Picture No 11939067 Date 1877 - 1878 Description Group outside of public house, Whitechapel, London Details ''Hookey Alf'. A public house in Whitechapel. Alf, on the right, has a hook on his left arm. 'A healthy 'woman of the people' is not to be disturbed from her enjoyment of a drop of beer... and acclimatizes her infant to the fumes of alcohol and tobacco.... A little girl has penetrated boldly into the group as if to reclaim some relation in danger and drag him away from evil companionship' Source From 'Street Life in London' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1877'8. Photograph: John Meek Credit Line © The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library