Section 4
In the last few weeks
we've been looking at various aspects
of the social
history of London and this morning
we're continuing with a look at life
in the
area called the East End.
I'll start with a brief history
of the district and then
focus on life
in the first half of the 20th century. Back in the first to the fourth
centuries A.D when the Romans controlled England, London
grew into
a
town of 45 000 people and what's now the East End, the area by the river
Thames and along the road heading North East from London to the coast
consisted of farmland with crops and livestock which helped to
feed
that
population. The Romans left in 410 at the beginning of the fifth century and
from then
onwards
the country suffered a series of invasions by tribes from
present-day Germany and Denmark, the Anglo Saxons and Jutes many of
whom settled in the East End.
The technology they introduced meant that
metal and leather
goods were
produced there for the first time and as the East End was by the river, ships
could transport goods between their and foreign markets. In the 11th century,
in 1066
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