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Toxteth Park Girls' Industrial School / Training House, Liverpool, Lancashire

The Toxteth Park Girls' Industrial School was founded in 1851 'to receive girls of the poorer classes, and orphans, and train them for domestic service.' Despite its name, the establishment never became a Certified Industrial School, taking children placed in detention by the courts.

The School subsequently occupied premises at 24 (later renumbered as 124) Dingle Lane, Toxteth Park, where 50 girls could be accommodated. In 1907, Liverpool cases paid between 1s. and 5s. a week; those from outside the city paid 5s. Originally, girls were admitted between the ages of 10 and 13 years, although this later became from 8 to 12. Girls remained until the age of 16 and were not allowed to leave until fitted for domestic service.

By 1913, the establishment had changed its name to the Toxteth Park Domestic Training House, later amended slightly as Training Home.

The Home is believed to have continued in operation until the late 1950s. The premises were later occupied by the Merseyside Social Club for the Blind. The building no longer exists and a children's centre now stands on the site.

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