Poster from the Salvation Army, 1889 (MEPO 2/203)
Salvation Army Social Wing
GOOD NEWS
FOR THE
POOR of the EAST END
NOW OPEN
OLD BANK, GREEN STREET,
BETHNAL GREEN, E.,
AS A
CHEAP FOOD DEPOT AND MEN’S HOME
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Comfortable BEDS (Spring Mattresses) 4d [pennies]. & 6d per night
or 2s.[shillings] & 3s per week. Splendid accommodation! Baths, Washhouses, Lavatories, Reading and Drying Rooms, &c.
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GOOD FOOD AT P OOR
EOPLE’S
RICES
READ! READ!! READ!!!
FOR A CHILD
Soup per basin ¼d. COFFEE OR COCOA, per cup ¼d.
Soup with bread ½d. With Bread and Jam ½d.
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GOOD WORKMAN’S DINNERS, from 3d. Try them.
FOR ADULTS.
SOUP, per basin…………………….. ¼d. MEAT, PUDDING, and POTATOES 3d.
” with bread…………………….½d. FRUIT PUDDING…………………………1d.
POTATOES……………………………….½d. CORNED BEEF…………………………..2d.
CABBAGE…………………………………½d. MUTTON……………………..2d.
HARICOT BEANS……………………….½d. COFFEE, )
BOILED JAM PUDDING………………½d. TEA, )……………….(½d. per cup
” PLUM “………………each 1d. COCOA, )……………….(1d. per mug
RICE ½d.
BAKED PLUM…………………………….½d. BREAD and MARGARINE,
JAM ROLL…………………………………..½d. JAM, or MARMALADE, slice ½d.
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Night Porter in attendance. Food Depot open from 7 a.m. until 7p.m.