In message , Tom
Anderson writes
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Londoncityslicker wrote:

On 22 Oct, 11:28, David Cantrell wrote:
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 03:01:11AM -0700, wrote:

plus the popularity of Borough Market and Borough High Street
generally.

Of course, the retail market is only busy on Saturdays, when the
City is closed.

There doesn't seem to be much fuss over Smithfield Market being
knocked down.

First i've heard of it. What exactly is planned to be done to Smithfield?

There is a proposal to demolish the so-called "General Market" at
Smithfield (ie the buildings which face on to Farringdon Street). This
proposal doesn't affect the much better known East and West Markets,
which are what most people picture when they think of Smithfield.
Indeed, these have been much modernised over the years.

That said, there's something of a storm of protest even over the
redevelopment of the General Market with a public enquiry planned for -
I think - next month.

For the record, Borough Market is open for retail purposes on Thursday
and Friday afternoons and all day on Saturdays. For wholesale purposes
it's open every night except for Saturdays/Sundays.
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