St George's House,
Northern Police Orphanage. 1898-1956
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.
Boys & Girls
The
number of children cared for at St George's at any one time varied from
year to year. The typical list below shows the
origin and number of children resident in the 1948-49 year.
| Place of Origin | Number | Place of Origin | Number |
|||
| Stockport | 1 | Tynemouth | 2 | |||
| Derby | 2 | Nottingham | 1 | |||
| Durham County | 3 | Shropshire | 1 | |||
| Gateshead | 4 | Staffordshire | 1 | |||
| Lancashire | 1 | Stoke on Trent | 2 | |||
| Barrow in Furness | 1 | Walsall | 1 | |||
| Bolton | 2 | York | 6 | |||
| Manchester | 2 | Yorkshire, West Riding | 6 | |||
| Salford | 2 | Huddersfield | 2 | |||
| Oldham | 2 | Leeds | 5 | |||
| Lincolnshire | 1 | Sheffield | 5 | |||
| Northumberland | 4 | Metropolitan | 3 | |||
| Newcastle on Tyne | 3 |
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.
Barbara & Frank Fawcett Olga Hewitson
& friend
Barbara Fawcett and Olga Hewitson
Elsie Harland & young William
Bob Park
Breeze. Arthur Haygarth and June
Barrington as a youngster.
Photo dated 1949
Photo undated
The girls & boys, in their
uniforms Peter & Reg Taylor in
St George's blazers
Three rare photographs taken in the early 1900's
showing the St George's boys and girls in their Sunday
best Sailors uniforms.
Photo shown on left:
The boy located second from the left is
George Squires (Child 210) who came
from Leeds and entered St George's in 1914, along
with his sister Ada Squires. The boy on the far right
is Ernest Bracken (Child 150) who entered St George's
in 1909.
The girl located
under 'A' is Hannah Bracken known as Dot
the girl located above 'B' is her sister Margaret Bracken also
known as Maggie or Peggie.
If anyone can provide
further information about these photographs please let us know, refer Contact/
Links page for details.
Lawrence
(382) & Cyril (383) Madew
Cyril & Lawrence Madew
Harold Jones (Child 325)
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
Blazer badge
Five St George's boys
St George's House logo
Group photos
St George's Girls, c1908
Evelyn May Parkes is standing front right, second girl in.
The Children c1915
The
Children c1925
The Children c1928
The Children c1930
The Children c1934
The Children 1935
The Children 1936
The Children 1937
The Children 1938
The Children 1939
The Children 1940
The
Children 1941
The
Children 1942
The
Children 1943
The
Children 1944
The Children 1945
The Children 1946
The Children 1947
The Children 1948
The
Children 1949
The
Children 1950
The
Children 1951
The Children 1952
The
Children 1953
The
Children 1954
The
Children and Staff 1955
Deus vult
Email contact: stgeorgesharrogate@gmail.com