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Stephen Howe, "The Independent".
Stanfords Opens at Call Shop. Description From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the Olympics, the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in London's history. Show more.
Author John Marriott. Heading further to the East, along Whitechaepl Road and onto Mile End Road you come to Mile End Waste where you encounter a wonderful mural that shows many of the famous figures who, over the centuries have helped make this such a vibrant and fascinating district.
As you can see George Bernard Shaw holds his head in his hands; Captain Cook prepares for another voyage; General Booth prepares to preach to the masses; whilst Ronnie and Reggie Kray stride confidently in the background. But, if you allow your curiosity to get the better of you and make that turn, you find yourself blinking in disbelief at the curious little homes that stretch before you.
So, yes, Jack the Ripper is an important piece of East End history, but this part of London has so much more to offer. It is, therefore, such a pity, that many visitors to London confine their explorations to the well known tourist haunts to the West of the City of London, as they miss some of the truly historic and least changed parts of old London.
But then, if they all came traipsing out here the district would lose much of its mystique, so let them explore the West End to their hearts content and leave the East End to the true connoisseurs of hidden, secret and mysterious London!