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Description: | In 1906 the Mission of Hope opened Birdhurst Lodge in South Croydon. The lodge was a Christian house where unmarried mothers could give birth to their babies. Although some of the mothers kept their children, the babies were usually either adopted by couples or grew up in one of the mission's children's homes. By the 1950s it ran five nurseries and three homes. The mission was funded by public donations. Staff wore the badges. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Rights holder: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Subjects: | Home and Family | Temporal: | 1893-1989 | Source: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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