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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: H4516 |
| Description: West Ham always had high levels of unemployment, partly because of the presence of so many casual labourers working in the Royal Docks. In July 1906, a local Labour councillor Benjamin Cunningham seized a vacant plot of council-owned land in Plaistow, and set up the Triangle Camp, a farm colony for the unemployed. By August, the men were evicted, and Cunningham later found himself in gaol for contempt of court. |
| Creator: Unknown |
| Date: 1906-07-16 |
| Credit line: Newham Archives and Local Studies Library Collection | |
