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Jack The Ripper Walk - 1 Minute Walks London

Start, Aldgate East Tube Station - District, Hammersmith & City Lines. (Green and Pink on the tube map) End: Liverpool Street Station - Central, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Circle Lines. (Red, Pink, Magenta, Yellow) 4.3 Miles - 7Km Fast walk 1hour 35 minutes. Allow 3 hours or more to explore. Highlights include: all the murder sights and surrounding streets - Gunthorpe Street, Durward St, Thrawl Street, Fashion Street - Princelet Street Fournier Street, Hanbury Street, Henriques Street, A: Fairclough Street, Goulston Street, Mitre Street & Mitre Square and White’s Row The Whitechapel Murders From August to November 1888, Londoners lived in fear of the serial murderer with a gruesome modus operandi, who soon became known as ‘Jack The Ripper’. All the victims were women, living in what was then the most squalid and deprived area of London, Whitechapel. There was no running water and sewage was thrown directly into the street. Infant mortality was estimated to be 50% (children living beyond the age of five years old.) In the late 1800’s Whitechapel was where Russian Jews and the Irish sought refuge from persecution and famine. For men, work was hard to find and irregular. Some found labouring work in the nearby docks and markets. For many men stealing became their way of life and for many women prostitution was the only way to survive. 1n 1888 police records estimate that at least 1,200 prostitutes were active on the streets of Whitechapel. Drink was cheap and often used as an escape from reality. Drunken brawls were common and it’s no surprise that all but one of the Ripper’s victims were prostitutes who had been drinking. The poor were easy prey for callous landlords. It cost fourpence a night to sleep in a doss house dormitory housing as many as eighty people in one room. It even cost two pence to sleep standing up against a rope tied between the dormitory walls. Those who couldn’t pay were forced to sleep on the streets. Traditionally this part of London was always poor. But today, Whitechapel is a very different place. Recently, the wealth generated by the City of London just a few minutes walk away has turned this part of the East End into a very fashionable place to live and work. Everywhere you look, some kind of construction work is starting or nearing completion. Today, the result of all this change is an exciting mix of different groups of British society all co-existing with each other and their surroundings. The offices are busy, the markets are full and unemployment is at its lowest level for decades. On this walk, I have tried to showcase the remaining architecture that Jack The Ripper would have experienced. As the murder scene area is so small I have decided make the walk chronological with the Ripper’s murders, so there is some retracing of steps. Also, I do encourage you to explore many of the little lanes and alleyways behind Spitalfields, although they are now full of trendy shops, cafes and bars. With a little imagination, it is easy to picture the Ripper fleeing from a murder scene through a filthy, badly-lit passageway to the safety of a crowded busy road. For my research, I have relied on Ivan Butler’s excellent book ‘Murderers’ London’. It’s out of print, but it can be found second-hand online. Quotes from Ivan’s book are in quotation marks. The identity of Jack The Ripper is controversial and unproven. “No-one can say for certain now whether he committed all of, or more than, the murders attributed to him, but the generally accepted number of his victims is six.” For this walk, I set off with a copy of ‘Murders’ London’ following the trail of Jack The Ripper as described by Ivan Butler. If you enjoyed this walk please share http://www.1minutewalks.com with your friends, subscribe to the 1 Minute Walks YouTube Channel and follow me on Twitter. Thanks for Watching! Interactive Map https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-aS... ©1 Minute Walks Ltd ® Music - Partners In Rhyme - https://www.partnersinrhyme.com/