Belly Up

Is this the end for England's oldest fish market?

BY SPIKE JOHNSON | APRIL 27, 2012

Without porter licences and their protective by-laws, the City of London Corporation will have complete control over the workforce that has long made it own rules of employment and pay structure.

Above, Ronny Smith drinks a beer with the Billingsgate fish porters in the loading area. It's 8 a.m. on the last day of his job as a cart minder.

Spike Johnson

 

Spike Johnson is a writer and photojournalist in London.