[custom_adv]
Captured 150 years ago by John Thomson, the images show the huge variety of occupations people undertook to make ends meet.One harrowing image shows a woman sat on the streets. According to the magazine, she had been living with her son-in-law but was removed from her home and had no option but to live penniless on the street with her son. One picture shows the ‘wall working’ – a system of advertising where posters were hung on a fence or a wall on a public thoroughfare.
