Part of a series of photos from a photo essay entitled 'Early Birds'-A look at Night Workers in the City of London..1.00am. Eric Darko-Mensah, an employee with The Corporation of London's Street Cleansing department, outside a Hackett gentleman's clothes store on Philpot Lane, London. Eric arrived from Ghana in 1973, started working for the council in 1986, moving to nights in 1986, where he has worked ever since. He is married with 3 children, and lives in Clapham, South London. His shift is from 9.30pm to 6 am..Photo©Steve Forrest
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