Rugby, Market Place 1932
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Freed of livestock, the Saturday market became a more congenial place; it was thriving and prosperous, despite competition from a new Monday market introduced in 1883. The Market Place would have presented a colourful, bustling scene, loud with the cries of the market-traders, the rumble of cartwheels over cobbles, the barking of dogs and the shouts and laughter of children chasing through the crowded streets. There might well have been an Italian street-piano player to entertain the crowds, a monkey or bright-plumaged parrot perched upon his shoulder. Country people would have brought their goods into town by cart, perhaps hiring a carrier if they had no cart of their own. Some, perhaps, used a handcart, or even a
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