The Markets of Old London (2024)

 (spitalfieldslife.com)

42 points | by zeristor 4 hours ago

9 comments

  • kilroy123 9 minutes ago
    I live in Spitalfields. I'm sometimes in awe of all the history here.
  • sfvisser 1 hour ago
    I sometimes wonder if city life used to be more bustling, or if photographers just avoided taking pictures of places without many people.

    The past feels so alive!

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    • fundatus 33 minutes ago
      Much fewer / slower cars. Nowadays people have been pushed aside to make room for cars.
    • NoboruWataya 1 hour ago
      Most of the popular London markets are very alive these days. You can barely move in them some days. So I think it is the latter.
  • Lio 2 hours ago
    I love these old pictures of London. You can feel the life.

    At the time London was the largest city in the world at the centre of the large emprie of all time.

    No wonder Dracula was making a beeline for it.

  • bloomingeek 1 hour ago
    Great picture! Those crowded streets were no doubt a pickpockets dream.
  • sorokod 2 hours ago
    Ridley Road Market is not mentioned but worth a visit
  • vhalan 2 hours ago
    Billingsgate is amazing love getting fish there
  • dist-epoch 1 hour ago
    Beautiful images of Capitalism building itself.
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  • gnabgib 3 hours ago
    (2024)
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    • tasuki 1 hour ago
      Most of the pictures are even older than that.