Covent Garden market, London 1970
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A 1970s colour photo of the Flower Market building at Covent Garden in London during the latter half of the 20th century. The scene from 1970 shows the grand Victorian architecture of the market hall, featuring large semicircular fanlight windows and a decorative green ironwork canopy. Parked along the kerbside are several period vehicles, including a blue Ford Cortina and a red Vauxhall Viva, while a small blue kiosk for “S.P. Clements Tobacconist Confectioner” stands near the entrance. Covent Garden served as the capital’s primary fruit, vegetable, and flower market for over 300 years before the central wholesale operations relocated to Nine Elms in 1974. This historic site, originally designed by Inigo Jones in the 1630s as a residential piazza, was famously transformed into a vibrant shopping and leisure destination following the market’s departure. For more images of the capital, please visit our main London page where photos are organised by decade or area and theme.
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