Photography — 1958
A Billingsgate Porter and his barrow
Around 5 in the morning, a porter pulls his loaded barrow, assisted by a 'pusher upper', outside Billingsgate Market. He is moving fish from delivery vehicles to the merchants' stands on the trading floor, a task known as 'shoring in' in reference to the old practice of carrying fish ashore from boats once moored at Billingsgate Wharf. Another porter carries a load on his traditional flat-topped bobbin hat.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- IN27545.1
- Object name:
- A Billingsgate Porter and his barrow
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Collins, Bob
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- Production date:
- 1958
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
Acton, Rudolph John
- Image credit:
© Estate of Bob Collins
- Creative commons usage:
- —
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