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• Photos from Smithfield’s annual Christmas Eve auction

  24-12-2018 17:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Another year and Smithfield’s famous Christmas Eve meat and turkey auction gets bigger and better. Where once they conducted the whole auction from inside the stall, now long walkways weave themselves through the crowds so that everyone is close to the action, and closer to getting a joint of meat or turkey.
  I’ve written about the auction itself before, but as always, its as much for the atmosphere as it is for the bargains.
  Some photos:
  
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• London’s Alleys: Billy Fury Way, NW6

  24-12-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is an old path that appeared with the railways but only gained the name of a local celebrity fairly recently.When the railways arrived in this part of London, it was still largely fields, so any footpath that may have existed along this line doesn’t show up, but by 1872, there is the clear sign of the footpath showing up on maps.
  The utility of the footpath is that it was at the time, the only way between Finchley Road and what is today West Hampstead, as there were no roads at the ti
  
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• SoftBank: A disruptive force on the defensive

  24-12-2018 00:00 via ft.com
  Analysts raise concerns about motive behind controversial IPO of mobile unit
  
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