Comments on: The Markets Of Old London

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:12:45 +0000

Great slides, thank you. As others, I wondered about the smells and noises at each scene. So many hats too! Look forward to your messages.

By: Terry Ashton

Terry Ashton — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:20:44 +0000

Great photos of the markets. My great grandmother had a stall at the Hessel Street Market. I would love to see some photos of that market in the early 20th century, plus some commentary about the market. Her name was Betsy Abrahams/Abramovich.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:26:16 +0000

Loved these photos. I especially liked how some of those photographed stood out to me like characters from a book interacting but with their own individual stories.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:15:01 +0000

Wonderful photos, I could sense the smells and hear the bustle of activity x

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:10:53 +0000

No surprise: I was immediately captivated by the woman waving the white textile out the upper window in Photo 1. OK — what’s the story here? Is she hollaring down to a girlfriend on the opposite side of the street………..”Bessie! — HERE is that yardage I was telling you about! I’m going
to use it as a dust ruffle on the crib………”. Or is it a drapery panel, shaken out of the window, to freshen it up and perhaps free it of dust motes? Or is it a frothy undergarment being flirtaceously waved in the breeze? (well, it could happen!?) Sadly, none of the men on the sidewalk below seem to be noticing. I love thinking of the woman in the window, her impulse to wave the white
“flag”; never realizing that this photo would capture the moment and endure.
Quite white.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:59:24 +0000

Impressive and detailed photographs.
Each crowd scene I would love to wander.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:15:55 +0000

You can almost hear the hustle and bustle of busy market days coming from these photos. Back in the 80s I worked on Gracechurch Street, opposite the entrance to Leadenhall Market. I used to love wandering through there and fondly remember a greasy spoon we used to sometimes go to for Cornish pasty, chips, peas, gravy and a cup of tea 🙂

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:48:44 +0000

What an interesting collection of slides.
I share your love of markets and expecially enjoy the setting up time. Walking to work several years ago I was lucky in that my route went via Borough Market and I saw the gradual change from wholesale to retail and the huge delivery lorries for wholesale dissappear to be replaced by tourists and film crew. The delivery lorries were fun to watch very early as sometimes the European drivers would forget to drive on the left when they left the market.
Later in life I moved from South to East and my journey to work took me via Brick Lane and Spitalfields setting. These days I’m retired but could watch Columbia flower market setting up but, because I now can, I prefer to sleep in.