C185-00097
Distribution of soup for distressed weavers in the kitchens of St Mary’s Hall, Coventry - the major occupation of ribbon weaving in the city collapsed in the early 1860s and funds were raised to relieve those out of work. (Illustrated London News, 1861)
Photographer: John & Liz Sutherland-Hawes
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