#18 Thrawl Street

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Thrawl Street by Brett Sheehan Via Flickr: Mary Ann Nichols was lodging at 18 Thrawl Street around the time she became a victim of Jack The Ripper on August 31 1888. She was turned down for a bed for the night the night she died. The spot where 18 Thrawl Street was is I think about there the building on the left is where the second door & window on ground level are (left of the small tree in the middle). Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8D lens. CineStill bwXX 35mm B&W film.

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October 10th is the World Homelessness Day, a time to draw attention to the needs of the homeless people. Approximately 150 million people around the world don’t have a home. This equals 2 percent of the world’s population. Homeless people face many issues, including:

Mental and health problems, such as infectious diseases, dental problems, and chronic pain.

A lack of income which makes it difficult to afford food and rent.

Not having access to basic needs, such as dry clothes and clean water.

Prolonged exposure to the elements, such as heat, cold, rain, and snow.

Hunger and poor nutrition.

Many homeless people in large cities live in areas called slums. These slums are overcrowded and have very poor living conditions.

In the Victorian era, at least 15 poor and working class women were attacked and murdered in and around London’s Whitechapel area. At the time of their murders, they lived in either lodging houses, doss-houses, or workhouses, even some of them had to sleep in the streets if they lacked the money to pay for a bed; but they had also known better times, living in homes (marked in italic). These are the known residences:

Margaret Hames: 18 George Street Common Lodging House, Spitalfields, London.

Annie Chapman: Knightsbridge, West London; Raphael Street, Knighsbridge, West London; 29 Montpelier Place, Brompton, Middlesex, London; 1 Brook Mews in Bayswater, City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in central London; 17 South Bruton Mews, Berkeley Square in West End, City of Westminster; Windsor, Bershire; 30 Dorset Street Common Lodging House, Spitalfields, London; Crossingham’s Lodging House at 35 Dorset Street, Spitalfields, London.

Catherine Eddowes: 20 Merridale Street, Graisley Green, Wolverhampton, West Midlands; a Bermondsey workhouse, in the London borough of Southwark; Biston Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands; Birmingham, West Midlands: Westminster, London; 1 Queen Street, Southwark, Central London, London Borough of Southwark; 71 Lower George Street, Chelsea, South West London; Cooney’s common lodging-house at 55 Flower and Dean Street, Spitalfields, London; 26 Dorset Street, known locally as "the shed" (sleeping rough)  Spitalfields, London; City of London Union Casual Ward, Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane, St. Andrew Holborn, City of London.

Emma Elizabeth Smith: 18 George Street Common Lodging House, Spitalfields, London.

Elizabeth Stride: Stora Tumlehed, Torslanda parish, west of Gothenburg, Sweden; Carl Johan parish, Gothenburg, Sweden; Cathedral parish, Gothenburg, Sweden; Philgaten in Ostra Haga, Gothenburg, Sweden; Husargaten, Gothenburg, Sweden; 67 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, Central London; East India Dock road in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London; 178 Poplar High Street, Tower Hamlets, London; Poplar Workhouse, Tower Hamlets, London; 69 Usher Road, Old Ford Road, Bow, London borough of Tower Hamlets, London; Whitechapel Workhouse, Whitechapel, London; 32 Flower and Dean Street Lodging House, Spitalfields, London; 35 Devonshire Street, Marylebone, City of Westminster, London; 36 Devonshire Street, Marylebone, City of Westminster, London; Poplar Workhouse, Tower Hamlets, London; 32 Flower and Dean Street Lodging House, Spitalfields, London.

Emily Horsnell: 4 Edward St in Bethnal Green, East End, London; 19 George Street common lodging house, Spitalfields, London.

Alice McKenzie: High Cross Street, Leicester; 4 Joseph Street, St. Mary, Leicester; St George Workhouse, Mint Street, Southwark, London; Mr. Tenpenny’s common lodging house, 52 Gun Street, Spitalfields, London.

Mary Ann Nichols: Dawes Court, Shoe Lane, City of London; Bouverie Street, City of London; 131 Trafalgar Street, Walworth, Central London, within the London Borough of Southwark; 6D Peabody Buildings, Stamford St, Blackfriars Road, Lambeth, South London; Lambeth Workhouse, South London; Camberwell, London borough of Southwark; Strand Workhouse, Edmonton, North London; Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, Central London (sleeping in the rough); Mitcham Workhouse, Holborn and Holborn Infirmary, London borough of Camden; “Ingleside”, Rose Hill Road, Wandsworth, south London; Grays Inn Temporary Workhouse, Holborn, London borough of Camden; Wilmot’s Lodging House at 18 Thrawl Street, Spitalfields, London; White House at 56 Flower and Dean Street, Spitalfields, London.

Martha Tabram: 17 Marshall Street, London Road, Southwark, London; Pleasant Place, Newington, London; 20 Marshall Street, Newington, London; 4 Star Place, Commercial Road, London; Satchell’s Lodging House at 19 George Street, Spitalfields, London.

Annie Millwood: Spitalfields Chambers doss-house at 8 White’s Row, Spitalfields, London; South Grove Workhouse, Mile End Road, East of London.

Frances Coles: 18 Crucifix Lane in Bermondsey, Southwark, London; 8 White Lion Court in Bermondsey, Southwark, London; St. Mary Magdalen Workhouse, Russell Street in Bermondsey, Southwark, London; 192 Union Street Lodging House, Southwark, London; a Christian mission on Commercial Road, London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London; Wilmot’s Lodging House at 18 Thrawl Street, Spitalfields, London; Spitalfields Chambers doss-house at 8 White’s Row, Spitalfields, London.

Rose Mylett: 13 Thomas Street, Whitechapel, London; 6 Maidman Street, Mile End, London’s East End; 18 George Street Common Lodging House, Spitalfields, London; Pelham Street Lodging House, Baker’s Row, Spitalfields, London.

Mary Kelly: Limerick, Ireland; Cardiff, Wales; France; Commercial Gas Works in Stepney, East End of London; St George’s Street, Mayfair, London; Breezer Hill, Ratcliffe Highway, East End of London; Bethnal Green, East End of London; Cooney’s common lodging-house at 55 Flower and Dean Street, Spitalfields; George Street, London; Little Paternoster Row, Dorset Street, Spitalfields, London; Brick Lane, East End, London; 13 Miller’s Court, back of 26 Dorset Street, Spitalfields, London.

Ada Wilson: Clarence Square, in Bedminster, Bristol; 39 Stratfield Road, in Bromley St Leonard, London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London; 9 Maidman Street, Bow, London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London; 78 Rounton Road, Bromley St Leonard, London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London.

Elizabeth Jackson: Chenie-place, Pimlico, City of Westminster; 14 Turk’s Row common lodging house, Chelsea Barracks, City of Westminster; Ipswich, Suffolk; Manilla Street common lodging house, Millwall, London; Soho Square, City of Westminster, London (sleeping in the rough).

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🔵CHAPTER 255: Frances🔵 Frances was living at Wilmott's Lodging House at 18 Thrawl Street in Spitalfields. She'd been living there since July 1899, one year and a half now. Mrs Hague was the landlady, and that day she spoke to Frances. - I am sorry, girl - said the landlady -. I don't mind if ya don't pay some days, but now this is happening too often. - As soon as I have a job I'l pay ya Mrs Hague - said Frances. - Sorry. Ya can't stay. - Where should I go? - Frances was sad and upset. She reluctantly left the familiar surrounding she had called home and her only option was to seek shelter in the lowest and meanest doss houses. What she saw there didn't surprise her: beggars, drunks of all ages, unfortunates, unattended children... It wasn't this sight what upset her, it was the thought she had to live among them until she found a job and could go back to Wilmott's. 🔹🔹 Frances vivía en la casa de huéspedes Wilmott, en el 18 de la calle Thrawl en Spitalfields. Había estado viviendo allí desde Julio del 1889, ahora hacía un año y medio. La Sra Hague era la propietaria, y aquél día habló con Frances. - Lo siento chiquilla, no me importa si no pagas una o dos veces, pero 'ara está sucediendo demasiao. - Cuando tenga un trabajo le pago Sra Hagues - dijo Frances. - Lo siento, no te pués quedar. - Y dónde voy? - Frances estaba triste y disgustada. Marchó a regañadientes del lugar familiar al que había llamado casa y su única opción era buscar cobijo en las peores pensiones de mala muerte. Lo que vio allí no le sorprendió: mendigos, borrachos de todas las edades, desdichada, niños desatendidos... No era eso lo que la renrabiaba, sinó el mero pensamiento que tenía que vivir rodeada de aquella gente hasta que en o trata un trabajo y pudiera volver a Wilmott. #victorianplaymo #victorian_playmo #FrancesColes #FrancesColeman #CarrotyNell #MrsHague #Wilmottslodginghouse #spitalfields #wilmotts #playmobil #victorianinspired #victorianinspiration #playmobiltoys #playmobilfigures #playmobilcollector #playmobilvictorian #victorianplaymobil https://www.instagram.com/p/CK3vOeBpVFo/?igshid=vyt6biya5s7e

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Mary Ann Nichols timeline

1845 – Mary Ann “Polly” Walker is born at Dawes Court, Shoe Lane, City of London (London) to Edward and Caroline Walker (August 26). 

1851 – She is christened. 

1852 – Her mother Caroline dies, Polly is around 7. 

1864 – Mary Ann marries printer’s machinist William Nichols at Saint Bride's Parish Church in Fleet Street, London (January 16). 

1864 – Polly and William's first son, William Edward, is born (December 17). 

1866 – Polly and William’s first son, William Edward, dies in his infancy. 

1866 – Polly and William’s second son, Edward John, is born (July 4). 

1868 – Polly and William’s third son, Percy George, is born (July 18). 

1868 – Polly and William's children get christened on the same day at St Peter, Walworth (August 9). 

1870 – Polly and William’s fourth child, daughter Alice Esther, is born (December). 

1874 – The family moves to the Peabody buildings, Stamford St, Blackfriars Rd, Lambeth (South London). 

1876 – Polly and William’s fifth child, second daughter, Eliza Sarah, is born (December). 

1878 – Polly and William’s sixth child, son Henry Alfred, is born (December 4).

Ca. 1880/81 – Polly and William separate and he gets the custody of the children, except the oldest, who leaves home. 

1880 – Polly enters the Lambeth workhouse (September 6). 

1881 – Polly leaves the Lambeth workhouse (May 31). 

1882 – William stops paying Polly's allowance of 5 shillings a week when he knows she's living “as a prostitute” (with another man). Polly went to Lambeth Parish who summonsed William for restoration of maintenance but he won the case. 

1882 – Polly stays at Lambeth workhouse (April 24 1882, to January 17 1883).

1883 – Polly stays at Lambeth Infirmary (January 18 to 20). 

1883 – Polly stays at Lambeth workhouse (January 21 to March 24). 

1883 – Henry Alfred, Polly and William’s son, is baptised as his son with his lover Rosetta Walls. 

1883 – Polly lives with her father Edward at Camberwell, London borough of Southwark, south London (March 24 to May 21). 

1883 – Polly stays at Lambeth workhouse (May 21 to June 2). 

1883 – Polly goes to live with blacksmith Thomas Stuart Dew. 

1886 – She attends the funeral of her brother, who had died in an explosion of a paraffin lamp. 

1887 – Polly and Thomas Stuart Dew split, she stays at St Giles Workhouse, Endell Street, West End (October 25). 

1887 – Polly stays at Strand workhouse, Edmonton, North London in the London Borough of Enfield (October 26 to December 2). 

1887 – She is caught sleeping rough in Trafalgar Square and sent to Lambeth workhouse (December 2 to 29). 

1888 – Polly stays at Mitcham Workhouse and Holborn Infirmary, Holborn (January 4 to April 16). 

1888 – She stays at Lambeth workhouse (April 16 to May 12). 

1888 – Polly takes a position as a domestic servant with the Cowdrys at Rose Hill Rd, Wandsworth (May 12 to ca. June/July). 

1888 – Polly stays at Gray’s Inn Temporary workhouse (August 1 and 2). 

1888 – She goes at Wilmot Lodging house at 18 Thrawl street, Spitalfields (August 2 to 30). 

1888 – Polly is seen at Whitechapel Road and the Frying Pan Public House before returning to Wilmot's. As she doesn’t have the doss money to pay for the bed, she is requested to leave (August 31). 

1888 – Polly meets fellow lodger Emily Holland, who asks her to come back to the lodging house with her. Polly refuses and goes down Whitechapel Road (August 31). 

1888 – Polly's murdered body is found by Charles Cross and Robert Paul at Buck's Row. She was 43 (August 31).

Your life was difficult and cut short. You were free at last... 🌼

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Frances Coles timeline

1859 – Frances is born at her family’s home at 18 Crucifix Lane in Bermondsey (Southwark, London), to James William Coles and Mary Ann Carney (September 17). 

1871 – The family lives at 8 Lion Court, Berdmondsey. 

1873 – Frances' father, James William, now widow, moves to St Mary Magdalen Worhouse in Berdmondsey, maybe with his youngest children, Frances and James Jr. 

Ca. 1877 – Frances works as a trainee in the packing department of a soap and toiletries manufacturer called James Sinclair & Son, at 65 Southwark Street, and she moves into a lodging house at 192 Union Street. 

1881 – Frances still lives at 192 Union Street, but now works at Winifred Hora & Co., a small wholesale druggist company in the East End, located at 58 Minories Street, stoppering the bottles. 

1883 – Frances lives in a new residence, Wilmott’s Lodging House at 18 Thrawl Street in Spitalfields. She doesn’t work at Hora’s anymore. At this time she meets and starts a relationship with labourer James Murray. 

Ca. 1886 – Her relationship of 4 years with James Murray ends.

Ca. 1887 – She has to support herself through prostitution, adopting the nickname of ‘Carroty Nell’.

1889 – Frances meets merchant seaman James Thomas Sadler (September). 

1890 – Frances visits her oldest sister Mary Ann and tells her she is living with an elderly woman in Richard Street, Commercial Road, still working at the chemist’s in the Minories (December 26). 

1891 – Frances is forced to leave Wilmott’s lodging house because she cannot pay her bed (early January). 

1891 – Frances visits her father in the Bermondsey Workhouse on Tanner Street, for the last time, she tells him she doesn’t work at Hora’s anymore (February 6). 

1891 – James Thomas Sadler arrives to London and meets Frances and go to several pubs and spend the night together at Spitalfields Chambers, a common lodging house at 8 White’s Row (February 11). 

1891 – Frances buys a new hat with money that James has given her. In the evening she meets with James at Spitalfields chambers, but they don’t have money to pay for a bed (February 12). 

1891 – Frances has a meal at Shuttleworth’s eating house in Wentworth Street (February 13). 

1891 – Frances meets prostitute Ellen Callana in Commercial Street who's approached by a violent man. She refuses him but Frances goes with him instead (February 13). 

1891 – PC Ernest Thompson finds a mortally wounded Frances in Shallow Gardens, Whitechapel. She would die there soon after. She was 31 (February 13).

Your life was difficult and cut short. You were free at last... 🌼