A very interesting day today as we were on another on Tony Hale’s walks around London.
This time we started in Whitechapel and followed the trail of the Yorkshire Ripper. We wandered down Brick Lane and also visited the oldest bell foundry in the country (possibly the only bell foundry in the country?) which originated back in the 15th century.
It was such an interesting walk that I actually took very few photos. This is the red feather of Sir John Cass timed to match with a passing double decker. He was born in 1661 in Rosemary Lane, East Smithfield and inherited considerable property mainly in Hackney, the City and Essex. In 1710 he founded a school in the churchyard of St Botolph without Aldgate. On 5 July 1718 in the act of signing a second will, Sir John died. It is reputed that his quill pen was stained with blood and this is now the symbol of schools that still exist in the area.
