Two children in bed at Horwood House (59 Newland Street). They were at a children’s home run by Miss Hunt on Montessori lines for disadvantaged children from London.
This photo is one of two facing page 80 in the book ‘The Unrelated Family’, which was written by A Vera G Wright. She helped at the home from June 1918 for a time. Her book does not give names to either the home or the town, but ERO T/P 133/26 names them. Miss Hunt is mentioned in directories for 1922 and 1926. The book is scarce, and I gave my copy to the Essex Record Office in 2006.
The caption for this photo is ‘Fun in my bed in the morning. Doris and Ella. A snapshot at 7 a.m.’ She has changed the names. See also photos M1475, M2925 to M2930.
Ref | M2926 |
Date taken | 1918-1922 |
Source | From the book 'The Unrelated Family' by A Vera G Wright Scanned from my copy of the book before I gave it to the ERO in March 2006. I also scanned the book itself and kept one copy and filed the other with files of book extracts which I gave to Witham library |