Manchester Union Casual Wards, Manchester

Casual wards for tramps and vagrants at Tame Street, Ancoates, Manchester. The original premises were set up in a former cotton mill in 1897 but were rebuilt in around 1900 after being burnt down. By the late 1920s, an average of 450 casuals slept here each night

Average Burnt Casual Casuals Doss Paved Paving Premises Rebuilt Slept Tame Tramp Tramps Vagrant Vagrants Wards

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