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The Markets of Old London (2024)

42 pointsby zeristortoday at 6:20 PM11 commentsview on HN

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sfvissertoday at 9:18 PM

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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Liotoday at 8:12 PM

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.

bloomingeektoday at 9:19 PM

Great picture! Those crowded streets were no doubt a pickpockets dream.

sorokodtoday at 7:59 PM

Ridley Road Market is not mentioned but worth a visit

vhalantoday at 7:48 PM

Billingsgate is amazing love getting fish there

dist-epochtoday at 8:52 PM

Beautiful images of Capitalism building itself.

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gnabgibtoday at 6:57 PM

(2024)

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