Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
Bhoys of the Big House
Home
Introduction
About Arlington House
Tagged in
Ethnography
Bhoys of the Big House
Interviews carried out in Arlington House, the UK’s largest hostel for the homeless in 1997–98. Known as the ‘Big House’ and situated in the now trendy Camden Town, the hostel has been providing shelter to the needy since 1905.
More information
Followers
36
Elsewhere
More, on Medium
Ethnography
jim mccool
in
Bhoys of the Big House
Jul 21, 2020
Through the Copper Mill
and Down the Tunnels
Interview with ‘Peter’ who lived a working life digging…
Read more…
33
jim mccool
in
Bhoys of the Big House
Jul 21, 2020
Jim the Radiographer
Trained in the Army, moved to the pipelines
Read more…
5
jim mccool
in
Bhoys of the Big House
Jul 20, 2020
Digital archaeology — the retrieval of Camden Town’s lost stories
Resurfacing after twenty years…
Read more…
1
jim mccool
in
Bhoys of the Big House
May 27, 2020
About Arlington House
This famous hostel for the homeless in London’s Camden Town once housed writers…
Read more…
60
jim mccool
in
Bhoys of the Big House
May 22, 2020
The Rocker from Limerick
Kevin had been a rocker with a cool Norton motorcycle and a leather jacket…
Read more…