Clouds Of Glory
Hoxton today is one of the most fashionable parts of inner London, yet before the Blitz, it was the capital''s most notorious slum area. It was London''s busiest market for stolen goods, the centre of the pickpocket trade, home to a razor gang that terrorised racecourses all over southern England. Its main thoroughfare, Hoxton Street, was known also as the roughest street in Britain.
But among th...
Hoxton today is one of the most fashionable parts of inner London, yet before the Blitz, it was the capital''s most notorious slum area. It was London''s busiest market for stolen goods, the centre of the pickpocket trade, home to a razor gang that terrorised racecourses all over southern England. Its main thoroughfare, Hoxton Street, was known also as the roughest street in Britain.
But among th...
