On 8 Mar 2005, Andy Kirkham wrote:

Alan (in Brussels) wrote:

In the message ...
"Tadej Brezina" wrote :

Where are - presuming that there are - pedestrian precincts, crowded
public squares with a lot of pedestrian space and old ("ancient")
precincts with winding narrow streets? (classic districts of pre
motorisation age)

I would say that the Spitalfields area (quite near Liverpool Street
Station) is particularly atmospheric unless it has been redeveloped
since I was last there.

Ah, now i'd say Smithfield. First of all, visit the Barbican, to see what
the idea of a public square looks like through the filter of the 1980s
(dead!), then wander down to Smithfield and see the rather splendid meat
market (i think this is the last genuine wholesale market in the City - at
least where the goods are actually there in front of you!), then on
through the little streets around St Bart's hospital to St Paul's
cathedral.

If you want to see the market in action, though, you'll need to get there
before 0800.

ObChooChoos: The Snow Hill tunnel, through which the Thameslink
cross-London line runs, runs directly underneath the market; under the
west avenue, if Bartholomew's cartographers are to be believed.

tom

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