Hyde Park

Day 17 & 18 - London markets

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August 18th 2013
Saturday, August 17 was a typical partly cloudy, drizzly off and on kind of day but reasonably warm. We decided to do the market, on Broadway Market, today which runs from about 8AM to 4PM and is just around the corner from our house. Barrow boys have been welcoming shoppers to Broadway Market in Hackney since the 1890s, selling everything from bacon to beans. There are 100 or more stalls offer ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more