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London’s East End: Life and tradition by Jane Cox (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2000) £9.99
From the riverside and docks where pirates were hanged, to the monasteries and slums east of the Tower, the East End presents a rich tapestry of English history. This text recreates life in the East End over the last five centuries with anecdotes, folk tales, diary excerpts and illustrations.

The East End by Alan Palmer (John Murray, 2000) £10.99
Takes us back through four centuries of life in this great melting pot, which was once the very centre of Empire trade. From the Huguenot weavers of the 17th century, its story is one of extremes — small, deprived streets, great Hawksmoor churches and out-and-out criminals like the Krays.

Fingerprints by Colin Beavan (Fourth Estate, January 2002) £14.99
Account of the history of fingerprinting culminating in the trial in 1905 where two brothers were convicted on the evidence of a thumbprint.

The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How science solved 100 of the world's most baffling crimes by C Evans (John Wiley & Sons, 1998) £13.50
A beginners’ guide for anyone interested in the history of forensics. Features 100 of the most absorbing, ground-breaking cases in forensic history.

A Double Thread: Growing Up English and Jewish in London by John Gross (Ivan Dee, April 2002) £14.99
The author is the son of a Jewish doctor who practised in the East End of London from the 1920s to World War II and beyond. Religion underpins family life – the richness of the Yiddish language and mysteries of the synagogue are set against the life of the streets, where boxers and gangsters are heroes, patients turn up on the doorstep at all hours and in the background, behind the wit and the colour, lie the shadows of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.

Websites

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History of the Forensic Science Service
www.forensic.gov.uk/forensic/entry.htm
Gives good background information to the development of forensic science during the 1930s.

Essaybank — History of the BUF
www.essaybank.co.uk/free_coursework/1377.html
Article on the rise and fall of the British Union of Fascists during the 1930s.

Brighton Trunk Murders 1934
www.met.police.uk/history/mancini.htm
Trunk murders were not uncommon in the 1930s; one famous case at this time is discussed.

Science in Society
www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/science/society/
Several Channel 4 articles on forensic science and the history of crime-solving.

Fingerprints
www.fingerprints.demon.nl
Accessible and comprehensive site on the value of fingerprints in criminal investigations.

Public Record Office
www.pro.gov.uk
National archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to all who wish to consult them. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day.

UK Family History Online
www.familyrecords.gov.uk
Online information on how to access records on births, deaths, marriages, military history, adoption information, parish registers, migration and wills from 1 July 1837.

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