Of German ancestry, John Helmcken's father and mother ran the White Swan Pub on Alie Street in the early-mid nineteenth century. Helmcke…
Of German ancestry, John Helmcken's father and mother ran the White Swan Pub on Alie Street in the early-mid nineteenth century. Helmcke…
Digitalised slide located in THLHLA: https://twitter.com/LBTHArchiv…
Rosemarie's memories of going to school at Robert Montefiore in 1960s: I was toilet paper monitor when I reached the upper ages …
Denis remembers his Whitechapel youth: I grew up on Anglesey Road and attended Robert Montefiore School on Vallance Road. I reme…
Jackie remembers Petticoat Lane in the 1960s: I was born in the Marie Celeste Ward at the Royal London. I went to Harry Gosling …
Eleanor remembers walking through Black Lion Yard as a child: My mother emigrated to the East End from Ireland in 1950. I was on…
Extract from Geoffrey Fletcher, 'Whitechapel Revisited' in the Daily Telegraph, 21 October 1970: <img alt="" src="/medi…
Sufia remembers mid-20th century Whitechapel: Whitechapel had a sense of culture when I came to Whitechapel when I was younger. …
Robert Harbison, former professor of architecture at London Metropolitan University, in conversation with Sarah Milne, Survey of London …
A print of Marie Celeste Hora is held in the Royal London Hospital Archives: <a href="http://h ttp://www.calmhosting01.com/Bart…
Tony Gilford recalls his family's connection to St Boniface focusing on what it was like during World War II: I was just 130 day…
Photograph courtesy of Yvonne hall
Blue Plaque commemorating Jack Cohen (1898-1979), entrepreneur and founder of Tesco Stores. Cohen lived in 91 Ashfield Street as a child. F…
Photograph courtesy of Richard Mellor
Photograph courtesy of Richard Mellor
Sent out during Yom Kippur, hence wishes 'over the Fast'. Their address was the now demolished terraced house, 17 North Tenter Street.
Cutting from The Daily Graphic, with an article titled 'The East-End Jews' and accompanying illustration of the Torah scrolls being deposit…
Photograph courtesy of Richard Mellor
Denis, of German descent, married Carmel, of Irish descent, in one of the first weddings to take place in the newly rebuilt church. Denis a…
Photograph courtesy of Richard Mellor
Photograph courtesy of Greg Guthrie