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Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
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Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny. At four to five in the afternoon, dealers would come daily to this 100ft square market space to sell clothing after a mornings rounds of collecting cast offs. The pavement and benches would be littered with huge sacks half-emptied of their contents. Heaps of old boots and shoes were indiscriminately mingled with bundles of old umbrellas and parasols, while trousers, coats, waistcoats, shawls, mantels, hats and caps were more carefully laid out to view, all sold for shillings or pence. Date: 1882
Media ID 20159689
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Bubblepunk
1882 Admission Afternoon Barrier Benches Boots Bundles Caps Carefully Cast Coats Collecting Contents Daily Dealer Dealers Emptied Exchange Found Half Heaps Houndsditch Huge Laid Leading Littered Markets Parasols Pence Phil Sacks Sell Selling Shawls Shillings Shoes Sold Trousers Umbrellas Waistcoats
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