Yesterday we also went on a Jack the Ripper tour! It was really fun and informational. Here's our tour guide, Richard. He had what he called 'ripper vision' which was a handheld projector that he could show us images with. He would find parts of buildings that were white and shine the projector on them. It really added to the tour. He had pictures of what the streets looked like back then, and then imbedded those images with photoshop onto pictures of the streets today to show the difference. Many of the streets are very much the same. A lot of the same buildings still stand. At one point there was a church to our right, a pub up ahead and a market to our left that were all there in 1888 when Jack was ripping. And the prostitutes and most likely 'Jack' hung around there. He also had pictures of the victims, which could be a little gory.
Richard said that he looked like Johnny Depp, (because Johnny Depp was in a Jack the Ripper movie) after gaining weight and having a stroke.
You can't really tell, but scenes for Diagon Alley were filmed on this street! We hope to go back and have lunch there. And buy a wand.
Yay for creepy history! Perfect for Halloween!
I know I've totally been slacking on my commentary, but I always love looking at your posts, Lisa Pisa!
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are beautiful (as are you and your London friends), and I feel cultured just looking at them!
Jack the Ripper.
What a creep.
Like you said, perfect for Halloween :)