Smithfield Fruit & Veg W/sale Market 1883

[Astoness]

sorry if these have been posted before but better twice than not at all

lyn

 

[Richard Dye]

Surely night work at Smithfield Market was common before the 1950s ? Or am I misunderstanding “First Night Success” ? Viv.

View attachment 175793Source: British Newspaper Archive

Not sure about vegetables, I do know that I would go with my uncle to pick up fish almost everyday. Fish on ice first then vegetables at the same time. This would be 53/55 ish.

 

[Astoness]

francis nicholls ltd

smithfield market44

 

[Richard Dye]

francis nicholls ltd

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Ah, I do remember those baskets with the tomatoes in! Loved that place early in the morning because my uncle would take me to get hot tea and sausage on a roll!

 

[Astoness]

Ah, I do remember those baskets with the tomatoes in! Loved that place early in the morning because my uncle would take me to get hot tea and sausage on a roll!

thanks richard i did wonder what was in those baskets..old history lost again

lyn

 

[mikejee]

They were often used for mushrooms as well

 

[Richard Dye]

They were often used for mushrooms as well

Just took the words out of my mouth!

 

[mikejee]

I thought I had seen this before, but it was a different angled view shown on post 77 that I remember

 

[Vivienne14]

The building in this photo looks in a very poor state, and the weighbridge seems to have gone. I wonder if this was fairly soon before the building was removed.