The Streets of East London talks about the East End, from the Huguenots of the seventeenth century to the Bangladeshis of today. William (Bill) Fishman talks about the area’s poverty and attempts to relieve it, the successive waves of immigration, crime – including Jack the Ripper and the Krays, the radical movement and ends with suggested walking tours. The Streets of East London is crammed with historic photographs, and more recent images by Nicholas Breach.

The Streets of East London is an illustrated guide to the most vibrant area of London. For 25 years this has been a classic text, and steady seller in many London shops.

Also available: East End Jewish Radicals 1875-1914 William J Fishman - 336 pages, 0 907123457. £14.99.
“An extraordinary period described by an inspired storyteller” – Arnold Wesker

East End 1888 William J Fishman - 407 pages, 0907123856, £14.99. A brilliantly perceptive study… a marvellous, vivid account of the poverty stricken world of the East End – not only scholarly and well documented but very easy to read.