Smithfield market revisited on Biglorryblog thanks to Crane King Cog.

Tim Giles was of course correct with his identification of London's Smithfield Market. And his comments reminded me of this picture---sent to me originally by Ashley Coghill which neatly shows how trucks used to be parked in the 80s. When Biglorryblog was a young rosy-cheeked 'junior' photographer at Commercial Motor I just had cross the river, and drive up a side street near Ludgate Circus and there was Smithfield, one of the oldest markets in London. Ash's picture clearly shows how, from mid-afternoon onwards, reefer artics used to start arriving and park in a dogleg row to allow traffic to pass by on the streets---as Tim clearly mentioned. Those guys earned there money alright. Of course in those days the only 'foreigners' were Scots and Irish operators!