General Chat

It was very good Candie. Even though a lot of the original buildings had gone - swept away in the redevelopment of the whole area - you could still grasp an idea of what it would have been like.

And we walked down one narrow road that was not connected in any way to the murders, but the houses had been built in the 1700s and would have been much the same as a lot of houses around at the time of the murders. Lovely houses, all 3 storeys tall, most have been renovated - but painted in gloomy colours - dark greens and browns. It made us all appreciate how dark and gloomy the streets would have been then.

And Mitre Square - which was all warehouses back then - still has tall buildings and you could imagine how very dark it would have been with one lamp over the entrance arch.

All very evocative of the time ...

Jill

Oooooh. I saw that on one of Jack the Ripper programmes, and the guy was showing where the girls were found........seems strange when you see it with todays people and traffic, instead of horses and Victorian gear......I envy you.....

......and his little brother - Jack the Nipper

Sue xx

I went on one of those Jack the Ripper walks last night - around Whitechapel.

Good stuff.

Jill

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