Tower Bridge Hotel, Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London

Photograph taken 1897 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: bl 14129

The busy kitchen at the Tower Bridge Hotel in Southwark. A chef stands at the cast-iron range while his assistants cut bread and peel potatoes. The women are wearing clothes similar to those worn by domestic servants at the time.

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Greater London Southwark

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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These are the foundrymen of James Hews the Ironmongers. They are standing in the yard of their work premises with various iron pipes in the background and some of the tools of their trade. The men are wearing different clothes and hats that give clues to their jobs and status. The boss, office workers or possibly shop assistants are wearing a jacket, collar and tie. The workers and apprentices have flat caps and leather aprons. The men wearing bowler hats would have been overmen (foremen).

Tower Bridge Hotel, Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London

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