The Salvation Army's William Booth Centre for rough sleepers in Shadwell Street, Birmingham, had 13 people staying overnight.

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It was outside this historic old boozer that William Booth delivered his sermon that established the Salvation Army -- and inside it that notorious Cockney gangster Ronnie Kray shot George Cornell through the forehead in 1966 in front of shocked drinkers.

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They sat over bowls of chili in a green booth downtown, William self-conscious in his suit.

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