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Charles Booth's map of poverty is one of the most 
famous maps of late 19th century London.

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What it shows is the distribution of 
wealth and poverty in London

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and it is an unusual map 
because it's colour coded.

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The area that really is worth looking at 
is the East End.

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The area around Brick Lane and Whitechapel 
is where you can see

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the incredible levels of poverty alongside 
some quite wealthy areas along the high streets.

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You need to look for the black and blue colours 
of the very poor areas

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and the red colours, which are 
the more middle class families.

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I don’t think there's any class divide 
in this area,

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I think there's almost like a taste divide.

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It's been neglected for a long time and 
now new people are coming in,

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Bengali community coming in, 
and different communities,

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Pakistani community coming in, 
and they develop the area.

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It's much better than before.

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I don’t think its run down or "lower class" 
or anything like that.

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I think it serves the younger 
middle class really well.

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So you think it’s more for the 
middle class than any other class?

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Yes, all those little shops and, 
the little restaurants everything is...

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I could afford it and I have no money, 
I'm a student.

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I think it's a really great place for something

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that speaks against class divide

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because everyone is here, but it is 
a place for young trendy people.

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They seem to congregate at the moment.

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From what I saw at Brick Lane and 
from the Charles Booth map,

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I still feel there are a lot of 
similarities then and now.

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The only difference is now there's 
been more of an overspill

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of money from the City into Brick Lane.

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At the same time there’s still 
a very strong contrast.