East London
von tellME_Media · London · 12 Stationen · 26:11 min · 3.52 km · Zu Fuß
1. Liverpool St Station
0:58 min · From Liverpool Street Station, the tour takes in key historical sites, figures and events that shaped the history of the East End. Start at the Bis...
244 m
2. Artillery Passage
2:04 min · Dr Alastair Owens describes the labyrinth of narrow alleys and streets, which mark the boundary between the wealth of the City and the East End - a...
408 m
3. Petticoat Lane
1:37 min · Petticoat Lane Market is one of the oldest retail experiences in Britain, dating back to the seventeenth century. Dr Nadia Valman discusses the mar...
296 m
4. Jewish Soup Kitchen
1:17 min · Dr Alastair Owens discusses the Jewish Soup Kitchen, on Brune Street in east London. The Kitchen opened in 1902 to provide food and work skills for...
224 m
5. Christ Church Spitalfields
2:20 min · Miles Ogborn is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. He talks about the architectural gem of Christ Church, Spitalfields. Co...
208 m
6. Huguenot history
2:35 min
198 m
7. Brick Lane
3:08 min · Dr Nadia Valman tells the story of the Brick Lane Mosque - a building that embodies the immigrant history of the East End. It started life as a Hug...
450 m
8. Atab ALi Park
2:51 min · Altab Ali Park on Whitechapel Road is named in memory of a 25-year-old Bangladeshi man who was murdered in 1978. Shortly after his death, 7,000 peo...
600 m
9. Fulbourne Street
2:17 min · On 31 August 1888 the body of Mary Jane Kelly, a victim of Jack the Ripper, was discovered on a street behind what is now Whitechapel Tube Station....
441 m
10. Mile End Waste
2:44 min · Mile End Waste was the East End version of Speakers’ Corner in Victorian times. In the 1860s William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army preached ...
76 m
11. Trinity Almshouses
1:24 min · Professor Miles Ogborn talks about the Trinity Alms Houses, built in 1695 on Mile End Road. These were charitable homes for retired sea captains, a...
379 m
12. Genesis Cinema
2:56 min · Popular entertainment is at the heart of East End history, as Dr Alastair Owens explains. What is now the Genesis Cinema started life as the Eagle ...
8. Atab ALi Park
Altab Ali Park on Whitechapel Road is named in memory of a 25-year-old Bangladeshi man who was murdered in 1978. Shortly after his death, 7,000 peo...
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