34 relations: Arthur Morrison, Bed bug, Belgium, Charles Booth (social reformer), Christian, Communism, Fenchurch Street, Great Eastern Railway, Highland Light Infantry, Kent, Kingsley Hall, Life and Labour of the People in London, London and Blackwall Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Mahatma Gandhi, Orpington, Pacifism, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Philanthropy, Quakers, Sexually transmitted infection, Shoreditch, Slum, Stepney, Stratford, London, Tailor, The Times, United Kingdom census, 1901, Vermin, Whitechapel, Workhouse, World War I, Ypres.
Arthur Morrison
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 18634 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt.
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Bed bug
Bed bugs are parasitic insects in the genus Cimex that feed exclusively on blood.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
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Charles Booth (social reformer)
Charles James Booth (30 March 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an English social researcher and reformer known for his innovative work in documenting working class life in London at the end of the 19th century.
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Christian
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Communism
In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.
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Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street is a street in London linking Aldgate at its eastern end with Lombard Street and Gracechurch Street in the west.
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Great Eastern Railway
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia.
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Highland Light Infantry
The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881.
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Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.
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Kingsley Hall
Kingsley Hall is a community centre, at Bromley-by-Bow in the East End of London.
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Life and Labour of the People in London
Life and Labour of the People in London was a multi-volume book by Charles Booth which provided a survey of the lives and occupations of the working class of late 19th century London.
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London and Blackwall Railway
Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) in east London, England, ran from Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, connecting central London to many of London's docks.
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London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London Borough in East London which covers much of the traditional East End.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.
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Orpington
Orpington is a town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England, at the south-eastern edge of London's urban sprawl.
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Pacifism
Pacifism is opposition to war, militarism, or violence.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.
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Philanthropy
Philanthropy means the love of humanity.
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Quakers
Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.
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Sexually transmitted infection
Sexually transmitted infections (STI), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or venereal diseases (VD), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex.
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Shoreditch
Shoreditch is a district and Church of England parish in the borough of Hackney in Greater London, England and is part of both Central London and the East End.
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Slum
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed, decrepit housing units in a situation of deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, inhabited primarily by impoverished persons.
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Stepney
Stepney is a district in London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road called Stepney Green.
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Stratford, London
Stratford is a town and parish in London, in the London Borough of Newham.
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Tailor
A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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United Kingdom census, 1901
The United Kingdom Census 1901 was the 11th nationwide census conducted in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was done on 1 April 1901 "relating to the persons returned as living at midnight on Sunday, March 31st".
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Vermin
Vermin (colloquially varmint or varmit) are pests or nuisance animals, that spread diseases or destroy crops or livestock.
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Whitechapel
Whitechapel is a district in the East End of London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Workhouse
In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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Ypres
Ypres (Ieper) is a Belgian municipality in the province of West Flanders.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwall_Buildings