Adventures with the other side

What is left of original London Wall In the Victorian age Whitechapel was an area in the East End of London that stood outside the city walls. An influx of Jewish, German, Irish and other immigrants had moved to London looking for work, they found it in dark, cramped shops doing work such as match making or leather work. They made little money and there was a lack of suitable housing. Entire families might share one small room with each other and sometimes with strangers; some took daily earning just to buy a bed for the night, having no permanent place to live. Prostitution was high with many women forced into selling their bodies just to survive. Diseases were rampant and doctors almost nonexistent, overcrowding and crime took over the area and many people died, from sickness, disease and from murder. The area is  famous for the Jack the Ripper murders that took place here between August and November 1888. While in London last September we took a “ Jack the Ripper “ t