The Blue
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For other uses, see The Blue (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 51°29′32.48″N 0°03′48.96″W / 51.4923556°N 0.0636°W
The Blue is a central market place in Bermondsey an area in London.[1] The market is open Monday to Saturday from 9am until 5pm and has about 50 stall holders, selling food and clothes.[2] The area has been known as The Blue for more than two hundred and thirty years and is probably named after the Blue Anchor public house that gave its name to Blue Anchor Lane.[3][4]
In 2005 a Metropolitan Police report described the area as a crime hotspot for "race crime and youth disorder".[5] In 2009 during the funeral procession of Jade Goody a white dove was released at The Blue, where her family once had a stall.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Bermondsey Community Council, on the website of Southwark Council "The central market place in Bermondsey is called The Blue. We’re not clear why it’s called The Blue, but possibly because of Bermondsey’s nautical ties or its location to Blue Anchor Road. If anyone knows better, let us at Bermondsey community council know!"
- ^ Street markets of Southwark www.myvillage.com
- ^ Kenneth Alford Haines, A Bermondsey Boy's War. Part 2-Prelude to the Blitz, "An archive of World War II memories written by the public, gathered by the BBC". "known as the 'Blue,' after a pub called the 'Blue Anchor' on the corner of Blue Anchor Lane."
- ^ Edward Walford (1878), Bermondsey: The abbey', Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878), pp. 117-133., British History Online. Describes the area around the Blue Anchor Road, that was according to the source named after the Blue Anchor pub.
- ^ 2913/Southwark Crime A4 AW Metropolitan Police, 1 January 2005 p. 31
- ^ Staf. Thousands watch Goody's funeral, BBC, 4 April 2009
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