The music is being played on the piano as around 200 homeless people arrive for lunch. The UK’s fifth-busiest rail station has been transformed overnight into a banquet hall. Guests arrive to rows of tables decorated with crackers, a sparkly Christmas tree and a big orange banner. About 80 volunteers will be there throughout the day, including staff from Network Rail and charities St Mungo’s and Street Kitchen. Westlode Fisheries in Spalding, Lincolnshire, opened on Christmas Day for lunch.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2017 17:22 UTC