Beyond the Fringe

Charity clothes The explanation for this is quite simple. Anna is a vagrant. She dresses shabbily in an old, brown belted coat, thick, laddered stockings and a pair of down-at-heel, lace-up shoes, given to her from the clothing store of a voluntary organisation. She carries a green plastic shopping bag which contains all her possessions. She seldom has money unless she begs for it. She is one of the growing number of homeless women in London who live beyond the fringe of our superficially affluent society, wandering the streets by day, sleeping "rough" on main-line railway stations, in shop doorways, back alleys