>The four penny coffin or coffin house was one of the first homeless shelters created for the people of central London. It was operated by the Salvation Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to provide comfort and aid to its destitute clients.[citation needed]>For four pennies, a homeless client could stay at a coffin house. He received food and shelter. Moreover, he was allowed to lie down flat on his back and sleep in a coffin-shaped wooden box. The client was given a tarpaulin for covering.
>>18053081kek, why does the salvation army hate poor people so much?
>>18053081>pod life in Victorian LondonK I N OI NO
>>18053081>christfaggery>keeping the dregs aliveCringe and dysgenic pilled.
>>18053081>is it absolutely necessary the sleep in a coffin? It seems like for similar effort and materials we could just make basic bedding>yes...BECAUSE IT DOES OK?!
>>18053305Basic bedding uses more resources and more space. Remember they are only paying 4 pennies
>>18053094>let someone crash at your place>they blame you for not solving all their problemsthis is why I give nothing to charity
>>18053347Gold Standard people tell me that's like $200 today
>>18053352real
>>18053354It would be one dollar and thirty two cents u.s. because of 1300% inflation.
>>18053352Its just macabre to make them sleep in coffins.
>>18053451That's so cheap its unreal though. That's honestly better than some of the flop houses they used to have there.
>>18053354Gold can only cost that much because it isn't a currency any more.
Four pennies is roughly a few dollars in today’s money.
>>18054072between 1 and 2 dollars
>>18053099>lay down in a box after snacking on some weevil infested hardtackIt turns out the pod and the bugs were actually traditional all along.
>>18053389>It would be one dollar and thirty two cents u.s. because of 1300% inflation.This is going off the modern system of 100p in every £. Back then there would have been 240p in every £, so the correct conversation would be something like 60 to 70 modern US cents.
>>18053291you need the dregs to keep the factories running retard
>>18053081>all the philanthropists swarming 4chan to shit on homeless shelters between pro-choice rallies and euthanasia support groups
>>18053081I mean, beats sleeping on the street and going hungry.
