Comments on: Working Lads Of Whitechapel

By: Mick Bates

Mick Bates — Sat, 08 May 2021 12:05:06 +0000

Very sad. But these were the lucky ones
Well done all the people who gave these lads a chance in life

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 07:22:16 +0000

Thanks.. very interesting

By: Revd John Hayes

Revd John Hayes — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 13:49:56 +0000

Here is a link to the annual report from 1897.
https://whitechapel.org.uk/pdf/ar/1897.pdf
It gives a bit more information about the mission.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 06:43:29 +0000

Is there a register of the names of the Lads, do you know?

By: G.E. Stinson

G.E. Stinson — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 21:43:44 +0000

An amazing peek into the difficult lives of young men from another era. Thank you.

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 18:18:15 +0000

Very sad looking men . Respect to the Rev. Jackson .

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:05:08 +0000

Were there any rules as regard the ages of these ‘lads’ ? Some look like schoolboys whilst others are obviously men. But well done to Rev Jackson for not discriminating against black men, hard times can come to anyone irrespective of the colour of their skin. No doubt some of the crimes that they were accused of would be very minor offences now.

By: David sim

David sim — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:29:58 +0000

They look so poor. Life was very tough in the past.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 07:17:10 +0000

Most of the ‘lads’ look so hopeless, they must have had very hard lives. Valerie

By: Alex Knisely

Alex Knisely — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 06:09:29 +0000

Are the names of those shown lost to us now?