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Children

British writer Roald Dahl

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11 things you might not know about Roald Dahl

c1895: Queen Victoria with her family. Standing left to right: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince Henry of Battenberg; Count Arthur Mensdorff-Pouilly; Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg; George, Duke of York. Seated left to right: Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg; Queen Victoria; Victoria Mary, Duchess of York holding Prince Edward of York; Prince Arthur of Connaught; and Prince Alexander of Battenberg. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Who were Queen Victoria’s children? Everything you need to know about her sons and daughters

17th September 1936: The British minister of health, Sir Kingsley Wood, watches nurses weighing newborn twins during a visit to Southmead Hospital in Bristol to see the work local authorities were doing for the maintenance and improvement of health and housing conditions. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Mum hacks: 5 tips for new mothers from history

Bill Edwardes, who at the age of 16 joined the army to fight during WW2.

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The boys who lied about their age to fight in WW2

Alan Johnson talks to the History Extra podcast about schools through history. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti)

Schools through time

The Shaftesbury Welcome Ragged School in Battersea , 1899. Classes of 40 were not rare, and they could stretch to 80 during staff shortages. (Photo by Mary Evans)

Class warfare: a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild

London schoolboys on strike, Shoreditch, September 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The 1911 schoolchildren strikes

A Georgian painting depicting children leaving for school

The Georgian guide to perfect parenting

Street urchins in Lambeth, London, 19th century

Escaping the workhouse: the Victorian war on child poverty

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Revealed: children’s diaries that chart WW2, life in Victorian Britain, and bed bugs during the Napoleonic Wars

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Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood

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Is the ‘modern dad’ really that modern?

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Blitz Kids: The Children’s War Against Hitler

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You Can Help Your Country: English Children’s Work During the Second World War

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When the Children Came Home: Stories of Wartime Evacuees