Covent Garden Market, London 1963
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This authentic 1960s colour photograph captures the industrious daily life of Covent Garden Market in 1963. The scene shows a market worker in a grey jacket balanced on the back of a vintage wooden-sided truck, receiving a heavy sack of green produce from another man standing on the pavement. In the foreground, large burlap sacks marked “SELECTED POTATOES” and stacks of wooden crates sit alongside green nets filled with vegetables. The background features the distinctive glass-roofed market buildings, with signs for wholesale merchants like “JOHN DUKE OF BEDFORD” and “E. SOLOMON” visible above the loading bays. Period vehicles, including a red truck and a two-tone car, are parked near a “TURN LEFT ONE WAY ONLY” sign, illustrating the logistical hustle of London’s primary fruit and vegetable market before its 1974 move. This digital download is a significant social history document, perfect to print for yourself as an evocative piece of vintage wall art.
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