| ▲ | paxys 17 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> The original market first traded in Lower Thames Street in the City in 1327, before moving to its current site in Poplar, east London, in 1982. So the "850 year old" food market is actually a 42 year old market, and will likely continue to operate from a different location as it has done many times in the past. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | hi_hi 17 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No, this was a bit confusing. I think this may have been talking about Billingsgate, the fish market. Smithfields is a meat market, and has been at that site in one form or another for hundreds of years. Edit, to help clarify as other comments also appear to get this wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London#Market | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | cjs_ac 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The market as an institution is 850 years old; the building that currently houses that institution is 42 years old. The market is not a place; it is the activity in which people engage in that place. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | throwaway494932 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> and will likely continue to operate from a different location > The decision to close the markets and offer traders compensation was made by the Corporation's Court of Common Council. It seems that they want to close the markets, not to move them | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | __oh_es 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apparently the plans to build the new market have fallen through | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||