An early labour exchange at the Salvation Army Headquarters in Whitechapel High Street - I find it somewhat ironic that next door, the razor sharpening shop offered a daily grind… #eastend#History#Job https://t.co/ze3tlgzseW
LITTLE KNOWN FACT ALERT - The Ceremony of the Constables Dues takes place occasionally in the Tower of London. Visiting Naval vessels pay a levy to the Tower Constable in the form of a barrel of rum for the privilege of using the Thames… #Eastend#History#toweroflondon
Hello 👋 slumfans !! We are back and thankfully it’s just in time to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas 🎄 from everyone at The Victorian Slum. #MerryChristmasToAll#VictorianSlum
Hello lovely followers. You can relive our time in the slum on BBC4 at 7pm Sunday. Or even check us out for the first time. Get it sky+’d https://t.co/xMyMfpt3kv
@VictorianSlum interesting the slumming tours. Cast offended by poverty voyeurism. This was charity driven back then & it struck me, no different to the tv adverts of poor African children we see daily also charity driven🤔
Today's slogan 'Make Britain Great Again', well just watch 'Victorian Slum on BBC 2' this week. This is when Britain really was 'Great'; appalling hardship for the working class/poor.