Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Oxford day trip, Jack the Ripper Tour

University of Oxford

On July 17,  we visited University of Oxford for British Culture and Society.  There, we were taken on formal tour of the campus and then walked around the city of Oxford. 

Sheldonian Theatre

Ceiling of Sheldonian Theatre, which is made up of thirty-two different separate panels. Each panel represents a truth, all of which are meant to get rid of ignorance from Oxford 

Inside Sheldonian Theatre, where graduation ceremony takes place

View from the windows of the Sheldonian Theatre

View from Sheldonian Theatre of Oxford

View of Oxford from Sheldonian Theatre


Original Sheldonian Theatre

Inside a chapel at Oxford 

College within University at Oxford







Pub where J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis use to meet up

C.S. Lewis quote inside the Eagle and the Child

Eating lunch at The Eagle and Child

Outside the pub

Walking around the town of Oxford

Along the way to Christ Church College

Outside Christ Church College

Ceiling of Chist Church

Stairs in Christ Church where a scene of Harry Potter was filmed

Great Hall in Christ Church. This was used as the dining hall in the Harry Potter films

Inside Christ Church

Courtyard 



Sutton Police Station

On July 23, our Criminal Justice class visited Sutton Police Station.  We listened to a few lectures about UK corrections and toured the jail there. 

One of the students in the back of a police van
Photo courtesy of Anita Blowers

UNCC Criminal Justice group out back of Sutton Police Station
Photo courtesy of Anita Blowers

Photo courtesy of James Jones

Photo courtesy of James Jones

Jack the Ripper tour in East End

On July 18, we went a tour of the East End where Jack the Ripper use to live and seek out his victims for our Criminal Justice class.

Jack the Ripper tour poster
Photo courtesy of Anita Blowers

The gray building in this photo is part of an late 1800 Whitechapel England

Our tour guide showing us the first victim of Jack the Ripper

The Frying Pan which was a pub during Jack the Ripper times

Streets of the East End

Art in the East End

The murders were originally called the Whitechapel murders because of the area they were committed in. It wasn't until this first letter was released to the press that the murderer was then named Jack the Ripper, because that's what the first letter was signed as.  It is still controversial whether or not this was actually written by Jack the Ripper or by newspaper to get more readers.

Church in the East End

Where some of the victims were last seen before being murdered by Jack the Ripper

Pub that Jack the Ripper most likely use to frequent

Haircut shop in East End

Old soup kitchen in East End

Homeless shelter in the 1800s in the East End

Diagone alley from Harry Potter movies (where Harry buys his wand)

Diagone alley from Harry Potter

East End art

Letter from Jack the Ripper to the police

One of the main Jack the Ripper suspects

Another Jack the Ripper suspect

Present day technology was used to come up with this picture of what Jack the Ripper probably looked like




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