Brick Lane Flashcards
What was brick lane like in 1666?
-Truman brewery established in 1666
-market 1682 fruit and veg
-textile trade, french Huguenots in 1680s- houses with large windows
What is the location of brick lane?
-street in east London
-borough of tower hamlets
-in the wider area of Spitalfields and banglatown
-north or the river Thames
What is brick lanes locale?
-brick/tile manufacturers
-popular location for breweries
-vibrant art and fashion scene
-curry
-Muslim mosque amongst traditional and new shops, restaurants, markets and homes
Describe and explain the age demographic in brick lane
-high proportion of population in 20-40 year bracket
-large proportion of population in the working age bracket
Describe the ethnic demographic in brick lane
Rich ethnic and religious mix
41% Bangladeshi origin (higher than borough average) and 41.5% Muslim
Describe deprivation in tower hamlets
-2015 IMD found fewer inner areas of tower hamlets were in the most deprived 10% compared to 2010. Spitalfields and Banglatown was ranked as most deprived LSOA in London in 2012 but relative improvement since then
In 2015 was 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in the country
39% of children in poverty- almost double national average
Why had deprivation in the inner areas of tower hamlets improved between 2010 and 2015?
-gentrification: poorer people have moved to the outskirts for lower housing costs and rents
What is the crime rate in brick lane?
25.4 crimes per 1000 people. Double the borough average
What is the most common type of crime in brick lane?
Theft
Describe education in brick lane
4 schools are needing requirement and 2 are inadequate
Give an example of how brick lane if represented through art and evaluate the source
Adam dant-map of Spitalfields life, 2011
Counter map that gives a historical background into brick lane and the surrounding area
Evaluation- only presents Dant’s pov within counter mapping the scale and sizes of different areas can be manipulated based upon the artists opinion of what is more important, making it a less reliable source in terms of geographical locations
Give an example of how brick Lane is represented through the media and evaluate the source
Sally Flood - Tales from the East End, 1980s.
Local poet who shows Brick Lane as being very culturally diverse, but also includes many negative words such as ‘exploited’ and ‘bullies’.
Evaluation - a strong sense of place comes across however it is only one person’s point of view.
Give an example of how brick lane is represented through lived experience and evaluate the source
Sarah garnham- student blogger who mentions brick lane eg ‘Sunday’s in the east end’, dec 2015. Presented as vibrant and bust through Sunday market. Evaluation- likely to be genuine however may be embellished to make it more interesting to read and heighten sense of place. Only one persons sense of place, and is that of someone who does not live there (can be compared to sally flood)
Describe how ethnicity and demographics have changed in brick lane
17th century-influx of french Huguenots
Haven for immigrants escaping persecution
19th and 20th centuries known for Irish and Jewish population
1970s- Bangladeshi immigrants moved in;predominantly unskilled labourers
Bangladeshi ovulation now mainly office workers, teachers or social workers
Give evidence of change in brick lane
French Protestant church constructed in 1743. The building has since been used as a Methodist chapel and the machzikei hadass great synagogue. In 1976 it was converted to the jamme masjid mosque
Nickname ‘banglatown’; weekly Bangladeshi paper ‘sylheter dak’ has an office there
