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  • I had a mooch about in an area where I guess few Ripperists tread, even though it is only round the corner from Mr Lusk’s house.
    What was Carlton Road in Mile End Old Town, is now called Portelet Road, in what is known as Globe Town. It is anchored at one end by Carlton Square and the other by the Carlton pub, beyond which is an arch under what was the Great Eastern Railway. I used to use this pub in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was please to see it is still open, unlike virtually all the others in the area.
    Over half the street is now flats, including no 24, a grocer’s shop, which was on the south west corner of Leatherdale Street. Only the eastern spur of Leatherdale Street remains however.
    There is an original shop (or what was a shop) on the corner of Massingham Street (formerly Norfolk Street, in which the Duke of Norfolk pub still stands although it is shut). This is 42 Carlton Street.
    I suspect 24 was very similar to 42.
    Charles ‘Cross’ became the proprietor of no 24 around 1902.
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    • Some photographs from the London Job 2011

      A selection of my photographs from last weekend's London Job.

      George Lusk's front door, presumably through which the infamous package passed. Although Lusk's address was 1 Tollet Street, his front door faces on to neighbouring Alderney Road.
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      The remnants of an old lamp post on Bethnal Green Road.
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      A ceramic plaque affixed to the wall of the former board school in Durward Street.
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      In Tower Hamlets Cemetery, stands the grave of Dr Llewellyn. Note his father's name Llewellyn Llewellyn...
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      And very well hidden in the undergrowth, is the grave of PC Ernest Thompson, who discovered the body of Frances Coles in Swallow Gardens, and who himself came to an untimely end in the line of duty in 1900.
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      More to follow....

      Andrew

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      • And some more....

        Only in Shoreditch would you see something like this. Tube carriages on top of buildings on Great Eastern Street, in use as offices for a media company.
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        One of the last outposts of the traditional Pie and Mash shop, on Bethnal Green Road.
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        Disused viaduct detail at Plough Yard, just off Shoreditch High Street.
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        General view of the site of St Leonard's mortuary, where the remains of Mary Kelly were brought.
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        And a close up of one of the murals painted on the 20th Century shed that stands on the site of the mortuary.
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        More to follow...

        Andrew

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        • Last few....

          Shoreditch Town Hall, location for Mary Kelly's inquest. This building dates from a later rebuild. The original town hall from the 1880's was half the size of the present building, and stood on the left of the picture.
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          Window of St Leonard's Church Shoreditch.
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          Victoria Cottages, just north of Hanbury Street.
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          All the best
          Andrew

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          • recent one of the Ten Bells

            aye aye! keep yer 'and on yer pfennig!

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            • another try

              <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/88042250@N00/5710056505/" title="the ten bells by sparkylad, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/5710056505_ae10c5eea0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="the ten bells"></a>
              aye aye! keep yer 'and on yer pfennig!

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              • pffffff

                [IMG]<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/88042250@N00/5710056505/" title="the ten bells by sparkylad, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/5710056505_ae10c5eea0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="the ten bells"></a>[/IMG]
                aye aye! keep yer 'and on yer pfennig!

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                • Outstanding photos, Andrew. Thank you. My favorite is the church window.

                  Harry, allow me to help you. Here is the link to the Ten Bells photo. (click)

                  Roy
                  Sink the Bismark

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                  • Yes, excellent shots as usual, Andrew. I didn't know there was a plaque for Nichols on the Board School. That might explain why Malcolm Day has a photo of that location as her murder site in his recent book Jack the Ripper's London. Unfortunately, it doesn't explain how he got two of the other sites wrong.

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                    • The shot of the interior of the Ten Bells makes it look so bright. Did it always have that many windows? I remember it as being rather dark.

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                      • ah! got it at last

                        Last edited by Harry the Hawker; 06-08-2011, 03:52 PM. Reason: added comment
                        aye aye! keep yer 'and on yer pfennig!

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                        • and here are a couple more - one of the repositioned bar, and one of the new mural (contrasting with the old one) - spitalfields in modern times (as opposed to spitalfields in the old days)

                          Last edited by Harry the Hawker; 06-09-2011, 06:56 PM. Reason: bloody photos
                          aye aye! keep yer 'and on yer pfennig!

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                          • Hi Harry,
                            could you tell me where that Manze pie & mash shop is you photographed?
                            The only one I know is south of the Thames (Tower Bridge Rd).
                            Thanks
                            Christian

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                            • certainly sir - it's at 76, walthamstow high street. here's a link (i know how to insert them now!) http://maps.google.nl/maps?hl=nl&saf...ed=0CBoQnwIwAA
                              aye aye! keep yer 'and on yer pfennig!

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                              • Thanks!

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