How Brown
06-09-2008, 07:05 PM
Thanks to Ali for participating in the 5Q:kiss:
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Dear Ali:
1. What area of East End life in 1888 do you think people overlook when we discuss that area ? Surely, it couldn't have been all bad,eh?
2. If you were a police officer in the East End during the murders...working the night shift when the crimes were committed...what special precautions would you take in stopping or detaining men who appeared suspicious, particularly after the Double Event?
3. Do you have a favorite Ripper documentary that comes to mind when asked ? If so, tell us about its theme...
4. If you had only one choice to make and sound off about it...what sort of childhood do you think Jack The Ripper had ?
5. Do you think much of Tumbelty's candidacy ? If not, why not ?
.......and Ali's responses were:
1.I don’t think for a second the East End was as black as it was painted, all right, certain parts were probably no go areas (just like any major city today) If you look at sources such as http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=026MAP0000182C1U0000000C&zoomimage=1
you can clearly see Whitechapel as an area with mixed income and class groups. It was a melting pot of diversity and had a sense of community. The arts were available to most social groups in one form or another. Music hall and theatre were commonplace – costing very little. Books and newspapers were available cheaply for the first time, so it was possible to keep up with current affairs.
2. If I had been a police officer during the time of the murders, it is possible to say - with hindsight being 20/20 - I would have looked at local men who blended in naturally with the environment, rather than people who looked or acted strangely. I can say with absolute certainty, had I have been undercover dressed as an unfortunate, I would have avoided men dressed in bloody leather aprons brandishing sharp knives like the plague.
3. I actually try to avoid Ripper Docs if I can because I am quite easily lead by new theories (*see answer to question 5). I own Jack the Ripper Conspiracies and it contains some fabulous film and stills of Whitechapel. I believe it contains lots of Stuart Evans’ material. If you can get past the narrator (or watch with the sound off) it is enjoyable.
4. Mmmm, Jacks childhood? It’s possible his boundaries were a little skewed! It all depends if nature, nurture or both were off. It would be too much like profiling to suggest he had a poor relationship with his dominant mother (who contracted syphilis after she had to go on the game when her alcoholic, abusive husband ran off with the milkmaid). Didn’t get on with his peers because he was a poor socialiser - tortured small animals – couldn’t hold down a relationship – was possibly a closet homosexual etc, etc , etc. Who knows?
5. Referring back to question 3, I almost fell for Tumblety as a candidate. There are a lot of suspects less deserving of infamy than our American friend. Tumblety certainly didn’t tally with the witness descriptions given and was older than I would imagine Jack to have been. Defiantly a better candidate than Prince Eddy, Carroll, Gull or Mansfield for example though
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Dear Ali:
1. What area of East End life in 1888 do you think people overlook when we discuss that area ? Surely, it couldn't have been all bad,eh?
2. If you were a police officer in the East End during the murders...working the night shift when the crimes were committed...what special precautions would you take in stopping or detaining men who appeared suspicious, particularly after the Double Event?
3. Do you have a favorite Ripper documentary that comes to mind when asked ? If so, tell us about its theme...
4. If you had only one choice to make and sound off about it...what sort of childhood do you think Jack The Ripper had ?
5. Do you think much of Tumbelty's candidacy ? If not, why not ?
.......and Ali's responses were:
1.I don’t think for a second the East End was as black as it was painted, all right, certain parts were probably no go areas (just like any major city today) If you look at sources such as http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=026MAP0000182C1U0000000C&zoomimage=1
you can clearly see Whitechapel as an area with mixed income and class groups. It was a melting pot of diversity and had a sense of community. The arts were available to most social groups in one form or another. Music hall and theatre were commonplace – costing very little. Books and newspapers were available cheaply for the first time, so it was possible to keep up with current affairs.
2. If I had been a police officer during the time of the murders, it is possible to say - with hindsight being 20/20 - I would have looked at local men who blended in naturally with the environment, rather than people who looked or acted strangely. I can say with absolute certainty, had I have been undercover dressed as an unfortunate, I would have avoided men dressed in bloody leather aprons brandishing sharp knives like the plague.
3. I actually try to avoid Ripper Docs if I can because I am quite easily lead by new theories (*see answer to question 5). I own Jack the Ripper Conspiracies and it contains some fabulous film and stills of Whitechapel. I believe it contains lots of Stuart Evans’ material. If you can get past the narrator (or watch with the sound off) it is enjoyable.
4. Mmmm, Jacks childhood? It’s possible his boundaries were a little skewed! It all depends if nature, nurture or both were off. It would be too much like profiling to suggest he had a poor relationship with his dominant mother (who contracted syphilis after she had to go on the game when her alcoholic, abusive husband ran off with the milkmaid). Didn’t get on with his peers because he was a poor socialiser - tortured small animals – couldn’t hold down a relationship – was possibly a closet homosexual etc, etc , etc. Who knows?
5. Referring back to question 3, I almost fell for Tumblety as a candidate. There are a lot of suspects less deserving of infamy than our American friend. Tumblety certainly didn’t tally with the witness descriptions given and was older than I would imagine Jack to have been. Defiantly a better candidate than Prince Eddy, Carroll, Gull or Mansfield for example though