Images By Theme: Childhood

This a selection of images based on the theme of Childhood from the 1890s to the 1970s. Check out our Teaching Activities What was life like for Victorian children? Did it get any better? and What was life like for Victorian school children?

Barracks Lane, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Children packing tea at Butlers Wharf, London

Cordwalles School, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead

Donkey rides on Bridlington Beach, East Yorkshire

Experimental archaeology

Fancy Dress, Hellidon, Northamptonshire

Flower Festival at Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Hercules Road, Lambeth, London

Housing near Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, Lambeth, Greater London

Portrait in the garden, Warwickshire

Portrait, Fawsley, Northamptonshire

River Thames, City of London

School at Freeland, Oxfordshire

Street in Eydon, Northamptonshire

Terraced housing, Bowling Green, Warwick, Warwickshire

Trafalgar Square, Westminster, Greater London

Triang Toy Shop, Oldham Road, Manchester

Two children in a playground outside a block of Jespersen flats at Pooles Park, Islington, Greater London Authority

Uffington Castle, Oxfordshire