Chrisp Street market, under the canopy
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Chrisp Street market, under the canopy by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff as part of the Geograph project.
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Chrisp Street market, under the canopy
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 26 Jun 2008
There was a thriving municipal market along Chrisp Street in the Victorian era. In 1951 the area was rebuilt, following wartime damage, as part of the Festival of Britain, and the market relocated in the centre of a new pedestrianized shopping precinct. The canopy was added in the 1980s.
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Image Location
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