Immigrants becoming the largest demographic group in parts of London is nothing at all new. By example, the influx of European Jews to London in the 19th Century dramatically changed the make up and culture of London’s east end. “By 1900, over 95% of the population of Wentworth Street (the home of the world-famous Petticoat Lane market) were Jewish immigrants. From the Victorian era to the Second World War the Jewish East End thrived, street signs were written in Yiddish, over 100 synagogues and small steibels were established in the area, alongside a bustling commercial Jewish center with a complex network of self-supporting interconnected Jewish institutions.” This profoundly changed London’s east end and created the culture that many regard as defining the ‘East End’, which like all cultures inevitably changes again with time. Refer this informative and interesting resource linked below: https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/jewish-history/the-memory-map-of-the-jewish-east-end/
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