Portobello Market, Portobello Road, London 1980s
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This lively 1980s view of Portobello Road captures the market in full swing, with shoppers, stalls and a busker performing in the street while the familiar run of stucco-fronted terraces forms the backdrop. Visible businesses include Jewellery Silver, Portobello Market, Avant Gallerie and a vertical Coffee Cola Food sign further along, all adding to the jumble of specialist shops and market trade that gave this stretch its distinctive character. The vehicles help date the scene neatly too, including a battered white Suzuki Carry van parked at the kerb and a Peugeot 309, both exactly the kind of everyday working transport that suited Portobello’s slightly rough-around-the-edges atmosphere. It is a strong record of the street before later gentrification softened parts of its appearance, when live music, casual trading and a more improvised market feel still dominated the road.
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