Fruit and veg.

England is certainly not the agricultural powerhouse that is France and the United States, but when I was a lad growing up in London they grew fine fruit and veg and, yes, exported a lot of that. Now exports are zero in the wake of the greatest act of economic suicide – Brexit – since George III lost America. Oh! well. The produce was fresh and chemical free, back then.

These were snapped in the fall of 1971 along the North End Road which not only featured produce vendors but also the occasional spiv unloading clothing which had fallen off the back of the truck, one wary eye out for the cops.

Leica M3, 35mm and 90mm Elmar lenses, TriX.

Amazingly, the market exists to this day.