The photograph shows (from left to right) the infirmary, the swimming baths and the girls’ playhall. The southern end of the girls’ houses can be glimpsed through a tree to the right of the picture. The photograph was taken in July 1929. In the foreground are the mound and fixed staging that were used to stage pageants and gymnastic drills at the annual Festivals held on Founder’s Day, a date near to Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s birthday – 19 June. Photograph courtesy of The Tella Co.Ltd, 1929. Original image and copyright held by Spurgeon’s Child Care Trust.Ref: IV\/243\/1-6, SPd3484<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The photograph shows (from left to right) the infirmary, the swimming baths and the girls’ playhall. The southern end of the girls’ houses can be glimpsed through a tree to the right of the picture. The photograph was taken in July 1929. In the foreground are the mound and fixed staging that were used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,9,57,15,31,6,281,97,12,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1926-1950","category-buildings-architecture","category-education","category-entertainment","category-open-spaces","category-photograph","category-spurgeons_homes","category-spurgeon-rev-c-h","category-stockwell","category-welfare-and-social-institutions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n