The Bevins House is a boarding house in the Southwark's Newington neighborhood, run by the young married couple Albert and Gladys Bevins. Unlike many similar boarding houses which make no effort to keep the private living accommodations of their boarders strictly segregated along proper gender lines, the Bevins House is split directly down the middle, with one section for bachelors and another for women and married couples, as is appropriate.
Proprietors
Albert Bevins
An engineer at the nearby Elephant and Castle train station, Albert inherited the grand old Bevins House from his aunt who elected to move to the country for her health. A proper young man with a bright future ahead of him, Albert married his schootime sweetheart recently, and the two of them now run the Bevins House, lending it a bit of their own youthful vigor and love for life, as well as a modern sensibility attractive to those looking for boarding in the Newington area.
Gladys Bevins
A sensible young woman with a fondness for supremely modern haberdashery, Gladys tends to the day-to-day operation of the Bevins House while her husband helps keep the trains running on Her Majesty's timetable. Hardworking and a good Christian woman, Gladys runs a tight ship. She is very scrupulous in ensuring the privacy of her residents, though any outward nonsense or impropriety will certainly earn a sharp retort from her, if not an insisted eviction. She is well aware of the reputation of many boarding houses in the Southwark, and will have none of that kind of goings-on in her home.
The House
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