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London's historic Smithfield Meat Market to close

The New York Times · 1d

London’s 850-Year-Old Smithfield Meat Market Is Set to Close

The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.

The Financial Times · 8h

Smithfield: last orders for London’s historic meat market

Just before midnight, floodlit rows of heavy lorries block the streets around Smithfield market in the City of London. Their open doors reveal rows of dangling pig carcasses waiting to be hooked on to overhead rails and delivered to the butchers inside.

The Telegraph on MSN · 1d

London will have lost its soul when Smithfield is finally butchered

The trouble with capitalism is it has no soul. It only values what can be measured in currency, which means that less tangible qualities – such as beauty, nature, civic pride or historical meaning – are not factored into the balance sheet.

i1dOpinion

As a butcher I salute Smithfield – but it hasn’t caught up with the times

Larger meat merchants and food wholesalers have prided themselves in a 'stack it high and sell it cheap' model ...

GB News on MSN2d

Historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets set to close after City pulls support for £1bn relocation plan

London’s historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are set to close after 800 years of trade after a £1billion relocation ...

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