Millennium Memory Bank
Hackney, Greater London
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Type
sound
Duration
00:06:24
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C900/05075
Recording date
1999/01/27
Recording locations
Hackney, London: OS Grid Reference(534500,184500)
Producers
BBC
Recordist
Linfoot, Matthew (male, interviewer)
Speakers
Sherrif, Freddie (b.1951/06/22, male, street market trader)
Description
Freddie talks about the origins of Ridley Road market and explains how it continues to flourish despite changes in shopping patterns. There is some background noise as the recording took place at Ridley Road Market. Harrods refers to London’s exclusive department store in Knightsbridge. Essex is the county immediately to the northeast of Hackney. Sir Oswald Mosley (1896-1980) was the leader of the British Union of Fascists. From 1935 onwards Mosley's overtly anti-semitic propaganda was targeted in working class areas and a number of marches and rallies were held especially in the East End of London.
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