These rows of 'coffins' were the men's sleeping quarters at London's Burne Street hostel. They look extremely harsh to us now but provided a basic level of shelter and food to the extreme poor in the City who would otherwise have to sleep on the streets.
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Emergency residential care in coffins - what an amazing story! And what a great photo. Do you have a reference where I could read about this further?
thanks
Hels
I got it from the book '1900' by Rebecca West.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_penny_coffin
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