Brick Lane

Question 1

What is brick lanes location

Answer 1

In the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Question 2

What is Brick Lanes locale

Answer 2

In 17th century- popular location for breweries

Art and fashion scene- the Old Truman Brewery transformed

Question 3

Demographics characteristics of Brick Lane: Population

Answer 3

pop for spitalfields and banglatown:

53. 9% male
54. 1% female

Question 4

Demographic characteristics: age

Answer 4

High proportion of pop in 20-40 year bracket (similar to other inner London areas due to range of jobs available)

Question 5

Demographic characteristics: ethnicity

Answer 5

41% Bangladeshi

41.5% Muslim

Question 6

Social characteristics and inequalities: deprivation

Answer 6

One of the most deprived areas In the country - 10th deprived local authority district in England out of 326 in 2015
This is due to gentrification

Question 7

What percentage of children are in poverty in Brick Lane

Answer 7

39%

Question 8

Brick Lane Representations of place: Artistic

Answer 8

Adam Dants map of spitalfields life- historic background given

Question 9

Brick Lane Representations of place: Media

Answer 9

Sally floods poem ‘the brick Lane I see’

Question 10

Brick Lane Representations of place: Lived experience

Answer 10

‘The gentle author’ daily blog about spitalfields area

Question 11

cultural change in brick Lane

Answer 11

17th century : influx French Huguenots famous for tailoring
19th and 20th centuries: Irish and Jewish pop
More recently: popular place for Bangladesh immigrants - banglatown

Question 12

Demographic change in brick Lane

Answer 12

Gentrification: anti-gentrification protests in and around spitalfields sept 2015