulwood cottage homes.

Lyn

[sheffmark]

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Sheffield/

This website gives a great insight into life in the workhouses and scattered homes for children in Sheffield, and indeed throughout Britain.