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| Subject: AnCap Good News: Walking tours guided by London's homeless Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:39 am | |
| Walking tours guided by London's homeless offer a rare insight into the city's character, writes Beatrice Debut.
Like many other Londoners who make a living showing tourists around the city, Viv is telling a group of visitors how Waterloo Bridge was largely rebuilt by women after World War II.
But Viv, 56, is no ordinary tour guide. She is homeless - and the stairs under the bridge, which boasts majestic views of the Houses of Parliament and St Paul's Cathedral, were once her home.
"I lived there for two months," she tells the sightseers. "I had a patch made of wooden pallets, newspapers and cartons." Advertisement
With a gaunt face and several missing teeth, and wearing a neat beige mackintosh that she found in the street, Norwegian-born Viv shows tourists the British capital as seen through the eyes of one of its homeless residents.
She is among half a dozen homeless guides working with Unseen Tours - a scheme launched by the volunteer network Sock Mob - weaving tales of their own lives on the streets into their walking tours.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/glimpse-of-a-grittier-side-20121206-2axf0.html#ixzz2ERpMTwVe
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