Albion Hill Home for Female Penitents, Brighton
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Albion Hill Home for Female Penitents, Brighton
Albion Hill Home for Female Penitents, Brighton - inmates at work in the ironing room Date: 1874
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© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
1874 Albion Brighton Carehome Inmates Ironing Orphanage Orphans Penitents Services Welfare Childrens
EDITORS COMMENTS
This evocative photograph captures a moment in time at the Albion Hill Home for Female Penitents in Brighton, England, in 1874. The Albion Hill Home was an institution for the care and rehabilitation of women who had been convicted of minor offenses or were in need of shelter and support. The image shows a group of women and children, likely residents of the home, hard at work in the ironing room. The women are focused intently on their tasks, some holding irons and others smoothing out wrinkles in piles of freshly laundered linens. The children, dressed in simple clothing, sit at tables or play on the floor, engaged in their own activities. The scene exudes an atmosphere of industry and purpose, as the women provide essential services for the running of the home while also learning valuable skills that would help them reintegrate into society. The Albion Hill Home offered a vital social welfare service for women and children in need, providing them with a safe and nurturing environment to heal and grow. This photograph offers a glimpse into the daily life of the residents and the important work that was carried out within the walls of the institution.
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