Plaque

Smithfield - Poultry Market opening

Erection date: 5/7/1963

Inscription

This market was opened on 5th July 1963 by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir Ralph Edgar Perring.

What is it with granite plaques? Surely by 1963 someone ought to have learnt, from all the Victorian ones, that they are practicably illegible, do not photograph well, and some other material should be used!

Site: Smithfield Poultry Market (3 memorials)

EC1, East Poultry Avenue

Referring to our photo, the plaques are,left to right: Poulters; opening; Butchers.

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Smithfield - Poultry Market opening

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Smithfield Poultry Market

The original poultry market by Horace Jones was opened in 1875 but destroyed ...

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Smithfield - Poultry Market opening

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Sir Ralph Edgar Perring

Lord Mayor of London in 1963.

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Smithfield - Poultry Market opening

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Smithfield - Butchers

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