(The East End Then and Now) [By: x] [Dec, 1997]

After the Battle: Then and Now

by Winston G. Ramsey

Charting the colourful history of the East End, this book relives all the major incidents amid "then and now" photographs. The Ratcliff Highway murders, the sinking of the "Princess Alice", the "Albion" disaster, the Sidney Street siege, the Battle of Cable Street and the Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster are all featured. The philanthropists, suffragettes, Jack the Ripper and the Krays are other high profile characters included in this densely illustrated title.

Hardcover

First published November 1, 1997

Reviews

[Ed Wijninga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not a book one can read cover to cover but more like an encyclopedia of all historical events that have shape London’s East End. From slums, murders and riots to the Blitz and rebuild after the Second World War. Very nice!