Spitalfields nippers: rare photographs of London street kids in 1901 – in pictures

In 1901-2, Horace Warner took photos of East End street kids, who he called 'Spitalfields nippers'. Here's a selection of the rare ones that have survived to this day
  
  


Spitalfields nippers: Boy with a wide brim hat
Scruffy but happy … a boy poses in a wide-brim hat Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Spitalfields nippers: Boy with cabbage
A boy poses with a sprawling cabbage, possibly to take home for dinner Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Girl and boy making kindling
A girl and boy make kindling Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Spitalfields nippers: 4a Union Place, London
A view of Union Place in Spitalfields Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Spitalfields nippers: A young boy with cap
A Spitalfields nipper in a cap and commonly seen crumpled scarf Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Spitalfields nippers: Two girls washing clothes
Two girls wash clothes in the street Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Spitalfields nippers: Boy and girl on window ledge
A boy and girl on a window ledge Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Spitalfields nippers: Two boys and a cart
Barefoot and carefree? Two boys play near a cart Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
Spitalfields nippers: Girl holding cat
A young girl cuddles with a cat Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society of Friends in Britain
 

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