A Night In The Open - The Homeless of Victorian London 1894.

In August, 1894, a journalist set out to spend a night amongst the homeless on the streets of Victorian London. Moving from Trafalgar Square to Oxford Street, and then down to the Embankment, via the Adelphi Arches, he spoke to any who were willing to tell him about themselves. In this video you can hear their stories, accompanied by evocative photographs of those who had fallen through the crack of 19th century society and ended up on the streets. An out of work servant, a job-seeking navvy, an itinerant flower seller, as well as the habitual loafers, to whom the benches on the Embankment provided a place to sleep, all got to tell their stories in heart-rending detail.