St George's House,
Northern Police Orphanage. 1898-1956
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.
The
children were all provided with uniforms based on red (for St George),
blue (for the Police) and grey. They were very smart and well turned
out, so much so that when one lady in the congregation of a church saw
the children, she wanted to know the name of the college in order that
she might arrange for her own offspring to go there ! Miss Knocker
wasn't averse to using the best tailors in Leeds (perhaps Prices Tailors
or Burtons) for the making of navy blue blazers, winter overcoats etc.
Following is a selection of some general photographs of the children.
The Children 1945
Barbara & Frank Fawcett Olga Hewitson
& friend
Barbara Fawcett and Olga Hewitson
Elsie Harland & young
Bob Park
boy. Arthur Haygarth and June
Barrington
The Children 1948
Blazer Badge
The girls & boys, in their
uniforms Peter & Reg Taylor in
St George's blazers
A rare photograph taken in the early 1900's
showing the St George's boys in their Sunday best
Sailors uniforms.
The boy located second from the left is
George Squires (aged about 9 years) who came
from Leeds and entered St George's in 1914, along
with his sister Ada Squires.
If anyone can provide further information about
this photograph please contact:
peter@stgeorgesharrogate.org
Photograph showing that
the children originated from
many towns and cities in the North East and
elsewhere. In this instance from:
Middlesborough
Leeds
Sheffield
Hull
West Riding
Bradford
Deus vult