[2] Unregulated street markets allowed London to grow explosively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The traders could move easily to the new population centres and enabled people to buy provisions without having to travel to the central London wholesale markets.

In the early morning traders would load their barrows at the wholesale markets, clean and sort the goods, and then sell them in the new suburban streets.

[4] In 1892 the market consisted of 41 stalls of which 12 were operated by shopkeepers and the remainder by independent street traders.

[7] In the mid-1990s the market is described as consisting of 12 stalls selling army surplus, clothing new and second hand, wooden toys, and recorded music.