Live band at Columbia Road Flower Market located in East London, England, United Kingdom. Photo:Jeff Gilbert
Columbia Road Flower Market is one of many markets in Central London; a street flower market, it is located in East London. Columbia Road is a road of Victorian shops off the Hackney Road in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The market is open on Sundays only. Columbia Market was established in 1869 as a covered food market, by the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts for 400 stalls; with flats above, in a tall Gothic building. However, a planned railway line (for the delivery of fish) was never built, and in any case traders preferred selling outdoors. The market closed in 1886, after use as warehouses and small workshops, the original building was demolished in 1958[1], although the remains of railings can be seen in front of the Nursery School. Sivill House and the Dorset Estate replaced the Coutts buildings. Columbia Road on a weekday morning. Looking west towards Shoreditch The market was moved to Sunday, by Act of Parliament, in order to accommodate the needs of local Jewish traders. This also provided the opportunity for Covent Garden and Spitalfields traders to sell their stock left over from Saturday. The enduring interest and demand for cut flowers and plants amongst people in the East End, was introduced by Huguenot immigrants (together with a fascination for caged song birds. The pub at the end of the market is called The Birdcage. The market suffered in World War II, from rules prioritising food production, and went into a long decline. A large civilian shelter, beneath the market, suffered a direct hit by a 50 kg bomb, on the night of Saturday, 7 September 1940, at the height of The Blitz. From the 1960s, new rules forced traders to attend regularly, and the market enjoyed a new resurgence with the increasing popularity of gardening programmes.
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Location: Columbia Road Flower Market, East London, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
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