soup & stockpots
the history of the kensington soup society
in the frigid winter months of 1876 77 more than twenty seven thousand people called on the kensington soup society . the society had come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1844 . by world war i however the need for charitable soup organizations had begun its rapid decline . facing financial crunches and internal turmoil the society struggled to keep the doors of its soup house open . other soup kitchens in the area closed ; the kensington soup society became the last of its kind . from the societys birth to its place in todays world kenneth w. milano dives deep into the soul of the kensington soup society .