worlds oldest meat market to shut after 800 years  > a famous meat market once targeted by pro-vegan campaigners is to close for good after more than 800 years of trading. > london's historic smithfield meat market and billingsgate fish market will no longer operate after the city of london corporation said its council yesterday voted to cease trading. > a market has existed around the site for more than 800 years. the corporation was given the right to run it and other wholesale food markets in 1327. > the current market site was built in 1868, designed by architect sir horace jones. > billingsgate was also designed by sir horace when it was redeveloped in the 19th century. it's... it's fucking over. the greatest meat and fish market the world has ever seen... gone... to be replaced in part with luxury flats for foreigners. it'll turn into yet another "street food" slop hub, where you can spend 17 on some dry jerk chicken and eat it sitting next to a statue of the first black disabled person to be elected to a local council in london, and look around at the "empowering" graffiti on the walls. then play frogger trying to dodge all the uberjeets cyclists on the way back to your 2700pcm studio flat. just in tears.
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