Comments on: Robert Green Of Sclater St Market

By: Tina Norrie

Tina Norrie — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:42:11 +0000

So sorry to hear about your accident,hope your better soon.

By: Tina Norrie

Tina Norrie — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:31:31 +0000

I have read this story several times,each time it upsets me because I still go down Brick Lane
And I see All That Is gone From there. But it Is still a Great Market ,With lots Of character
and many lovely People.Lets hope it remains for many years to come. I will be their every
sunday.

By: John Walton

John Walton — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 21:51:05 +0000

I took the time to read this and it is a great story.

I am going to visit the lane soon and will look out for this guy.

As a son of a market trader (Walthamstow 1960s to 1990s) I was never encouraged to go into the “markets” as my dad (who was right) always said that whilst he was getting a great living from the trade, it would not last……

I worked with my dad as a 25 year old on his fish stall in Walthamstow for the last time in September 1999 – the market trade simply wasn’t there and it felt that profits year on year were being squeezed and yet costs were rising. 35 years of family trading history finished that day……sad but life moves on…..ironically my dad had a shop in Green Street (Queens Market) in the 1970s also…

By: belle

belle — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:15:59 +0000

fascinating! So vivid, south of the River it was East Street Market and shoulder to shoulder just as Robert describes it.

By: Neville Turner

Neville Turner — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 21:20:59 +0000

A very interesting post about market life which was very much a way of life as opposed to a nine to five job. Robert Green has a heritage to be valoued and to be proud of l wish you good health and good luck for the future.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 21:04:45 +0000

Great story. I remember the guy with the tea service. Thanks and all the best.

By: Ros

Ros — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 11:35:29 +0000

hello Robert, have much enjoyed reading about you and learning more about your story. It’s told with the same sort of feeling and passion that you put into your comments which I always read avidly. May your years from 60 on be as full of life as they’ve always been, however they unfold. You are a real original.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 10:16:59 +0000

I am sure it is hard life selling things at markets, by wind and weather, and only something that can be done by those with a true dedication to the job and a love of mixing and interacting with all sorts of people. Valerie

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 10:16:39 +0000

Robert is amazing. Thanks for bringing us his story with fantastic photographs from the past.

By: Hilda Kean

Hilda Kean — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 10:02:08 +0000

While I accept that many of those working at Club Row may have been concerned with animal welfare nevertheless the place was also a focus for vivisectors. In the days before animals were specifically bred to be dissected and experimented upon strays were often rounded up and sold to laboratories. In addition at the end of the Sunday market unsold dogs were often disposed of in this way.