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Kirkgate Market in Leeds, 1901

Kirkgate covered market in the city of Leeds in 1901.  It is still the largest covered market in the whole of Europe.   Marks & Spencer started out with a stall in Kirkgate market, where everything they sold cost a penny.

 

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