Henrietta Barnett On Whitechapel And The Jack The Ripper Murders.
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- Опубліковано 7 лис 2024
- Henrietta and Samuel Barnett arrived in Whitechapel in 1873 when Samuel was made the vicar of St Jude's church on Commercial Street.
Over the next twenty years, they were active in improving the lot of the poor, as well as the criminally inclined, of their parish. They, for example, established the Toynbee Hall University settlement in 1884 to encourage future political leaders to come to the East End and live amongst the poor of the district in order to gain an understanding of the causes of poverty, which, the Barnetts hoped, would aid them in tackling the social issues of the age in their future callings or vocations.
In 1885, the men of Toynbee Hall formed a "Streets Parol Committee" to monitor the streets of the parish by night, and to compile reports on suspicious or criminal activity. This was a forerunner of the later vigilance committees that were set up in the district during the Whitechapel murders.
Henrietta got to know the women of the district, and was, therefore, on hand to witness firsthand the horrors of the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888.
In her biography of her husband, she looked back on the "autumn of terror" and set down her recollections of the women to whom the unknown miscreant responsible for the crimes was the greatest threat.
In this video, we look at some of the innovations that the Barnetts brought to the district, as well as their battle to persuade the authorities to improve policing in the neighbourhood. We also tell how their warnings to successive commissioners about the lawlessness of the populace went largely unheard, until, according to Henrietta, the crimes of Jack the Ripper were shouted into deaf ears.
Her accounts of the area and of the Whitechapel murders provide a real insight into the district as it was at the time of the atrocities, and are, today an important piece of history, coming as they do from someone who actually lived in and understood the East End of London at the time of Jack the Ripper.
I'm a Bethnal Green boy born and bred, always had an interest in the history of my area. There are so many stories to mine from Victorian Whitechapel aside from the infamous murders... all the best for continuing to bring the plight of the poor to light.
I like your accents in bethnal green. When you see movies they never get it right. You sound more like the guy who played Harold Steptoe and he was brought up in Manchester so did a good accent in steptoe and Son but in the movies they always sound more like they are from somewhere else. At least that's how you sounded 30 years + ago. I'm from Manchester but I can still tell the difference in east end accents. When you hear the Krays talk the actors who play them don't sound the same to me. It doesn't really matter it's close enough and only TV but still.
Great video and information. I love hearing accounts of people actually living in that time and in that district. How wonderful that their legacy continued on and lives thru the history of the district too.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for another great video,what marvelous people Henrietta and Samuel were,and what a fantastic place Toynbee hall was and still is
I can't wait until you upload new content, it makes my day, stuff you never see in any other documentary.
Very kind of you, Laura.
@@JackTheRipperTours I love your voice, too. Really suits the subject. Warm, humane, and respectful of the Souls who lived{And died} at that time.
As a teenage girl, I'd sometimes walk from the West End to East end by night ..In those far off days {1970's} I had no idea about Jack the Ripper, until seeing a pub of that name in Whitechapel, and assuming it to be a made up Character.
How wrong I was.
@@JackTheRipperTours.. Great work.. Do you think that all the victim's knew each other well.. I saw something years ago.. Saying that the 1st victim was pregnant to someone high up.. And the others knew about it.. Super work again 😇
Love your site. Just so interesting. I do enjoy the detail you go in to.
Glad you enjoy it, Denise.
The slum buildings may be torn down with bright new buildings placed in their stead, but that only serves to push the poor elsewhere, still suffering all the pains of their poverty stricken lives.
I'll answer their question... poverty.
Richards videos keep bringing me back to UA-cam. Excellent work as always.
Glad you like them, Mark.
I’ve been bingeing on your videos, Richard. I love all the minutiae, it’s fascinating. I deeply regret never doing a Ripper tour with you when we briefly lived in London. I respect you and all the other Ripperologists who have every complex detail at their fingertips. I used to think that I knew a lot. Ha!
That's very kind of you.
What a fascinating story, I would like to read her book.
The offspring of those strong people, My family come from it way back, my Aunties, Uncles as real Cockneys were strong and with a bonkers humour that made me laugh as a kid, I loved them, they could not give two hoots what anybody thought of them, and the most honest people, would give their last penny to help some one, glad I have the mindset...no real Cockneys left ..as they say...salt of the earth...they truly were. Important in our culture, but going now.
Thank you Richard great interesting video IV learn a lot from all ur videos
Very welcome
A Great Presentation as Usual 😉👋
old cannon Barnett did well, punching above his weight.
Wow very fascinating. Thanks 🙏
Thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure!
love your channel and work, I've seen you appear on many documentaries over the years
Thank you.
Another excellent video! Richard, are you still doing the Virtual Jack the Ripper Tours? I would like to sign up for one in October if you are. How do I go about doing that?
Hi, I will be putting the Virtual tour on here in November.
Wonderful!
Well done!
Great story. Many thanks :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video Richard!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thankyou 💛 💛
Welcome!
At 1:36 the street in the picture is just off the east side of Brady Street, not far from Bucks Row, it led to Neath Street (I'm not sure if the whole street was part of Neath Street).
On Booth's poverty maps, Neath Street was coloured black for 'vicious and semi criminal'.
Been reading a deal about Canon Barnett lately. Between him and Dr. Barnardo, there were real flickers of hope in the East End. I forbear to include the Salvationists.
Dr Barnado's did as much harm as good.
A different perspective.
She sounds very judgemental, although now I sound very judgemental!
I do know that the Barnetts did good work, but she does seem particularly focused on the poor morals of the wanton women of Whitechapel.
I am reading 'The Five 'about the lives of the Victims of the Ripper, who have been turned into props while the murderer himself has become some sort of anti hero. They were Not all prostitutes, only 2) in fact some had had husbands and children and had run respectable homes, could read and write. From a young age Polly Nicholls kept house for her father and brother after her mother's death yet still found time to study. She raised 3 children, but lost more, with her husband. Another was a domestic servant. Their only 'sin' was having poverty haunting them constantly. It is about time people stopped trotting out this Victorian trash sensationalism and learned about the Real people of the slums. it is Lazy and an insult to many people who found themselves in dire circumstances through no fault of their own.
Plus it would be a lot more interesting than the Hackneyed old tripe about the Ripper Celebrate the people who survived the most appalling conditions, instead of hero worshipping a psycho.
Nah, I am quite certain she was accurate in her assessment. I am also quite certain that you have led a sheltered life, or you might recognize similar characters among today's poor. Some sink because they simply refuse to conduct themselves with any consideration for othes.
Thank you.
You're welcome!