Old houses in Bermondsey Street 1881 HG2243/73 the government insisted all prisoners

the government insisted all prisoners be forcibly fed

Packed in a corn starch clear bag

Fagin in the condemned cell

There is a hurdy gurdy player on the left

Victoria Railway Station with a train for the Kent coast departing from the platform

Old houses in Bermondsey Street 1881 HG2243/73 the government insisted all prisonersOld houses in Bermondsey Street, 1881. Timber framed houses like these dated back to the 16th and early 17th centuries and were still common in Southwark and the surrounding areas at the beginning of the 19th century. However, by the time this photograph was taken they had become something of a rarity. This photograph was commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London to form part of a permanent visual record of historic buildings