Whitechapel Road Road in 1884. Visitors paid to see him in the back room of a shop owned by showman Tom Norman. The shop was directly opposite the Royal London Hospital, and Merrick was frequently visited by doctors. Merrick later moved to the hospital permanently, where he spent the last years of his life. The Blind Beggar is at No. 337 and was the founding point of the Salvation Army following a meeting outside the pub by William Booth in 1865. On 9 March 1966, the venue became notorious after Ronnie Kray fatally shot George Cornell at the pub. The premises remains
Ronnie Knight Ronnie Knight Ronald Knight (born 1934) is a British former nightclub owner and a convicted criminal. Born in Hoxton, East London, he was responsible for minor infractions of the law when young, whereas his brothers Johnny and James were involved in more significant crimes. Along with Johnny, Knight was friendly with the Kray brothers, but, he says, was not connected with their illegal activities. He also had another brother, David and a sister, Patsy. Knight was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 1961 for dealing in stolen goods. The two clubs he ran, the Artistes and Repertoire Club (known