What is it about the East End of London that makes it so special? As someone who has been leading tours around the area now since 1982, I have seen the East End in all its various incarnations […]
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One of the questions we asked recently on our Facebook Page was what is your favourite location in the East End of London. It’s amazing how fond people are of the East End. Or, then again, perhaps it […]
Read ArticleWithin days of the murder of Mary Kelly, a witness had come forward to offer, what seemed like, some important information concerning her final hours. George Hutchinson walked into a police station to say that he had met […]
Read ArticleToday, it being the day after the murder of Mary Kelly on 9th November 1888, I thought I’d return to the scene of the crime, as it were, and look at the locations that featured in the story […]
Read ArticleToday we thought we’d take you on a photo journey through the streets of Spitalfields and Whitechapel so that you can see for yourselves what a great and atmospheric area it is. We begin our journey through Jack […]
Read ArticleAnyone who has taken our tour in the last months may have noticed that strange creatures have begun appearing all over the streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields. Spitalfields Critters Indeed, should you happen to look up as you […]
Read ArticleOne of the more intriguing Police Officers whose name crops up time and gains in investigation of the Jack the Ripper Murders was Sergeant William Thicke (also spelled Thick in some newspaper accounts). It was Thicke who, in […]
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