London Fruit Exchange and London Wool Exchange, Spitalfields, East London, London, UK
In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Home Bookshop My Promise At the Fruit & Wool Exchange February 15, 2012 by the gentle author Opening in 1929, when the volume of imported produce coming through the docks more than doubled in the ten years after the First World War, the mighty Fruit & Wool Exchange in Spitalfields was created to maintain London’s pre-eminence as a global distribution centre. The classical stone facade, closely resembling the design of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s Christ Church nearby, established it as a temple dedicated to fresh produce as fruits that were once unfamiliar, and fruits that were out of season, became available for the first time to the British people. Spitalfields is a district in the East End of London and within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The area is formed around Commercial Street and includes the locale around Brick Lane, Christ Church, Toynbee Hall and Commercial Tavern. It has several markets, including Spitalfields Market, the historic Old Spitalfields Market, Brick Lane Market and Petticoat Lane Market.
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Location: Spitalfields, London, UK
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Keywords: cnetre, distribution, east, england, exchange, food, fresh, fruit, imports, london, products, spitalfields, uk, wool
