Walking Tour – Vine Street – West End Crime Stories

Walking Tour – Vine Street – West End Crime Stories

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Date:

February 13

Time:

14:00 - 16:00

Event Category:

All, Rob Smith

Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-tour-vine-street-west-end-crime-stories-tickets-1055295961629
Organizer

Rob Smith, Footprints of London

Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/rob-smith-footprints-of-london-1394683923
Venue

Outside Charing Cross Station

The Strand, London, WC2N 5HF

London, Greater London, GB, WC2N 5HF

Vine Street was once home to one of London’s busiest police stations. This walk looks at some of the crime in London’s West End in the past.

Crime has been an ever present in London’s West End – and a lot of those arrested ended up in Vine Street Police Station. This walk through London’s West End looks at crime stories from 1700 to 1980. You will hear about clever Victorian frauds, illegal gambling dens, 1920s protection rackets, Georgian street robberies , arson and murder.

The walk is about 1.5 miles

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