Spitalfields Nippers, 1912

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All images by Horace Warner. Thank you to Spitalfields Life.

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June 23rd, 2024 | Tags: 1912, Spitalfields Nippers -
Categories: 1910s, PEOPLE | Instructor: Chris Wild

4 comments to Spitalfields Nippers, 1912

• Marc Brans

  June 23, 2024 at 11:17 am

  I wonder what it is “written” on the cart wheel… “109…”?

• Mel Phistopheles

  June 23, 2024 at 12:16 pm

  These children have old, tired eyes.

• Chris

  June 23, 2024 at 1:21 pm

  Used to practically live and breath in Spitalfields in London… great place now but some areas, streets were totally poverty stricken for a long time, used to have 10 families too a house a room shared as well plus this is in the middle of Jack the Rippers stalking ground.

• kate

  June 28, 2024 at 11:38 am

  Poor wee things, the boy leaning against the wall really looks so sad…