Millers Court Today.

[KatBradshaw]

LOL, yeah I am not in south east london I am in York, so a bit closer for me.

I have heard about a few places that do it and one of the writers of the text book we use also does one on the Ripper case. Maybe when I am a head of department I can bring it in.

[Monty]

Mike,

I know of a Hull teacher who is preparing to teach the impact of the case upon the East end. Boy was I quizzed.


Kat,

Revaux Abbey is a beautiful place....just a bit outta the way for South east London.

Monty

[Mike Covell]

I have been trying to locate a Secondary School in Hull which teaches the case as part of GCSE History but have yet to find one. My nieces are 13 and 15 and are home schooled so their syllabus is different to what would be taught at school.

[KatBradshaw]

Yeah the firewall at my school is pretty strict. I was trying to look up information on the women in the Nazi Regime and it wouldn't let me!!
The kids are 13/14 and were fascinated by JTR. My cousin lives in south east london and is doing her GCSE coursework on JTR as the local study. We do Rievaulx Abbey!

[Mike Covell]

Year 9 is that 13 year olds?
I am pretty sure by that age most kids have seen more than their fair share of violence. I went to an inner city school and saw beatings, stabbings, and a boy so badly beaten his cheek bone was potruding from his cheek!
I also remember when a lad from my year lost both his legs as he had decided on a spot of train surfing!
This site is pretty tame compared to those school days.

[KatBradshaw]

I am a teacher and decided last year to do an investigation in to JTR and the poverty in the East End with my Year 9s when we did Victorian Britain. The kids loved it and the 'Now and Then' book was a particular hit! They were just disappointed that I wouldn't let the photocopy. Unfortuneatly Casebook is blocked at my school.

[Becks]

Note to self : must find copy of Philips book! Sounds great! I love looking at the old pics of the East End. Anything of Dorset St and the location of MJKs room etc is especially great it's amazing to think that after all these years, the exact spot where she died can be pointed out still

[Justin]

Yeh I posted that original thread..

The proposal was to demolish both the White Row car park and the fruit exchange and in its place build an office block straddling both. This would mean the site of Millers Ct would be inside the building itself.

It was approved in principal, but the planners didnt like the architecture of the proposed building in comparision with older buildings in the area.

This info is available on the Tower Hamlets planning website.

Kevin

I forgot about this. I'm glad they did the right thing.

Perhaps someone on the council is feeling remorse for Norman Foster's hideous destruction of half of Spitalfields Market?

[Mike Covell]

Welcome to the boards WARSPITE

I would recommend getting hold of Philip Hutchinson and Robert Clack's excellent "The London of Jack the Ripper, Then and Now".

There are loads of great shots of Dorset Street....Then and Now.

the book also covers tons of other East End sites associated with the mystery.

[WARSPITE]

Millers Court

Hi,
Im new to the site but started reading about Dorset St many years ago. Infact I was probably there in a past life.
Can anyone please tell me to what extent of the discrepancy between the old and present lines of Dorset St?
Ive been trying to compare old and later photos. From what I can deduce, the present north side of the street is no more than 8yrdsfurther north than the old Dorset St.
Is the actual site of no13 Millers Crt in the street or under buildings?
Many thanks.

[George Hutchinson]

I've just spent most of the afternoon there with a TV crew!

PHILIP

(And thank you, disgraced Peer and Hull man for your kind words)

[Mike Covell]

It is one of the finest, if not The finest pictorial archive I have ever seen and a must have on the old book case.

Millers Court should be recreated fully in a museum, if not to show what the Ripper did, then to show living conditions in Victorian London in the lower classes!

[Lord Lucan]

Just watch out for the old bill!!

Hahaha When I travel, it's always discretely.
In all seriousness though, I treated myself to The London of Jack the Ripper: Then and Now by Philip Hutchinson and Robert Clack for Christmas and have read through it 3 times. It's a shame to see what's been done to some fine old buildings, but I'd at least like to get a glimpse in person of what remains before it all vanishes...so much for progress!

[caz]

Hi Robert,

I heard he was thinking of riding in on Shergar.

It was believed that the poor beast was taken by someone "high up in the horsey field".

Love,

Caz
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[Robert]

Lord Lucan return to Britain? I'm not sure that he'd like the nanny state.