Comments on: The Last Fish Porters of Billingsgate Market https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/09/01/the-last-fish-porters-of-billingsgate-market-2/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Exploring 20th Century London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/09/01/the-last-fish-porters-of-billingsgate-market-2/#comment-62394 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:09:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69771#comment-62394 More history and photos of old billingsgate here, including porters badges:

http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/billingsgate-fish-market

]]> By: jane osullivan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/09/01/the-last-fish-porters-of-billingsgate-market-2/#comment-62192 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:48:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69771#comment-62192 oh dear here we go again , why oh why must money always win.As one of the porters said in claudias heartbreaking video ,why not develop the market as a traditional heritage place of work,as an asset ?
Identity is so important to ones self esteem,it has developed there at the market into a very fine art,who will care when its destroyed ?Not enough people with any power in our too often profit led times.
I wish all the men luck and hope they are able to work something out,can they refuse to be bought out I wonder, hold tight maybe ?
such evocative and beautiful(tender as you said g. a) photos and video claudia, thanks for sharing them gentle author.

]]> By: Patty https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/09/01/the-last-fish-porters-of-billingsgate-market-2/#comment-62160 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:18:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69771#comment-62160 As always, thank you for sharing before it is lost

]]> By: nicola baird https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/09/01/the-last-fish-porters-of-billingsgate-market-2/#comment-62158 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:14:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69771#comment-62158 Wonderful portraits, such a shame (scandal?) that this tradition being forced to end. But the record is a treasure. Nicola http://islingtonpeople.wordpress.com

]]> By: Good Gentlewoman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/09/01/the-last-fish-porters-of-billingsgate-market-2/#comment-62122 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:53:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69771#comment-62122 The juxtaposition of the porters and the Canary Wharf towers makes an eloquent statement. Thank you for this post.

]]> By: Libby Hall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/09/01/the-last-fish-porters-of-billingsgate-market-2/#comment-62113 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:01:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69771#comment-62113 Lovely photographs by what is obviously a gentle photographer – and with a perfect introduction by a gentle author.

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