Victorian Christmas in the Slums! (Drink, Debauchery and Destitution)

Would you stumble into a notorious Victorian gin palace in the slums of London's Whitechapel on Christmas Eve in search of festivity and refreshment? Find out how – far from a welcoming atmosphere and seasonal cheer – there was bad language, brawls and drunkenness.

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CC BY - A man begs in the street with his family, A scene in a beer shop with a young thief gambling, A scene in a dancing hall with a sly customer eyeing, A woman standing in the street in St Giles's London, A London fog, The Cock and Magpie Drury Lane by Wellcome Collection; Booze by National Museum of Health and Medicine; Wrought iron grille Saloon Bar by Jim Osley via geograph.org
CC BY-SA - Another closed pub by David Pickersgill via geograph.org.uk; Steam trains in the Netherlands by Polygoon-Profilti (producent) Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision; Gin pouring juniper journey Worship Street Whistling Stop Shoreditch by Jack Oughton; Over 50 Gin by Alessandro Perchiazzi

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