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Smithfield Market

Smithfield, London
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About Smithfield Market

Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.

On the show · 6 mentions total

The Ravens eat raw beef — they get fed raw beef from Smithfield Market.

from 307: No Such Thing As EastEnders, The Opera, 2020-02-07 at 00:22:41 · read transcript

Other times Smithfield Market came up

  1. Do you know who it's named after? Hasselhoff, I would say. The car? No, obviously not. No, it was because it was the route that knights used to take from the Tower of London to Smithfield where jails were held. Knights would ride across that street. They're talking carriages, wouldn't they? I was reading about Nicaragua's capital city of Managua. I was trying to find out, based on this fact about street names, I was trying to find out if there was any way where the streets have no name, like in the South.

    307: No Such Thing As EastEnders, The Opera, 2020-02-07 · listen

  2. Do you know who it's named after? Hustlehoff, I would say. The car? No, obviously not. No, it was because it was the route that Knights used to take from the Tower of London to Smithfield where Jouse were held. Knights would ride across that street. In their talking carriages, wouldn't they? I was reading about Nicaragua's capital city of Managua. I was trying to find out, based on this fact about street names, I was trying to find out if there was anywhere where the streets have no name, like in the song.

    No Such Thing As EastEnders, The Opera, 2020-02-07 · listen

  3. That's what they say they always say oh they put little boots on the geese but actually I think what they happened was they would dip the feet in like tars. I think they'd walk them through a big tarte. Yeah yeah it's not quite as nice but that definitely did happen. That did happen. They did used to always go rampaging the animals around Smithfield and stuff so yeah. So yes. I think more plausible than Thomas the Testicle if that's the hierarchy. Of the Tom's yes.

    458: No Such Thing As An Edam Tuba, 2022-12-23 · listen

  4. They always say, oh, they put little boots on the geese, but actually, I think what they happened was they would dip the feet in like tar. I think they'd walk them through a big tar, didn't there? It's not quite as nice. That definitely did happen. That did happen. They did used to always go rampaging the animals around Smithfield and stuff. Yeah. I was saying more plausible than Thomas the testicle, if that's the hierarchy. Of the Tom's, yes. Yeah.

    No Such Thing As An Edam Tuba, 2022-12-22 · listen

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