My grandparents used to be stallholders at Whitechapel Market in the 1920s. They made and sold children's clothes. They had to…
Bosses from the Jewish Tailors' Union used to meet prospective workers for hire outside the gas company on the corner of Greatorex Stree…
Basil Henriques was the first Briton to driver a tank in the First World War. He was an Oxford graduate and a Justice of the Peace. He h…
The East London Friendly Loan Society in Commercial Road, corner of Alie Street. People used to save their money there and when they nee…
Daniel Mendoza the boxer came from Petticoat Lane and later lived in a house in Paradise Row, Bethnal Green. He was the great great gran…
Boris Bennett had a photographic studio at 14 Whitechapel Road. He was a Polish Jewish refugee. Couples queued on the staircase and the …