Spitalfields updated

Question 1

Somali migrants

Answer 1

1960s onwards
In 1960 the newly independent Somalia had brought together 2 territories previously colonised by Britain and Italy
In the early 1990s a terrible civil war forced many people to flee and arrive as refugees in many countries including the UK
Whilst most Somali immigrants had been working class seafarers, many were middle class with professional backgrounds
There were a significant number of women and children

Question 2

Sandy’s Row Synagogue

Answer 2

• from the mid 1700s Eastern European Jews were escaping violent pogroms
• From the 1880s - 1970s, Spitalfields was probably one of the biggest Jewish communities in Europe with over 40 synagogues
• established by dutch Jews in 1874 and it used to be a Huguenot Church

Question 3

No.13 Sandy’s row

Answer 3

• The home of Ayub Ali ‘Master’
• He welcomed many destitute lascars into his home

Question 4

Petticoat Lane

Answer 4

• used to be almost entirely Jewish
• evidence of a market here as early as 1603
• Huguenot weavers sold their fabrics and goods here
• centre of Jack the Ripper crime, known for crime rates

Question 5

Brick Lane Jamme Masjid

Answer 5

• at the centre of the Bangladeshi community in the area
• was first a Huguenot Church
• Has also been used as a methodist chapel
• ## It is currently a mosque

Question 6

Taj Stores

Answer 6

• Brick Lane
• established by a Bangladeshi seaman
• founded in 1936

Question 7

Middle Ages Spitalfields

Answer 7

• lay sisters
• criminals, outcasts, poorer people since they were no longer controlled by authorities when they were outside the walls

Question 8

How did Huguenots change Spitalfields

Answer 8

Made Spitalfields a boom town: the Huguentos brought a new, profitable industry that opened up new markets. 50,000 locals now depended on the silk business. They transformed the area as their high quality French styles became fashionable. Changed the built environment as they adapted houses to their needs: big windows at the top to let lots of light in, bird cages to catch songbirds, and hooks outside of windows to put fabrics on. They were also allowed to build Protestant churches to practice their religion in, unlike the Catholics, who were still oppressed