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Robert Horner

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Robert Horner

Last private owner of Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market. Came from Essex, worked in the market and managed to buy the lease in 1875. Forced to sell to the City of London in 1920.

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Robert Horner

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Spitalfields Market - Horner - finished

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Spitalfields Market - Horner - started

The date is almost lost in the foliage, bottom right.

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