15 pictures of Norwich Market stallholders through the ages

As enduring purveyors of quality goods and cheerful service, they are the keepers of its soul and the custodians of its long-standing traditions and memories.

We take a nostalgic look back in time at the many market stallholders of the past few decades.

Mike Read on his famous fruit and veg stall, complete with metric pricing system, December 27, 1999 (Image: Newsquest)Melvyn Taylor at his fruit and veg stall, March 23, 1999 (Image: Newsquest)Chris Lancaster at his newsagents stall, October 25, 2001 (Image: Newsquest)

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Lucy’s Chips, late 2003 (Image: Newsquest)Norwich market trader Chris Crowe, December 2003 (Image: Newsquest)Sonia Wood holding a handful of peppercorns worth about a penny, August 21, 2000 (Image: Newsquest)Momodou and Elain Kamara at their stall – Momodou fled Sierra Leone during the war and met Elain in Gambia where they then moved to England, late 2003 (Image: Newsquest)

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Gareth Butcher on his stall, April 25, 2001 (Image: Newsquest)Market cheese seller Paula Taylor, January 24, 2002 (Image: Newsquest)Stephen Plume on the Pickerings stall, February 26, 2003 (Image: Newsquest)Wakefield pasta stall, January 24, 1996 (Image: Newsquest)

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A happy customer receives his chips, January 26, 1989 (Image: Newsquest)Anita Pickering’s stall on Norwich market in 1989 (Image: Newsquest)A stallholder tends to her health food products in 1989 (Image: Newsquest)