The Wall Worker c.1877 20th Century both from its confined space

both from its confined space and bad ventilation

the roofs of Westminster Hall

The photgraph was taken by an amateur photographer with an interest in London street life and immigrant districts

irrepressible Gladys to Miss Smith who tries to keep a workforce of flirtatious young men and women on the straight and narrow

The Wall Worker c.1877 20th Century both from its confined spaceMr Cannon, seated on the right, a displayer of cheap advertising boards on walls or fences, known as a 'wall worker', c. 1877. The boards had to be removed each night and replaced again in the morning. Mr Cannon had been a prosperous shoe maker whose business had been ruined by the Crimean War, causing him to fall on hard times.