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1. Andrea Calò & Gaetano Romeo II A Shopping in London

2. PORTOBELLOROAD • Portobello Road is a street in the Notting HillDistrict of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from South to North, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is the home of Portobello Road Market, one of London's famous street markets. It’s known for its second-hand clothes and antiques.Every August since 1996, the Portobello Film Festival has been held in locations around Portobello Road.

3. Portobello Road: today Portobello Road's distinctiveness does not rely only on its market. A range of communities inhabiting the street and the district contributes to an energetic atmosphere, as do the many restaurants and pubs. The architecture plays a part very important too. Mid- to Late-Victorian terrace houses and shops predominate. Finally Portobello Road is also home to the Grade II Electric Cinema, one of Britain's oldest cinemas.

4. Portobello Road: yesterday Portobello Road was known before 1740 as Green's Lane - a winding country path leading from Kensington Gravel Pits, in what is now Notting Hill Gate, up to Kensal Green in the North. In 1740, Portobello Farm was built in the area near what is now Golborne Road. The farm got its name from a popular victory during the lost War of Jenkins' Ear, when Admiral Edward Vernon captured the Spanish-ruled town of Puerto Bello. Vernon Yard, which runs off Portobello Road, still honours the Admiral's name. The Portobello farming area covered the land which is now St. Charles Hospital.

5. PETTICOAT LANE • Petticoat Lane is the name of a market which has been operating since the 1750s and today takes place in and around Middlesex Street and Wentworth street. • In Elizabethan times, the market was a trading place for pigs hence the name Hog Lane. With time, it began selling second-hand petticoats and it was renamed Petticoat Lane. Today, it continues to specialise in mostly new and inexpensive garments and leather items. The market’s best day is Sunday. Here you can find stores like: • Columbia Road Flower Market: Flower market and gardening. • Brick Lane Market: Itsellsfrom leatherjackets to petfood, furniture and second-handbicycles. • Spitalfields Market: Young designers craftshops, plus foodstores.

6. COVENT GARDEN Covent Garden is a district of Westminster, in Greater London, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane. It contains the central square with its street performers and most of the historic buildings, theaters and entertainment facilities, including the London Transport Museum and the Theater Royal, Drury Lane. In 1654 a small open-air market for fruit and vegetables had developed on the south side of the fashionable plaza and in 1974 the market moved to the New Covent Garden Market about three miles (5 km) southwest of Nine Elms. Reopened as a shopping center in 1980 it is now a tourist resort that houses cafes, pubs, small shops and a craft market called Apple Market, along with another market held in Jubilee Hall.

7. COVENT GARDEN:OUTSIDE COVENT GARDEN:INSIDE

8. CAMDEN LOCK Camden Lock is a small part of Camden Town, London Borough of Camden, which was formerly a wharf with stables on the Regent's Canal. It is immediately to the north of Hampstead Road Locks. Camden Lock is a very popular market. There are lots of shops, but there aren’t any other markets. The market of Camden Town is clever because people don’t like the same food and in Camden Town there are foods from around the world: food from China, Spain, Japan, etc.

9. CAMDEN LOCK: TYPE OF CLOTHES • The style of clothingpeoplewear in Camdenissimilar to goths, for example, blackclothes, black trench coats, blacktrousers, etc. • The shops or markets sell dresses for goths, emos, punks, etc. They sell lots of clothes for a lot of differentstyles.

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