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… You must be a paid …
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Year of the Ripper: John Kellar
On Christmas Eve, 1888, a large group of friends were drinking at the Queen’s Head in Tanner Street, Bermondsey. As the name of the road suggests, the leather trade was important for the parish. Bermondsey was a working class area, populated by casual labourers, dockers and street sellers, many of… You must be a paid …