The Salvation Army and the East End

The Salvation Army had a complicated relationship with their East End neighbours. They were motivated to help with the misery and suffering of desperate people. But if part of what a woman in the East End was supposed to do was stop working, how could they have any life to speak of? Mary Driscoll trained all her children to sing Salvation Army hymns at soup kitchens. She would be terribly impressed and they would get their free soup. Here's Dr Louise Ra: "There were no flies on Mary"