Whitechapel Lads

Click here to book your ticket for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF WHITECHAPEL this Sunday 23rd August . These portraits were taken around 1900 at the Working Lads Institute, known today as the Whitechapel Mission. Founded in 1876, the Institute offered a home to young men who had been involved in petty criminal activity, rehabilitating them through working at the Mission which tended to the poor and needy in Whitechapel. Once a lad had proved himself, he was able to seek independent employment with the support and recommendation of the Institute. The Working Lads Institute was the first of its kind in London to admit black people and Rev Thomas Jackson, the founder, is pictured here with five soldiers at the time of World War I Stained glass window with a figure embodying ‘Industry’ as an inspiration to the lads In the dormitory Rev Thomas Jackson & the lads collect for the Red Cross outside the Mission Click here to learn more about The Whitechapel Mission You may also like to take a…