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seven boys smiling while holding daffodils
Happy Easter - please enjoy these photos from our archives
Today seems like a good time to review some charming photos in our archives of Easter commemorations.
31 March 2013
Ian Wakeling, Records, Archive and Data Protection Manager
Research team
From the archives: Christmas photos from the 1950s
The manager of our archives presents a handful of heartwarming Christmas images
25 December 2012
Ian Wakeling, Records, Archive and Data Protection Manager
Research team
Children and female staff watching Father Christmas handing out presents.
Father Christmas, nativity scenes and young people: Christmas photos, 1930s-‘60s
The manager of our archives presents a handful of heartwarming Christmas images, drawn from our archives.
21 December 2012
Ian Wakeling, Records, Archive and Data Protection Manager
Research team
Old image of Father Christmas and the words 'The Children's Society'
Santa Claus, Big Ben and vulnerable children: Our Christmas messages, 1907-1952
The manager of our archives presents a handful of heartwarming Christmas images, drawn from the pages of magazines we shared with supporters
16 December 2012, 1 comment
Ian Wakeling, Records, Archive and Data Protection Manager
Research team
Rosie sitting at a table with several boxes of papers and photographs
Visiting our archives, 'a sort of Narnia'
Our archives are tucked away in an unassuming office building, housing a rich collection of stories.
05 October 2012
Rosie Rutherford, Media Assistant
Media team
Help from our founder - The ongoing effects of helping children
Our founder helped the mother of our supporter Anne - today, Anne writes about the difference it made, and why she is remembering us in her will.
05 September 2012
Anne Bachelor, Supporter
Guest bloggers
Rosie sitting at a table with several boxes of papers and photographs
Time travelling in south London: A trip through our archives
Our archives are a sort of Narnia, tucked away in an unassuming office building, housing a rich collection of stories.
17 July 2012
Rosie Rutherford, Media Assistant
Media team

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