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fourth woman, Annie Chapman, was discovered at about 6:00 am on Saturday 8 September on the ground near a doorway in the back yard of 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Chapman had left her lodgings at 2 am on the day she was murdered, with the intention of getting money from a client to pay her rent.[31] Her throat was cut from left to right. She had been disembowelled, and her intestines had been thrown out of her abdomen over each of her shoulders. The | |||
You will pass | You will pass NdNNN Street, the location of the demise of NNNN, number NN of Jack the Ripper's victims. As this was for some time part of the brewery premises, strange noises and sightings have been reported by brewery workers! | ||
Emerge back onto Brick Lane. The entire street on both sides is part of the substansive remains of Trumans Eagle Brewery. It is also a hive of commercial activity having been turned into small cafes, restaurants and shops. | Emerge back onto Brick Lane. The entire street on both sides is part of the substansive remains of Trumans Eagle Brewery. It is also a hive of commercial activity having been turned into small cafes, restaurants and shops. | ||
This is the end of the tour. If my previous reference to Jack the Ripper takes your fancy, turn right into Fournier Street and proceed to the end where the [[Ten Bells, Spitalfields]] is situated on Commercial Street. This is where Jack is said to have picked up a number of his victims. You have been warned! | This is the end of the tour. If my previous reference to Jack the Ripper takes your fancy, turn right into Fournier Street and proceed to the end where the [[Ten Bells, Spitalfields]] is situated on Commercial Street. This is where Jack is said to have picked up a number of his victims. You have been warned! | ||
Revision as of 00:41, 31 July 2019
Start at Stepney Green Tube Station
Turn right out of the station and start walking west towards the City. This is the Mile End Road and is extremely busy with people and traffic at all time - be cautious.
On the corner of Cephas Avenue are the remains of Charrington & Co. Ltd. The retail park is on the site of the main yard and the building occupied by Adams the solicitors on the corner is the main office,
Return to the main Mile End Road and continue west towards the City.
The White Hart brew pub is at 1 Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London E1 4TP.
Next is the Blind Beggar, Whitechapel where the Krays used to drink. Ronnie Kray walked in one day and shot George Cornell. Strangely, no one in the pub at the time noticed, what are the chances of that?
Next to the Blind Beggar, the gate and courtyard belonged to Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd.
Almost diagonally opposite is Sidney Street, where an infamous seige occurred in 1911. The Black Watch were called in and a small company climbed to the brewery tower to get a line of fire. The then Home Secretary, Winston Churchill, accompanied the troops. Stand in front of the brewery and see if you can see Sidney Street.
London hospital the elephant man Karl' Marx
Truman, Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Ltd
On your right, almost immediately, is the Anchor Retail Park, opposite Stepney Green Road traffic lights.
These are the remains of Charringtons. The main offices remain on the corner, whilst the cask yard, fermenting rooms and the loading bays are now the retail park.
Return to the Mile End Road and continue in the same westerly direction towards the City. After you pass the Cambridge Heath Road is Manns St Georges Brewery. The main gate, and emblem are over the top.
Next Door is the Blind Beggar, Whitechapel pub. Clean and sanitised, it gained its notoritety in 1966 when George Cornell was blatently murdered by Ronnie Kray in cold blood. Admittely, he had just called the most infamous and dangerous gangster of the East End "a fat poof"!
On the opposite side of the road is Sidney Street, location of the famous seige. Allegedly gunners were place "in the brewery tower" to get their sights on the extremists who were holed up in a building (now demolished) in Sidney Street. However, as you can see from you current position, there is no line of sight to Sidney Street. But Manns had a depot across the Mile End Road adjacent to Sidney Street which was more ideally position for a view of the incident - an incident attended in person by none other than Winston Churchill himself as Home Secretary. Return to the Mile End Road and continue westwards towads the city. As you get close to Aldgate High Street turn left into Whitechurch Lane. At the end of this road, at the point it meets the Commercial Road, on the left are the buildings of John Furze. Best viewed from the opposite of the road in front of the Gunsmiths Proofing House for small arms. Retrace your steps to Whitechurch Lane and head north, crossing the Mile End Road and entering Brick Lane via Osborn Street. This area has now become Bangla Town and it almost end to end cury houses. Proceed up Brick Lane until Henage Street on the right. Stop at the house next door to The Pride of Spitalfields pub, a noted real ale establishment. This is the former brewer's house for Bests.
Pride Of Spitalfields
Continue along Heneage Street and ALMA
Cooperage
fourth woman, Annie Chapman, was discovered at about 6:00 am on Saturday 8 September on the ground near a doorway in the back yard of 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Chapman had left her lodgings at 2 am on the day she was murdered, with the intention of getting money from a client to pay her rent.[31] Her throat was cut from left to right. She had been disembowelled, and her intestines had been thrown out of her abdomen over each of her shoulders. The
You will pass NdNNN Street, the location of the demise of NNNN, number NN of Jack the Ripper's victims. As this was for some time part of the brewery premises, strange noises and sightings have been reported by brewery workers!
Emerge back onto Brick Lane. The entire street on both sides is part of the substansive remains of Trumans Eagle Brewery. It is also a hive of commercial activity having been turned into small cafes, restaurants and shops.
This is the end of the tour. If my previous reference to Jack the Ripper takes your fancy, turn right into Fournier Street and proceed to the end where the Ten Bells, Spitalfields is situated on Commercial Street. This is where Jack is said to have picked up a number of his victims. You have been warned!