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Women of Worth
A walk for International Women's Day weekend |
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Sunday 9th March 2008, 10.30am
Continue celebrating International Womens' Day in association with the Jewish Museum joining a walking tour of the East End profiling Jewish and non-Jewish women alike who made an impact on the Jewish community.
Ending at the Kinderstransport memorial at Liverpool Street Station we will have visited en route sites of Whitechapel and Spitalfields including those associated with Alice Model and her maternity hospital, Miriam Moses and her youth work, the philanthropy of the Rothschild ladies and the actresses of the Yiddish theatre.
Details of how to book will be available via Jewish Museum
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Jewish Theatreland |
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Sunday 6th April 2008, 10.30am
Following from its successful debut in September, we are reprising this tour in association with the Jewish Museum. Explore the Jewish connections in London's Theatreland with Jewish actors, impresarios, writers and producers.
The cast includes Lionel Bart, Lord Delfont, Barbara Streisand, Jonathan Miller, Arnold Wesker and many more. Credits are also due to Lyons for refreshments, Moss Bros for the costumes and Freed for the dance shoes. The tour lasts for around two hours with no interval, ending near Covent Garden.
Details of how to book will be available via Jewish Museum
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An East End Village |
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This walk will come as a revelation to you. Just a few minutes away from the bustling Mile End Road, once London’s ‘Millionaires’ Row’, we find a tranquil oasis with an ancient village church, a farm, a 17th century merchant’s house, several 18th century houses built for sea captains and some delightful alms houses.
Hear about past residents such as a theatrical producer, a playwright, a trade union organiser, a scout leader and a famous philanthropist. Finish at a pub which has been a theatre and a Welsh Chapel.
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Jewish Mile End and Stepney |
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If you’ve tried our “Old Jewish East End” Tour (or even if you haven’t) why not venture further east to explore some of the lesser known Jewish sights of London?
Hidden behind Queen Mary College we’ll view an old Sephardi cemetery and it may be possible to visit an even older burial ground which is rarely open to view.
After this we will head for tranquil Stepney Green which always comes as a revelation to visitors with its attractive terraced houses and green spaces.
Memories of the Jewish community remain with the old Stepney Jewish School, a tenement which housed a well known radical leader and a Victorian synagogue building.
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NEW! The City - a Walk of Jewish Firsts |
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The City is the East End's neighbour and also has a wealth of Jewish stories to tell
Set against the backdrop of The City, the oldest financial centre in the world, this walking tour highlights the stories of Jewish Firsts. Not only the first Jewish community in the Mediaeval City but synagogues and, among others, a Lord Mayor, a Prime Minister, a Baronet, an MP ... and a Eurobond! Many of the Jewish Firsts profiled broke down the barriers of discrimination in Victorian England and their stories bring to life not only the growth of the Jewish Community but also the development of the financial institutions of the Square Mile |
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NEW! East End Radicals |
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The East End still evokes memories of radicals and revolutionaries, those men and women who worked ceaselessly to improve the working and living conditions of the predominately Jewish community of the late 19th century into the inter-war years.
You will hear the stories of the Battle of Cable Street, the Sidney Street Siege and see the doss-house that was home temporarily to Stalin and Jack London before the tour ends at Stepney Green, home of Rudolph Rocker, the German gentile who learnt Yiddish and became the champion of the Jewish anarchists.
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NEW! Jewish West End |
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This tour is outside the East End but we cannot leave it out ... it is proving one of the most popular!
Explore Jewish connections in the heart of London’s West End and learn about the area’s rich social history with its clubs, schools and synagogues. As you walk through Fitzrovia and Soho where the West End Jewish community worked as teachers, tailors, dressmakers, milliners, retailers and market traders you will visit sites of a Jewish school, a synagogue now converted to a theatre and London’s most famous literary pub run by Jewish landlords.
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NEW! Jewish Whitechapel |
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In and around Commercial Road we can still find reminders of the vibrant Jewish community who lived and worked there.
The streets and buildings evoke memories of the street markets, the medical missions and schools. Fun and leisure too, with the Grand Palais Yiddish theatre and Frumkins, the 'House of Weddings' and you will also visit Cable Street, the site of the battle to stop the fascists but also the home to a brave doctor, Hannah Billig, the Angel of Cable Street. |
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Old Jewish East End |
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The history of the Jews in London dates back to 1066 and is a story of persecution, exile, re-establishment and renaissance.
Starting on the edge of the City of London we move eastwards to the historic area of Spitalfields and Whitechapel.
Once the centres of London’s Jewish community buildings still evoke memories of the past – a famous street market, an old soup kitchen, synagogues, homes of famous Jewish personalities and some of the best preserved Georgian domestic architecture in London.
Hear about the artists, writers, academics, tailors and market traders who made this area their home.
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Your Tour |
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If you do not see the subject or area you require we will be delighted to devise a tour in Your East End. Just contact us to discuss your plans and suggested date.
These are examples of what we can do to suit clients special requirements:
- We can collect your group at your work place or hotel and lead a tour finishing at a restaurant or café of your choice.
- Tell us where your family lived in the East End and we will arrange a tour which focuses on this area.
- If you have a minibus or coach at your disposal our guides can meet your coach and give a commentary about the places passed, stopping in areas of your choice for short walks.
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Tours can be led during the morning afternoon or early evening on all days of the week throughout the year with the exception of the Sunday Morning Markets Tour which is day and time specific.
For further details and prices please contact us at info@goeastlondon.co.uk or telephone 020 8883 4169.
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