Smithfield Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market, Manchester
Description
A study of Smithfield Market in Manchester, with sections on the production and transmission of goods to the wholesaler, imported produce, the ports and importers, the Liverpool auctions, home grown produce, statutory grading of fresh horticultural produce, a description of the Smithfield market, its administration and the wholesalers who supply the market's tenants. The final section concerns the new market, the building of which began in April 1971. Photographs illustrate the market complex and buildings, salespeople and market scenes, methods of delivery, site plan of the new market and markets in Leeds and Glasgow.
Metadata
| Identifier | hrgsvvb9 |
| IRN | 410126 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/2/090 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hrgsvvb9 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Undergraduate Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Sutton, Carole |
| Date | 1971 |
| Size and Medium | iv, 38 unbound typed leaves; 26 b/w photographs. |