Comments on: Tif Hunter on Maltby St

By: Cherub

Cherub — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:58:30 +0000

I love the old tin can with the flowers in it. They turn an ordinary everyday item into a thing of beauty.

By: Nicola Albon

Nicola Albon — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:28:40 +0000

These photos are so beautiful! I love the texture

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:59:49 +0000

These are beautiful – as always thank you for sharing – he is a superb photographer

By: Libby Hall

Libby Hall — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:42:09 +0000

Marvellous images.

Interesting that vegetables, fruit and bread are so much more beautiful than sausages!

The vegetables images of course remind me of the famous Victorian collection of photographs Sean Sexton found in Bermondsey market in the early 80s. (Sean, Master Collector, can be seen most Thursdays searching Spitalfields Market for more treasures.)

By: Greg Tingey

Greg Tingey — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:20:19 +0000

Ah, Maltby Street … the alternative to “Borough”, because certain stall/pitch/site-holders @ Borough disagreed (In this writer’s opinion, entirely correctly) with the “just bring the tourists in, never mind the genuine local market, & lets jack the prices/rents up to silly” attitude of the “Trustees of Borough Market” who appear to have lost the plot completely.

I speak as one who went through said market BEFORE the revival (The Wheatsheaf guaranteed one a pint of Mild, then), revelled in the “My Fail Ldy” time-warp nature of the place, & who also went to the very first of the revival days ….( either 22/11/97 or 21/11/98 – I can’t remember which without reference now(!))

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:58:06 +0000

Beautiful images. They give the food a really architectural quality.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:55:01 +0000

Wonderful photos. I want that bread!