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In photos: Look Shopping Street, Shin Koenji, Tokyo, Japan

In photos: Look Shopping Street in Shin Koenji, Tokyo, Japan

Tue 7th January, 2020Tue 1st June, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Located a short train ride from Shinjuku, Look Shopping Street in Tokyo is a great place to browse for second-hand clothing at bargain prices. Here’s some photos from my recent visit:

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Cardiff photos: Christmas lights, street scenes, Rhiwbina station and scarf sellers, Nov 2019

Wed 20th November, 2019Wed 15th January, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I was briefly in my home town of Cardiff yesterday – here’s some of the scenes I grabbed on my camera…

Stockton-on-Tees photos - street scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018

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Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018

Mon 3rd December, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

A market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in …

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Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set

Wed 22nd August, 2018Wed 22nd August, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a selection of photographs taken around Hamburg earlier this year. Once again, I was back in the city with my band, The Monochrome Set, although this time it was …

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Christmas lights in the November rain, drag queen karaoke and street views – a trip to Cardiff in photos

Thu 23rd November, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Once again, Cardiff lived up to its reputation as Britain’s wettest city, with my two days in the capital being accompanied by a near-incessant drizzle. Being Welsh, I’m used to the …

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A mighty big Bavarian Christmas Market: December in Aschaffenburg, Germany

Fri 30th December, 2016Fri 30th December, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

They don’t mess about when it comes to Christmas markets in Bavaria, and earlier this month I was lucky enough to pay a flying visit to the Aschaffenburg Christmas market in southern …

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Bongs, buttons and bull strength at Cardiff’s Central Market – in photos

Wed 20th May, 2015Wed 20th May, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Cardiff Central Market has been around since Victorian times, and I always make a point of taking a look around whenever I’m back in my home town.

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Christmas lights at London’s delightful Leadenhall Market

Wed 31st December, 2014Wed 31st December, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

Designed in 1881 by Sir Horace Jones (also the architect of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets), Leadenhall Market in the City of London is a wonderful piece of architecture, and it …

Neukölln Flowmarkt photos - a wonderfully offbeat Berlin fleamarket

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Neukölln Flomarkt photos – a wonderfully offbeat Berlin fleamarket

Tue 29th July, 2014Tue 29th July, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

Located in the rapidly hipsterfying district of Neukölln in south-east Berlin is the Flomarkt, a fantastic flea market with a rich mix of secondhand clothes, old electronics, new art, handmade item, bric-a-brac …

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Photo feature – Turkish Market, Maybachufer in Berlin Neukölln, Germany

Fri 18th July, 2014Thu 17th July, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

Taking place every Tuesday and Friday in Berlin is the Turkish Market in Maybachufer, Neukölln. Open from 11am to 6.30pm, it’s a great place to buy some great food and rake in the …

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Photos of Cardiff Central Market, a Victorian indoor market in the Castle Quarter, Wales

Tue 7th January, 2014Mon 6th January, 2014 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Located in the heart of Cardiff’s city centre is this wonderful indoor market, selling a wide variety of fresh produce, cooked food, delicacies, vinyl records and all manner of useful household …

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Photos of Union Square Farmers’ Market and Holiday Market, New York

Wed 11th December, 2013Wed 11th December, 2013 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Whenever I’m in New York, I always take a walk through the Union Square farmers’ market where there’s plenty of fresh fruit,veg and snacks to be bought. The market is …

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Brixton Village and Market Row Brixton win Market of the Year award

Tue 5th February, 2013Tue 5th February, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) have awarded their ‘Best Private Market’ accolade to Brixton Village and Market Row.

Christmas lights get turned on at Roman Road, east London., Mrs Mills Experience play live

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Christmas lights get turned on at Roman Road market, east London, Mrs Mills Experience provide the music

Tue 4th December, 2012 - by editor - 1 Comment

On Saturday the Mrs Mills Experience were invited back to play the Roman Road street market in London’s East End, this time to entertain the shoppers before the Christmas lights were turned on.

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Mrs Mills Experience entertain the shoppers in the East End’s Roman Road street market

Thu 15th November, 2012Thu 15th November, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

On Saturday afternoon we played a rather unusual gig, with the band being plonked in the middle of an East End street market and being asked to perform for Channel Four who …

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Pearly Queens and Pie & Mash, Roman Rd Market, East London

Tue 13th November, 2012Tue 13th November, 2012 - by editor - 4 Comments.

I snapped these three, rather dapper, young pearlies on Roman Road Market in Bow, East London, E3 last Saturday. Pearly Kings and Queens (aka pearlies) are an organised charitable tradition of working …

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Brixton Christmas market packs them in, Saturday 10th December

Sat 10th December, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

With Christmas fast approaching, Saturday saw Brixton stuffed full of shoppers, with several new markets offering gift ideas. There was a vintage market at the Living Bar and the Crafty Fox …

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Red, orange and green: winter at Union Square market, NYC

Mon 25th April, 2011Mon 25th April, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Four colourful photos from the fabulous Farmers Market at Union Square, Manhattan, New York.

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A walk down Petticoat Lane Market, London E1

Tue 5th April, 2011 - by editor - 5 Comments.

One of the oldest surviving markets in Britain, records show that second hand clothes and bric-a-brac were being sold and exchanged around Petticoat Lane as far back as 1608.

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Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John’s Cafe

Thu 3rd February, 2011Thu 3rd February, 2011 - by editor - 9 Comments.

Back in 2000, the only “vintage” clothes you could buy in central Brixton were of the old fashioned, second hand, cheap-as-chips variety, with a bustling Brixton Station Road market being the most popular shopping …

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Union Square Greenmarket – Farmers’ Market in New York

Sat 11th December, 2010Mon 25th April, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Last week, I took another look around the busy farmers’ market in Union Square, New York City. If you’re looking for apples in the Big Apple, this is the place to …

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Save Our Shops – Brixton Village battles against rent hikes

Wed 21st July, 2010Wed 21st July, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

Just as Brixton Village (aka Granville Arcade) starts to get going after years of under-use, the owners have started to try and price locals out.

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Brixton Market: five signs

Wed 26th May, 2010Wed 26th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Five shots of signs in Brixton Market (formerly Granville Arcade)…

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Brixton Village on a Saturday

Sat 13th March, 2010Sun 14th March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The old Granville Arcade (now renamed Brixton Village) was a moribund place for many years but thanks to a recent initiative to offer the empty shop units rent-free to artists, …

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Greenwich – Naval College & Market

Wed 2nd July, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Continuing our walk from the O2 dome around the Greenwich Peninsula, we walked around the Royal Naval College, before popping into the excellent Greenwich Market for some fresh bread, cheese …