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Where is Brick Lane?

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Tower Hamlets, East London

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What community is Brick Lane the heart of?

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The city’s Bangladeshi-Sylheti community

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Where does Brick Lane run from?

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Swanfield Street to Whitechapel High Street

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What was the street originally named?

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Whitechapel Lane

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Why did the name of Brick Lane change?

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The local earth was used in the brick and tile industry

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What was it a popular location for in the 17th century?

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Breweries

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An influx of what population was seen in the 17th century?

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French Huguenots

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What did the French Huguenots make the area well known for?

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Its weaving and tailoring

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What did the area become known for in the 19th and 20th century?

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Its Jewish and Irish population

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Why is Brick Lane also known as Banglatown?

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It is a popular place for immigrants from Bangladesh

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What is the weekly Bangladeshi newspaper called?

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The Sylheter Dak

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Where is the Sylheter Dak office located?

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In Spitalfields

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What is Spitalfields known as?

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The best place to go for a curry in London

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What places of worship does the area have?

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A Huguenot church, a Methodist chapel, a Jewish synagogue and a mosque

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What has the area developed in recent times?

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A vibrant art and fashion scene

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What has the Old Truman Brewery been transformed from?

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It has been transformed from vacant, derelict buildings into office, retail, leisure and event spaces
Architecture is similar but use has changed

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What percentage of the population were male in 2011?

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53.9%

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What percentage of the population was female in 2011?

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46.1%

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What was the population density of the area?

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145 people per hectare

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What is the borough average population density?

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129 people per hectare

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How many residents were aged 16-64?

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Just over 10,000

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Was the number of residents 15 and younger above or below the borough average?

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Below

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How much does a 1/2 bedroom house cost?

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£500,000

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What deciles is Brick Lane in (IMD)?

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1st, 2nd and 4th most deprived deciles

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Has the IMD of the area changed and how?
It has improved since 2010 when the majority of the area was in the most deprived decile
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Why might of the IMD of the area have changed?
Gentrification
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What is there a big difference in in Tower Hamlets?
The amount of deprivation
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Where do the least deprived areas in Tower Hamlets tend to be?
In the southwest
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What was Spitalfields and Banglatown ranked as in 2010?
The most deprived Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in all of London
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How many crimes were reported in this neighbourhood in April 2018?
399
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How many crimes were committed on or around Brick Lane in April 2018?
52
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What are the two most common types of crime in this area?
Anti social behaviour | Violence and sexual offences
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How many schools and colleges are within a 3 mile radius?
336
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What score does Tower Hamlets have for Under 20s in poverty in 2012 and how does this compare in London and England?
39 which is about double of the national average and is worse than both London and England
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What score does Tower Hamlets have for the number of 16-18 year olds that were not in education, training or employment in 2014 and how does this compare to England?
This is better than the rest of England with a score of 3.4
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What are the life expectancies of men and women in Tower Hamlets?
54 for males | 52.4 for females
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What is the life expectancy for the UK?
81.6
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What type of art does Brick Lane have a reputation for?
Street art
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What does the Ravish London website suggest that the area constitutes?
"The Mecca of London street art; a de facto open air gallery, a square mile of street art to compare with the financial square mile"
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What has the Hackney Post produced?
An interactive map of street art in neighbouring Shoreditch
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What has aided the huge increase of art galleries in the area?
Gentrification and tourism have helped financially
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What was unveiled in 2011?
A map of Spitalfields life
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Who produced the map?
Local artist and cartographer Adam Dant
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What does the map of Spitalfields life detail?
Key locations within the area today as well as the historic background of a variety of places
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Who does the map include?
Characters that have made the area special such as Tracey Emin and Fred, the chestnut seller
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Give an example of a poet who writes about the area
Sally Flood
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Give an example of a guidebook that features the area
The Lonely Planet
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Give an example of a book about the area
Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane
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Give an example of a film about the area
Brick Lane (2007)
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What is the name of a blog about the area?
The Gentle Author
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What is the highest ethnic population in terms of percentage in Spitalfields and Banglatown?
Bangladeshi 41%
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What is the most dominant religion in the ward?
Islam
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What is the book and film Brick Lane about?
A 17 year old girl leaves Bangladesh as a result of an arranged marriage. She wants to break free and cheats on her husband. Brick Lane offers her opportunity and independence
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Give 3 lines from Rachel Lichenstein's book On Brick Lane
"Always vocal people" "Gangsters, artists, shopkeepers, street life" "Vibrant, dynamic community"
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What are two lines from Sally Flood's poems?
"Small-time drug peddlers sell their dreams" | "Hopeful prostitutes"
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What is The Gentle Author?
A local daily blog about the culture of Spitalfields
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When was Charles Booth's Poverty Map made?
1980
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What did Booth and his research do over several years?
Knocked on doors all around London and put people into 7 categories
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Give two examples of Booth's categories
Well-to-do | Vicious, semi-criminal
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How were the houses on Booth's map identified by category?
They were coloured according to their category
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What does Booth's poverty map show about the late 20th century?
That the area had mixed fortunes at the time
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How did the poverty map contrast with neighbouring areas?
In Whitechapel and the East End poverty was much more widespread
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When was Black Eagle brewery founded?
1666
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Where was the Black Eagle brewery founded?
In the Old Truman Brewery building
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When did the Old Truman Brewery become one of the largest breweries in London?
By the 18th century
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When did the Old Truman Brewery start to struggle?
Due to competition from imported lagers and other British breweries
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When did the Old Truman Brewery close?
1989
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When was the Truman's brand relaunched?
In 2010
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Where was the Truman's new brewery?
Hackney Wick
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How big is the Old Truman Brewery site?
11 acres
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How did people feel about the gentrification?
They were not happy about it
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What did one person write to The Guardian about the impact of gentrification on the area?
"It no longer has a fraction of the character"
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How has the market changed?
It no longer has stalls and sheds | It used to sell fruit and veg but now sells home ware and accessories
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Where is the ongoing gentrification?
On Fournier Street
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What do the houses on Fournier Street demonstrate?
The importance of silk and weaving to the lives of the French Huguenots
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What was the second floor of the houses on Fournier Street called?
Weaver's garrets
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What were the weaver's garrets?
Huge attic windows with tiny frames attached to allow maximum height for the weaver to work by
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What does the NY Times say about Spitalfields?
"Time misbehaves"
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When did Spitalfields fall into decline?
After the 1820s
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What did Spitalfields gain a reputation for after the 1820s?
A cheap area to live which proved a magnet to numerous waves of immigrants
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What had happened by 1876?
The market fell into decline
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What did Robert Horner do?
He bought a short lease on the market and started work on a new market building
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When was the new market building completed?
1893
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How much did the new market building cost?
£80,000
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What did the City of London do in 1920?
It acquired direct control of the market and extended the original buildings 8 years later
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What happened to Spitalfields reputation after the City of London extended the market?
It grew for the next 60 years
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When did the market move?
In 1991
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Where was the new location of the market?
Leyton, East london
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What was completed at the end of 2005?
The Spitalfileds regeneration programme
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How long was the Spitalfields regeneration programme?
18 years
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How many new public spaces were there after the regeneration? What were they called?
Bishops Square and Crispin Space

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