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A historical neighborhood

The neighborhoods in the East End of London (the districts of Spitalfields and White Chapel to be exact) are home to the theaters of the atrocities of Jack the Ripper during the summer and autumn of 1888. Today, there are guided tours that lead adventurous and fearless tourists all along the streets where the crimes were committed. To add a certain air of mystery to this experience, the excursions usually take place at night. If you go to London, I recommend you reserve a place in this tour to learn more about this bloody time in the history of the English capital (and also to see what daily life was like in these places during the nineteenth century).


Currently, the area hosts a large population of people from Bangladesh (one out of every two people), which is one of the most noticeable features of how London has changed since that time. However, immigrants from Bangladesh have only recently arrived. At the end of the nineteenth century, the area was inhabited by other immigrants (the poor--especially the Jews of Eastern Europe who were attracted by the low cost of rent). The tour starts from the back of Whitechapel Tube Station (green line/pink line and District/Hammersmith and City) to Durward Street, a site of a large brick building that was once a school for children. This is where Jack's first victim was found, Mary Ann Nichols. She was found on August 31, 1888, at about 3:40 in the morning.
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