Four men in a cafe in Smithfield Market. c.1965 Charles Booth Published May 30th 1838

Published May 30th 1838

Panorama from a series of ten views of London from the South Bank

This Bankside wharf was the site of Southwark Corporation's rubbish depot when George Davison Reid took this photo

George Davison Reid photographed this scene looking towards the City waterfront from Benbow Wharf

The Strand

Four men in a cafe in Smithfield Market. c.1965 Charles Booth Published May 30th 1838The fact that these men are wearing white coats indicates that they worked at the market. Smithfield Market is a wholesale meat market in the City of London. Covering an area of 10 acres, it has stood on this site, just outside the old City walls, for 800 years. Red meat and poultry was unloaded and carried into Smithfield marketplace early each morning. The market supplies inner city butchers, shops and restaurants with meat for the coming day and