A market on the riverSourced
Even barbers set up on the frozen Thames
At London’s 1608 frost fair, stalls and tents occupied the frozen River Thames. Barbers, pubs, fruit sellers and shoemakers operated on the ice. These fairs were unusual events rather than an annual winter routine.
For a while, a waterway became a shopping street.
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