Portobello Market, Portobello Road, London 1979
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A crowded elevated view of Portobello Market on Portobello Road, London, in 1979, with the street packed from side to side by shoppers, parked cars and long rows of market stalls running down the centre of the road. Seen from above, the scene captures the remarkable scale of Portobello at its busiest, with clothing and bric-a-brac spread beneath makeshift timber-framed pitches while the pavements and carriageway alike are overwhelmed by people. On the left, a classic K6 telephone box stands beside the corner of a housing block, while the terraces and shopfronts stretching into the distance give the whole view a strong Notting Hill character. If your date is correct, this is a superb record of Portobello Market at the end of the 1970s, when it still had the feel of a sprawling street market rather than a polished tourist attraction.
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