Date/Time
Date(s) – 10/10/2014
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location
Algate East Tube Station (Exit 2)
Categories
Jack the Ripper Meal & Experience
Take the Jack the Ripper Meal and Experience and relive the Autumn of Terror of 1888 with a meal at the Ten Bells. Run by an expert on Jack the Ripper. This tour entitles you to a Signed Copy of Russell Edwards book ‘Naming Jack the Ripper, which normally retails for £19.99.
Find out more about Russell Edwards.
Follow in the steps of Jack the Ripper as he murdered his 5 victims over a 10 week period. Visit the places where he mutilated his victims in a most terrible manner. This tour is unique to all the rest as you will be able to fully grasp the sensation of murderer himself.
Please ensure you are at the Ten Bells at 6pm with the Tour commencing at 7pm from Aldgate East Tube Station (exit 2).
The Ten Bells pub has existed since at least the middle of the 18th Century. The pub links two of the Rippers victims, Annie Chapman and Mary Jane Kelly. Annie Chapman may have drunk at the pub shortly before she was murdered; and it has been suggested that the pavement outside of the pub was where Mary Kelly picked up clients as a prostitute.
The interior of the pub is particularly interesting as it is impressively decorated with original Victorian tiling. Two of the walls feature a blue and white floral pattern tiling scheme and there is a colourful tiled dado going round the room. Of particular note is the mural of painted tiles on the wall on the North side of the building, entitled Spitalfields in ye Olden Time – visiting a Weaver’s Shop, which commemorates the weaving heritage of the area. The mural was designed by the firm of W. B. Simpson and Sons and dates from the late 19th century.
In October 2011, the Ten Bells was featured in the Jamie Oliver series Jamie’s Great Britain. Jamie’s great great grandfather was a landlord of the Ten Bells during the 1880s. Jamie is shown visiting the Ten Bells to discuss his East London roots, and to see how Londoners lived, drank and ate at the end of the 19th century.
Look out for the man with the Bowler Hat waiting for you at Algate East Tube Station (Exit 2)
PLEASE NOTE: THURSDAY TOURS DO NOT START UNTIL 8PM
Read more about Jack the Rippers Victims
Annie Chapman
Annie Chapman Jack the Ripper Victim Killed 8th September 1888 29 Hanbury Street Disemboweled The second victim murdered by Jack the Ripper was dear ol’ friend of mine, Annie Chapman, we called ‘er “Dark Annie”. Annie’s butchered body was found on the morning of Saturday September 8th 1888, in the backyard of 29 Hanbury […]
Mary Jane Kelly
Mary Jane Kelly Killed 9th November 1888 13, Millers Court Butchered, Throat Slashed The fifth and final Ripper victim was Mary Jane Kelly. Her murder was the dramatic conclusion in the gruesome violence inflicted on the series of prostitutes murdered in Whitechapel by the same killer. Mary’s body was, without doubt, the most brutally […]
Catherine Eddowes
Catherine Eddowes Killed 30th September 1888 Mitre Square Mutilated & Body Parts Stolen Because he was disturbed killin ‘ol Liz and couldn’t finish the job, Jack the Ripper went lookin’ for his second victim of the night. He found one. ‘Er name was Catherine Eddowes. Poor ol’ Kate was found totally ripped up on […]
Elizabeth Stride
Elizabeth Stride Killed 30th September 1888 Dutfields Yard Throat Slashed Three weeks after ol’ Annie was murdered, a good pal o’ mine Elizabeth Stride, Long Liz we called ‘er, ‘ad ‘er throat cut in the early hours of the 30th of September She lost ‘er husband and was left destitute without two brass farthins […]
Polly Nichols
Mary Anne “Polly” Nichols Killed 31st August 1888 At Buck’s Row Disemboweled My mate Mary Ann Nichols, “Polly” we used to call ‘er, was the first proper murder victim of Jack the Ripper. She fell on ‘ard times too and took to the same ways as ol’ Martha. At the time she copped it, […]
Martha Tabram
Martha Tabram Killed 7th August 1888 Gunthorpe Street Stabbed 39 Times Alright my lovelies! Ere, let me tell ya about the murders that went on right ere in Whitechapel in 1888. A lot of my ol mates were butchered by the killer that we all called Jack The Ripper. Right ‘orrible state of affairs […]
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