Year of the Ripper: George Best

In 1888 Clare Market was still just about clinging to existence between Lincoln’s Inn Fields and the Strand, just to the west of the new Royal Courts of Justice (officially opened by Queen Victoria in 1882). One observer described it as an area of “streets and lanes, where the shops…

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A case of ‘Murder-Suicide’: The death of Niyat Teklemariam

The 21-year-old student was killed by her husband after asking for a divorce, according to evidence heard at an inquest. The killer dialled 999 at 12.07pm on 10 October 2019 and said the police needed to go to a house at 16 Ambleside Road in Harlesden. “I have just killed…

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Year of the Ripper: Henry Talbot

Watney Street market once had more than 100 shops selling cheese, meat, fruit, shoes and clothing at the heart of the East End. One of those businesses was distinguished by a cast iron sign reading ‘J Sainsbury Ltd’, part of a growing enterprise which would become the largest grocery retailer…

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Year of the Ripper: James Langley

A local guide book for 1888 described the horse-driven omnibus as “the most convenient and cheapest form of travelling from one London street to another”. Many of the services passed through Piccadilly every few minutes from early morning until midnight on the way to Hammersmith, the Strand, Liverpool Street, London…

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Year of the Ripper: James Williamson

James Williamson was a 53-year-old ‘rigger’ who was employed to look after the horses and cabs on the rank in Charing Cross Road not far from Leicester Square. On 22 September 1888, he was on duty when one of the drivers claimed that the paintwork on his vehicle had been…

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