Amid the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East London, there is a
piece of real estate with a bloody history. This was once Dorset
Street: the haunt of thieves, murderers and prostitutes; the
sanctuary of persecuted people; the last resort for those who
couldn't afford anything else - and the setting for Jack the
Ripper's murderous spree. So notorious was this street in the 1890s
that policemen would only patrol this area in pairs for their own
safety. This book chronicles the rise and fall of this remarkable
street; from its promising beginnings at the centre of the
seventeenth-century silk weaving industry, through its gradual
descent into iniquity, vice and violence; and finally its demise at
the hands of the demolition crew. Meet the colourful characters who
called Dorset Street home.
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