Aldgate and Whitechapel Pubs

Exploring historic pubs in the area where the City of London meets the East End. Incudling one of London's most famous old pubs, the Hoop and Grapes, and I think I've managed to unearth some history about it I haven't seen published anywhere else.

The usual mixed bag of history along the way: the sugar refineries of Whitechapel, John Sebastian Helmcken and the formation of Canada, The Half Moon Theatre, the very short reign of Frederick III of Germany, a landlord who died of a cat bite, the Whitechapel Murders / Jack the Ripper, the primary UK hub for canary trading in the 1890s, and the intertwined history of pubs and music halls.

Links etc:

Hoop & Grapes
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14872/ho...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/W...
https://www.londonpicturearchive.org....

White Swan
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13901/wh...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/W...

Princess of Prussia
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13900/pr...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/W...

Brown Bear
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13907/br...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/W...

Wilton's Music Hall
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/100113/w...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/W...

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:17 Hoop & Grapes
5:48 White Swan
8:15 Princess of Prussia
10:29 Brown Bear
13:22 Wilton's Music Hall
16:11 Outro