Image Enhancements

[Garry Wroe]

Whitechapel High Street, 1905 ...



Whitechapel High Street, 1899 ...



White Lion Street, 1906 ...

[The Grave Maurice]

Well, like I say, Garry, your enhancements are just breathtaking. Whenever you get the time, I, and I'm sure everyone here, would appreciate seeing more.

[Garry Wroe]

Thanks once again, GM. I'll have a dig through the old threads and see what I can come up with.

Best wishes.

Garry Wroe.

[Garry Wroe]

Gale's Garden, 1923 ...



And some Petticoat Lane street scenes dated 1900 or thereabouts ...









Regards.

Garry Wroe.

[Garry Wroe]

A 1973 publicity picture carried by the Radio Times for the BBC's Barlow and Watt Ripper investigation ...



A slum court eviction of an East End Jewish family ...



The Miller's Court interconnecting passageway ...

[Garry Wroe]

More Petticoat Lane street scenes from 1900:-











Regards.

Garry Wroe.

[Garry Wroe]

An East End lodging house kitchen ...



Another dated 1901 ...



Spitalfields Market ...



The rear of a Spitalfields low lodging house, the layout of which is similar to Miller's Court ...

[Garry Wroe]

Dorset Street ...



... and a street scene said to have been Hanbury Street ...



Regards.

Garry Wroe.

[Garry Wroe]

Another of the Petticoat Lane street scenes:-



And here's a before ...



... and after ...



Regards.

Garry Wroe.

[Garry Wroe]

St Botolph's, 1880 ...



... and Black Lion Yard, 1963.



Regards.

Garry Wroe.

[Garry Wroe]

Here's two more that I've pilfered from the East End Photographs thread. First, the Black Lion, 1915 ...



... and Sandys Row, 1900.



Regards.

Garry Wroe.

[harry]

Hey Garry,Where are all the prostitutes?If some estimates of 100,000 are correct,they must have spent daylight indoors.From the excellent photos of yours,men certainly outnumber women,and on the whole appear well dressed.

[Garry Wroe]

Hey Garry,Where are all the prostitutes?

Now there’s a question I don’t get asked every day!

If some estimates of 100,000 are correct,they must have spent daylight indoors.

I tend to think that the typical pattern of behaviour amongst common prostitutes, Harry, involved picking up punters in and around pubs after dark. The prostitution would have financed their drinking, and the drinking would have generated further business in pubs. We also know, of course, that, despite her travails of the previous evening, Mary Ann Cox still dragged herself out of bed at 5-00am in the hope of securing early morning trade amongst the porters at Spitalfields Market. Like any other commodity, therefore, prostitution was governed by the principle of supply and demand.

From the excellent photos of yours,men certainly outnumber women,and on the whole appear well dressed.

Agreed, Harry. It’s a far cry from the ‘make do and mend’ approach that one tends to associate with the Ripper victims and their fellow slum dwellers. But then, I wonder how many of those featured on this thread carried about all their worldly possessions?

All the best.

Garry Wroe.

[harry]

I quite agree with your times of activity Garry(not from personnel experience I might add),but with such large numbers of prostitutes,and relatively small number of pubs,(to the reported number of women)there must have been cat fights aplenty over turf rights.
I'll leave it there,don't want to intrude on an excellent thread of photo's.It was just the obsevation that males seemed predominent.

[Garry Wroe]

I doubt that anyone would consider your observations to be an intrusion, Harry. Personally, I regard many of these images as worthy of discussion, particularly since a number of posters harbour a special interest in the social history of the era that extends beyond the blood and guts of the murders.

Thanks once again.

Garry Wroe.