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From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in Londons history. The East End as it has been known was the home to Shakespeares first theatre and to the early stirrings of a mass labour movement; it has also traditionally been seen as a place of darkness and despair where Jack the Ripper committed his gruesome murders and cholera and poverty stalked the Victorian streets. In this beautifully illustrated history of this iconic district John Marriott draws on 25 years of research into the subject to present an authoritative and endlessly fascinating account. With the aid of copious maps archive prints and photographs and the words of East Londoners from 17th-century silk-weavers to
Cockneys during the Blitz he explores the relationship between the East End and the rest of London and challenges many of the myths which surround the area.
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From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in Londons history. The East End as it has been known was the home to Shakespeares first theatre & to the early stirrings of a mass labour movement; it has also traditionally been seen as a place of darkness & despair where Jack the Ripper committed his gruesome murders & cholera & poverty stalked the Victorian streets. In this beautifully illustrated history of this iconic district John Marriott draws on 25 years of research into the subject to present an authoritative & endlessly fascinating account. With the aid of copious maps archive prints & photographs & the words of East Londoners from 17th-century silk-weavers to Cockneys during the Blitz he explores the relationship between the East End & the rest of London & challenges many of the myths which surround the area.

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Silk - A natural fibre made by silk worms
History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.
Home - A place of permanent residence for families.

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