Childcare Weblinks
Design Museum – A Century of Chairs – Late 1800s
Information about the Design Museum's collection of chairs made by the Austrian manufacturer Michael Thonet, who pioneered the mass production of bentwood furniture.
View 'Design Museum – A Century of Chairs – Late 1800s' website
Lewisham Voices
Images and personal recollections have been gathered from people who live, work or are involved in community activities in the Lewisham. The Babies and Childhood and Family Life sections have extracts describing homes, living arrangements and experiences of having children and being a parent.
National Childbirth Trust
The National Childbirth Trust are a charity dealing with pregnancy, birth and early parenthood in the UK.. They offer education and information for parents.
Parentline Plus
Parentline Plus is a national charity offering help and support to parents through a range of free services. Their services include helplines, email support and information on a range of parenting topics.
The History of the Feeding Bottle
This website contains articles charting the history of the use of feeding bottles, and includes images and links.
The Victorian Nursery
Strangers' Hall in Norwich has a number of rooms furnished in the styles of many different historical periods, from Tudor to Victorian. This webpage contains an account of what a typical day in their Victorian nursery may have been like as well as images of furniture and toys in this room.
