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Hereford and District Working Boys Home

The Industrial school was a classic setting for the application of rigid but well-meaning Victorian educational values.


Working boys home

Shirley Dalley has devoted many years to the search for evidence of Hereford's example and the poor boys who were brought here from across the country.


  • Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026 - Tuesday 19 May 2026
  • Location: HARC - Herefordshire Archives and Records Centre
  • Cost: £5 or £7 for two
  • Time: 2pm - 3pm