{"id":5851,"date":"2021-08-11T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T11:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2022-07-01T21:06:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:06:20","slug":"petticoat-lane-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/petticoat-lane-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Petticoat Lane Market: Score a Great Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Petticoat Lane<\/strong>&nbsp;in London is a market located in East London, on&nbsp;<strong>Wentworth Street<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Middlesex Street<\/strong>. The market really is on Petticoat Lane, which is what Middlesex Street was called before the ultra-modest Victorians changed its name in 1830.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5854\" width=\"514\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32-1170x1748.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32-585x874.jpg 585w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-32.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;The Lane&#8221; has always been a place for lots of lively sales banter. Famous from &#8220;The Apprentice&#8221;, UK business magnate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Sugar\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Sugar<\/a> got his start as a stallholder on the market.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The name dates from the 1600s when a secondhand clothing market was in full swing on this location, and when the&nbsp;<strong>French Huguenots<\/strong>&nbsp;moved into the area, they further cemented Petticoat Lane Market&#8217;s reputation when they established&nbsp;<strong>weaving<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>lace making<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>clothing manufacturing<\/strong>&nbsp;here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights at Petticoat Lane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>End of season bargains at great reductions<\/li><li>Great for sales banter and haggling <\/li><li>Leatherwear <\/li><li>Toys &amp; Electronics<\/li><li>Watches<\/li><li>Junk jewellery<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Petticoat Lane part of East London&#8217;s fabric<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5856\" width=\"780\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-1170x783.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-585x392.jpg 585w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-28.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption>The market has held on tenaciously as the neighbourhood has changed from Jews to other immigrant populations, and just keeps on going.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next wave of immigrants to put their stamp on Petticoat Lane Market were the&nbsp;<strong>Jews<\/strong>&nbsp;who moved here in the late 1800s. The market was open traditionally only on Sunday, in deference to the Jewish community whose holy day was Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Market is rather unusual in that for most of its history it was an illegal and unregulated market, subject to raids and harassment by local authorities from time to time as the spirit moved them. It took an&nbsp;<strong>Act of Parliament<\/strong>&nbsp;in 1936 to legalise the market, and then it was back to business as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-1170x783.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-585x392.jpg 585w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-35.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>If look hard, you are likely to find a few gems tucked in amongst the dross.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Petticoat Lane Market is most widely known for its clothing trade, both new and secondhand clothing is available, as well as&nbsp;<strong>linens<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>household goods<\/strong>. You can find incredible&nbsp;<strong>bargains<\/strong>, but many items may not be of high quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-1170x783.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-585x392.jpg 585w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-29.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hot Chestnuts \u00a31.20 per package <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Polyester suits<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u00a32 might not be to your liking, but how about a&nbsp;<strong>designer silk skirt<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u00a32? Much of the clothing is end-of-season that dealers buy in bulk, and this is where you can really score a great deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-1170x783.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-585x392.jpg 585w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brick_Lane-1-of-1-31.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Petticoat Lane is not glitzy or chic, it simply carries affordable goods for people who don&#8217;t have much disposable income, just as it has done successfully for the last century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A brief history of Petticoat Lane Market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t find Petticoat Lane in a London A-Z, for the market is centred around Middlesex Street. Back in 1603, there&nbsp;<em>was&nbsp;<\/em>a Petticoat Lane shown on maps, so-called because of all the clothing stalls along with it. The prudish Victorians are charged with changing the name because of the reference to woman&#8217;s undergarments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petticoat Lane market is believed to have been established by Huguenot lacemakers and expanded by Jews escaping from Poland and Germany. They found they were able to scrape a living from trading in market stalls along the Lane. The expertise of the immigrant communities in the leather and clothing trades remain today &#8211; there are still highly productive factories in the vicinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, the area was notorious because Middlesex Street was on the boundary between London and the county of Middlesex. Several criminals sought by the Metropolitan police authority lived in the area around Petticoat Lane to beat a hasty exit from the City!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The life of the Jewish communities around Petticoat Lane is documented in the novel&nbsp;<strong>Children of the Ghetto<\/strong>&nbsp;(1892) by Israel Zangwill.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color: #efefef;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2>Key Information Petticoat Lane Market<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/outdoor-activities-kids\/\">Outdoor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Type: <a href=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/sunday-markets-in-london\/\">Market<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Borough: Tower Hamlets<\/li>\n<li>Area: <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/kids-east-london\/\">East London<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tube: Shoreditch High St.<\/li>\n<li>Nearby: <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/londonducklings.co.uk\/hackney-city-farm\/\">Hackney City Farm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petticoat_Lane_Market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petticoat Lane on Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"map-responsive\">\n<figure><iframe style=\"border: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2482.8279645954804!2d-0.07850258466599913!3d51.51637211786872!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x48761cb35fc4ef51%3A0x574e0a6d417a4fb6!2sPetticoat%20Lane%20Market!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1595859605305!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petticoat Lane&nbsp;in London is a market located in East London, on&nbsp;Wentworth Street&nbsp;and&nbsp;Middlesex Street. 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