[2] Unregulated street markets allowed London to grow explosively in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

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.

[3] In 1878 Walford writes that the market was on the south-side of the street and busiest on Friday and Saturday evenings, when most people were paid.

[7] In the 2000s the market followed the trends of the area and consisted of five international street-food stalls selling food from around the world and serving the Monday to Friday lunch crowds.