WALKING THE EAST END
Londons East End once notorious for being the home of Jack the Ripper who stalked and murdered his victims on its means streets in 1888 spreading fear throughout the city.
Despite all the publicity and police investigations the killer was never caught and his identity remains a mystery today ,thus creating a whole industry in books,movies and conspiracy theories today.
In 188 the east end of London was a melting pot of many different nationalities trying to make a living and survive the harsh conditions of poverty.
There was a growing fear of alien invaders as more and more people from Eastern Europe arrived many of them jews fleeing persecution in Europe.
By 1888 Whitechapel had one of the most densest populations of Jews in the city and the murders stirred up anti Jewish feelings and fears about immigrants taking jobs creating social unrest which the government was keen to avoid.
The Ten Bells pub on Commercial Road in Spitalfields is said to be where two women had their last drinks before being butchered by Jack the Ripper.
Spitalfields was the centre of the silk weaving industry which was beginning to decline by the 1880s and many of the buildings from the 18th and 19th century still stand today .
Brick Lane an area once known for its extreme poverty in the 19th century is now a very trendy place to visit.
By the 1950s and onwards the area began to change as the Jewish population moved out to be replaced by Asians once more changing the face of the East End .
The East End of London is very different from the time of Jack the Ripper murders.
View of Spitalfields Markets with the Ten bells on the corner
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