Lisa Honan will lead a walk around Limehouse to explore the legacy of the British Empire. Nowhere is it more prevalent than here. Ports, railways, docks, warehouses, canals, and wharves sit cheek-by-jowl. Together they comprised the infrastructure that helped maintain global enterprise and dominance. Limehouse’s Imperial history starts from early explorers setting sail. It continues through to the development of trade routes around the world. This resulted in London becoming the centre of Britain’s Empire. Its population was a transient one. It included sailors, rope makers, stranded lascars (seafarers), ayahs (nannys), sex workers and Chinese settlers. Indeed Limehouse was the early ‘Chinatown’.
Meeting point Limehouse DLR, Bekesbourne St. exit
English I 60 minutes
£10 I 12+
Book tickets
Part of A Season of Bangla Drama 2024