WS Christmas weekend – 3rd/4th December

Saturday 3rd Dec 2pm-4pm: Visit to the Bishopsgate Institute including seeing The Ted Ball Collection. Cost £2. 7pm-late: Christmas meeting of The WS at The Chamberlain Hotel. Auction of books (details to follow), launch of the new Whitechapel Society book, Quiz, Entertainment. The best leather apron competition. Entry free for WS members, guests pay £5 on the door. Sunday…

Interim meeting report – 7th May 2016 by Steve Rattey

Before getting onto the pre-arranged topic of discussion of the night several matters were examined. Extending from Leicester City’s success in the football league to the April meeting to how fantastic it was to have a Victorian serial killer present on the night and Tony Power’s fantastic intro. In addition was conversation about The Hairy…

London walk, Saturday 7th May

On May 7th Trevor Bond is organising a walk around Shakespeare’s London, looking particularly at the theatres that were in the area at the time. It starts at 10.30, and finishes around 4 pm and includes a leisurely stroll around Southwark and Blackfriars, frequent refreshment stops, and possibly the tube to Shoredich for those of…