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By the late 1960s, Chinatown was truly established as the heart of London’s Chinese community – now numbering in the tens of thousands as more and more Chinese workers arrived from the British territory of Hong Kong.
- Leaving Limehouse
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- Celebrating Chinatown’s Story
The Second World War took its toll on the neighbourhood. Many members of the Chinese community were bombed out of what were, even then, sub-standard Victorian tenements. The docks themselves declined over the following twenty years, put out of business not by Hitler’s bombs, but by changes in the shipping industry. The growth of containerised freig...
Not only did we Brits get a unique taste of (what at the time was mainly) Cantonese cooking, the Chinese community introduced us to such exotic ingredients as noodles; garlic; vegetable oil, soy sauce; chilli and ginger. All of these foodstuffs were a revelation to the British palate of the 50s and 60s, accustomed to bland and grey food – justly cr...
The brilliant work done by a range of community organisations, like the China Exchange, has helped tell the story of Chinatown. However, the contributions of the Chinese community to British history – especially during two World Wars – are not as well-known as they might be. A crowd-funding campaign has been launched recently to help record and pro...
Dec 30, 2017 · The nickname ‘The Imperial City’ developed in the 1960s and 1970s when worldly Chinese folk realised that London’s Chinatown is nestled right in the heart of a capital city, unlike similar enclaves celebrating Chinese culture in other parts of the world.
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Oct 26, 2018 · At the end of the 1950s Gerrard Street, now the vibrant main thoroughfare of London ’s Chinatown - popular with tourists and Londoners alike - consisted of mostly brothels, disreputable...
By the late 1960s, Chinatown was truly established as the epicentre of London’s Chinese community – now numbering in the tens of thousands as more and more Chinese workers arrived from the British territory of Hong Kong.
May 26, 2022 · Chinatowns across the country experienced a renaissance in the 1970s with the removal of all race-based immigration restrictions and a flood of investment from Hong Kong.
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Jan 31, 2022 · Year after year, London's Chinatown continues to develop and change to reflect the food trends and traditions of East and Southeast Asia, with its influences now stretching far beyond the bounds of China. We delve into the history of Chinatown and find out from those who run its restaurants what makes is so unique.
