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Follow the story of Mr Collingwood with our conservator Wanda and archivist Jo.
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Uncovering hidden stories in the archive: Mr Collingwood
13th August 2021
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Explore the stories of four young girls treated in the Foundling Hospital Infirmary.
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Ten young lives: inoculation and recovery
19th July 2021
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Find out how long-term health issues affected Foundling pupils in these three stories from the archives.
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Ten young lives: Long-term health challenges
15th June 2021
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Trace Benjamin's story from the Foundling Hospital and beyond through social records.
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Benjamin Scarlett’s story
14th June 2021
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Read the surgical stories of the Foundling pupils as uncovered by one of our transcribers.
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Ten young lives: surgical stories
7th June 2021
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Volunteer transcriber Julie follows the story of Sophia, who emigrated to Australia, in our archives.
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Uncovering Sophia Foster’s story from Australia
3rd June 2021
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Julian explores Charles Dickens' essay about the Foundling Hospital.
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Exploring Dickens’ portrayal of the care experience
8th June 2021
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Supreme talks about finding your voice as a young person in care in her new video.
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Turning up your volume when others have turned it down
28th May 2021
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Sabrina and Lucretia were taken from the Foundling Hospital by Thomas Day for an experiment.
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Sabrina’s and Lucretia’s story – the real Eliza Doolittles
20th May 2021
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In this blog Amy celebrates International Boys Day.
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