London's "Unkown East End" Walking Tour

My second full day in London (May 11, 2008) started off with gorgeous sunshine. Andrea and I enjoyed a fabulous breakfast at the Zetter Hotel, a cool boutique type hotel in London’s Clerkenwell area. Then we decided to make our way to the Liverpool Street Station to hop onto the No. 11 bus that would take us past all sorts of important sights to the historic Victoria Railway Station – a great, inexpensive way to view some of London’s main attractions. We then walked toward Buckingham Palace and got caught in the crowds awaiting the famous Changing of the Guards Ritual. After the ceremonial parade had passed by, we strolled beside beautiful St. James’s Park to Trafalgar Square. From here we made our way past the Horse Guards and Downing Street (the British Prime Minister’s residence) to the Houses of Parliament where we arrived just minutes before Big Ben proudly rang out noon. From the bridge we had a perfect view of the the Parliament Buildings and the London Eye, London’s famous giant ferris wheel. Shortly after 1 pm we took a sightseeing boat from Westminster Pier to Greenwich, and enjoyed the guide’s humorous narration as he explained various sights along the riverbanks of the Thames, including Tower Bridge, one of London’s most recognized landmarks.




Upon our arrival in Greenwich we had to race to the Docklands Railway to make our way to Whitechapel where we were going to link up with a tour called “The Unknown East End of London”. Harry Jackson, our certified Blue Badge tour guide filled us in about the colourful history of this area, traditionally home to successive waves of immigrant labourers who, among others, included French Huguenots, Ashkenazi Jews and more recently, Bengali immigrants. Jack the Ripper of course terrorized this area in the late 1800s and was included in the stories. On Brick Lane we happened across a street festival and ended our tour at Christ Church, Spitalfields. After a short walk we arrived at Liverpool Street Station and took the tube back to our hotel ...

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[Anglichanen]

@nycolombian91 Nonsense! It's more expensive as there is only a small market to kosher meat. Halal is actually cheapest of all as there is less animal welfare requirements than our more humane methods which is why it's often eaten unknowingly by Brits as there is more profit. If you had a bigger population then kosher would be cheaper as it also has less animal welfare standards than us. I think both should be banned here. You should only be allowed to buy imported meat

[nycolombian91]

@Anglichanen man your full of bullshit lol im done with you i feel like im debating with a child. kosher laws are to avoid the cruelty of animals when there slaughtered. theres a certain vain on the neck you can slit and it instantly dies but it takes up way to much time for mass production which is why organic/kosher/halal food are so expensive but there delicious and fresh.

[Anglichanen]

@nycolombian91 well simply they dont stun the brain before they kill it. It can take 5 mins even after theyve slit its throat for it to die. I am no expert and i didn't realise organic meat is killed in the same way. Tell me more

[nycolombian91]

@Anglichanen the slaughter practice for halal and kosher is truly barbaric? lol so please explain to me how it goes all knowing one. im curious what your dumbass has to say. you do know organic food is the same as kosher and halal? so how is this form of killing animals for organic food done. im curious man really lmao.

[nycolombian91]

@Mrwilwak its so sad people like you exist in this world. so are you really still talking out of your ass and calling it fact? do you usually just blurt out your opinions and call it fact? lol true definition of ignorance man. haha horoscopes? type in on google scientific miracles of the koran. you might feel dumb afterwards. people like you are so stupid. trust me.

[nycolombian91]

@Mrwilwak blah blah blah. i get it your a fucking idiot. you fucking idiot scientific facts are being proven every day from the quaran and torah. why are you still speaking out your ass? its this simple google what kosher is and then slap yourself after. ignorant fool. i feel bad for your mother. lmao fucking idiot. how do you speak on "ancient" killings when you dont even know what they are. yea organic and kosher food one of the most sold products in america i bet its inhumane lol

[nycolombian91]

@Mrwilwak man shut the fuck up.do you usually speak out your ass and call it fact? are you christian? you do know halal is in the bible lol. kosher and halal is meant for the non torture of animals. fucking idiot lol

[rob89234]

north england is what you want..but really.. you want to make as much money as you can and leave the shithole

[garibaldiamy]

I am an East Ender. No East Enders live in the East End any more. 95% of the white faces are yuppies. At one point this apologist says it was all Jewish. MYTH !

At its height the Jewish pop. of White chapel in 1901 was 17% of the total. Now approx 80% including the illegals are migrants. Most of the rest are yuupies who fawn over how wonderful diversity is. Well it is not wonderful when you've been ethnically cleansed like the real Cockneys are.

[BOSTONBUCK]

SO TRUE THOUGH THE EASTEND WILL BECOME A YUPPIE HAVEN IN A FEW YEARS MORE IF NOT COMPLEATLY NOW CORPRATE HAS DESTROYED THE WORLD AN IT STARTED YEARS BACK THEY KNEW WHEN THEY MOVED THE PAKI'S & BANGI'S IN THEY GAMBLED ON THE FORMOR RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES MOVING OUT BRING THIRD WORLD IN THEY RUN IT DOWN TO THE GROUND, THEY DONT ADVANCE AS OTHER GROUPS EVEN JEWS MAKE IT TO THE TOP AT LEAST, THEN THEY COME IN BUY CHEAP AND SELL HIGH WITH COUNCIL BEHIND THEM SAYING WE WILL IMPROVE BUT ALONG COMES