Hi everybody, welcome to Dance Notes History Hit. In early March of this year, the tragic

abduction and murder of a young woman Sarah Everard refocused the attention of people

here in Britain on violence towards women and girls. At History Hit, we thought it would

be interesting to revisit a period of history that's become infamous for violence against

women, the White Chapel murders. A lot of people associate with the Jack the Ripper story.

The White Chapel murders of the 1880s and 1890s in the east end of London. I went for

a walk around White Chapel, the places where those murders occurred, with Dr Julia Lach.

She's a birthbed university and she's studied violence against women and girls in the slums

of late Victorian London. In this episode, there are descriptions of the terrible crimes

committed against women. They're not graphic, but I do just want to warn everybody that

they are included in this episode of the podcast. It was certainly a very thought-provoking

trip around the east end. At the end, Julia shares what she thinks lessons from history

are. I thought it was very useful and important. If over the Easter weekend you want to go and

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the world of history will suddenly reveal itself at your very fingertips. In the meantime,

enjoy this walking tour around East London.

Jelia! Oh, hello, Dan. How's it going? Great, thanks.

I've never really noticed a little part before. I've come past a lot. Yeah, actually, there

was a church here at one point in the 19th century. Right, so it would have been an imposing

church. And what about this part of town? I mean, it's a vibrant, busy part of town today,

but it would have been just like that back in the day. Yeah, I mean, the east end in some

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