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Description: | This ticket of 'casual admission' to Camberwell Reception Centre, a hostel for the homeless, admits the bearer shelter for one night. As well as offering an overnight refuge, the centre acted as an agency to help London's homeless find work. It opened in 1930 when the London County Council took over the running of the workhouse built in Gordon Road in 1878. It closed in the late 1980s, resulting in the loss of 900 beds for the homeless. The centre's administration block and two main dormitories have since been converted into flats. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | work Public services | Temporal: | 1978 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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