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Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Founded in 1901 to 'bring great art to the people of the East End of London',
the Whitechapel Art Gallery occupies a distinctive arts and crafts building
designed by Charles Harrison Townsend.
Its first exhibition, which included the Pre-Raphaelites, Constable, Hogarth
and Rubens, attracted 206,000 local people. The programme has ranged from
showcasing art from Africa, India and Latin America to premiering solo
emerging figures such as Picasso, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock. Through
exhibitions such as the Whitechapel Open, the gallery has promoted artists
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Find out more from the
Whitechapel Art Gallery site |
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1902 August Greenwich foot tunnel opened.
This meant that people had more leisure opportunities (such as visiting
Greenwich Park), as well as meaning that people could commute to work
in the factories and docks of the Isle of Dogs. |
On 17 December 1910, gangland violence
reached a peak when three policemen were found murdered in
a cul-de-sac at the back of a jeweller’s shop in Houndsditch,
the result of a shootout. Four men, one dead, were implicated – and
were found to be Anarchists.
Two of the men were later reported to be living in 100 Sidney
Street. On 11th January, police surrounded the building,
and following a gun battle, troops were sent in as reinforcements.
The Home Secretary, Winston Churchill, also visited the scene.
Around midday on 12th January, the building was seen to be
on fire – whether this started inside or was the result
of an incendiary device being thrown into the building is
not known. Two bodies were found, but the third and main
police target – Peter the Painter – had vanished.
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Listen
to the Sidney Street Siege
Read
the Metropolitan Police's Report on the Siege
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