London Walks- again

[STFC]

My girlfriend and I did the Jack the Ripper tour on Friday with London Walks, and were lucky enough to have Donald Rumbelow, who is considered the foremost authority on the Ripper murders, as our guide. There were roughly 60 people on the tour.

It was very informative but the City and, to a slightly lesser extent, Whitechapel, have changed so much in the last couple of hundred years that the locations are lacking in atmosphere. It's difficult to imagine what the area looked like back then when you're stood next to a multi-storey carpark, for instance.

Still a good way to spend a couple of hours though. We fancy doing some of the haunted walks next.

 

[Bungle73]

My girlfriend and I did the Jack the Ripper tour on Friday with London Walks, and were lucky enough to have Donald Rumbelow, who is considered the foremost authority on the Ripper murders, as our guide. There were roughly 60 people on the tour.

It was very informative but the City and, to a slightly lesser extent, Whitechapel, have changed so much in the last couple of hundred years that the locations are lacking in atmosphere. It's difficult to imagine what the area looked like back then when you're stood next to a multi-storey carpark, for instance.

Still a good way to spend a couple of hours though. We fancy doing some of the haunted walks next.

I've done a load of the OLW walks, including the British Museum tour which was also led by Donald Rumbelow, but I've been put off the JTR walk because of the huge number of people I've heard turn up and also because I've read people say they've been on the tour and their group has been harassed by yobs.

I've considered using another company, such as that run by Richard Jones, as they limit numbers, although you can't just turn up, you have to book.

I have done the East End/JTR walk in the book "Walking Notorious London" and that was good.