! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
46 followers · 476 posts · Server toot.ioSmithfield Market in London used to have its own underground station where train-based stalls would be available for 60 seconds every 15 minutes.
#london #underground #tfl #SmithfieldMarket #history #facts
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Michael Edwards · @MichaelLondonSF
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#WifeSelling in England was witnessed by French #POWs on license during #NapoleonicWars often at #SmithfieldMarket. When men were away their families struggled & no knowledge of his fate so wives remarried. If he returned, problem was solved by selling her to new spouse #history
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Barb_Drummond/status/1602991160515039233
#history #SmithfieldMarket #napoleonicwars #pows #wifeselling