Well, 2012 is drawing to a close, and what a year its been in the East End of London. The Olympics were fantastic and brought with them a huge buzz that is still sounding out around the Olympic […]
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Anyone walking along Tooley Street on the south side of the River Thames any day of the week is likely to behold an horrific sight – the monster line eagerly waiting to enter the London Dungeon. For over […]
Read ArticleIt’s often bandied about by writers, historians and amateur sleuths that the going rate for a prostitute on the streets of Jack the Ripper’s East End was 4d. Indeed, the term “a fourpenny knee trembler” has passed into […]
Read ArticleIt might seem an odd thing to say but Jack the Ripper must have been an absolute charmer. I’m not wishing to appear flippant on this one but, if you think about it, whoever was responsible for the […]
Read ArticleIt is a common misconception about the Jack the Ripper murders that they were carried out by gas light. This, along with the images of London fogs, is a dramatic element nearly always utilised by the makers of […]
Read ArticleYou might recall that, just over a week ago, we set a little quiz about that Jack the Ripper mystery and Victorian history in general. The quiz itself was purely for fun, and the answers were all located […]
Read ArticleIsn’t it strange how the connotation of certain words changes over time? Take the word gay for example. Today it is either associated with same sex relationships or else it is used, mostly by teenagers, to denote stupidity. […]
Read ArticleSince we will never be 100% certain who Jack the Ripper was it follows that we will never know for sure the exact number of victims that he had. Although it is generally said that he had five […]
Read ArticleWhen you think of Jack the Ripper you, inevitably, thing of foggy and gas lit streets. Now, in all honesty, on the nights when the murders took place fog was conspicuous by its absence. For that matter, as […]
Read ArticleToday’s blog takes you on a journey back in time and take a look at Petticoat Lane as it was in 903, 15 years after the Jack the Ripper murders. There’s something quite eerie about this black and […]
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