Jack the ripper
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On the first night, we had dinner in a pub named "[NOM]". We've been served a plate of chicken, French fries and garden peas. As a desert, we ate a hot raspberry crumble. Unfortunately, we only had water to drink. There was also bread and sauce to accommodate our plates as we wanted. The Pub was under the road but still pretty nice, there was enough room for everyone and the waiter and waitresses were nice. We also had a video projection of what appeared to be a cricket match ongoing on TV. [PHOTO PUB]
After dinner, we walked a bit to reach our guide to discover the story of Jack the Ripper. We took a walk on many of his crimes scenes and living places while the guide was giving us explications. He was pretty interesting, I might not be able to tell the story as good as he did. Anyway, here it is...
In the mid-19th century, England experienced an influx of Irish immigrants, who swelled the populations of England's major cities, including the East End of London. From 1882, Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe and Tsarist Russia moved into the same area. The civil parish of Whitechapel in London's East End became increasingly overcrowded. Work and housing conditions worsened, and a significant economic underclass developed. Robbery, violence and alcohol dependency were commonplace, and the endemic poverty drove many women to prostitution. In October 1888, London's Metropolitan Police Service estimated that there were 1200 prostitutes and about 62 brothels in Whitechapel. The economic problems were accompanied by a steady rise in social tensions. Between 1886 and 1889, frequent demonstrations, such as that of 13 November 1887, led to police intervention and further public unrest. Racism, crime, social disturbance, and real deprivation fed public perceptions that Whitechapel was a notorious den of immorality. In 1888, such perceptions were strengthened when a series of vicious and grotesque murders attributed to "Jack the Ripper" received unprecedented coverage