THE SMITHFIELD GAZETTE

EDITION 163 January 2018

CHAIRMAN OF THE SMTA

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the staff at Smithfield, our friends at the City of London, customers, suppliers and other readers of this Gazette a happy and peaceful Christmas and all the very best for 2018. Next year we can look forward to celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Victorian market buildings, which were opened on 24th November 1868. We are working closely with the Museum of London to put on a fitting celebration over the August Bank Holiday weekend to which all will be welcome – something to look forward to! Greg Lawrence

THE LORD MAYOR

I am delighted to wish everyone at Smithfield a very happy New Year! Smithfield is a treasured part of the City of London and we in the City are grateful for the year-round hard work by everyone involved with the Market; especially during the festive season. Smithfield Market has played a special part in the life of London for centuries, and it’s fantastic to see it thriving today. Your contribution to the City’s eclectic social and cultural offer is simply unique and much valued. I thoroughly look forward to visiting the Market during my Mayoralty, and would like to wish you all a very happy 2018.

Alderman Charles Bowman

TH SMITHFIELD MARKET 150 ANNIVERSARY

Over the August Bank Holiday in 2018, the Museum of London will join forces with the Smithfield Market Tenants’ Association (SMTA) and others to put on a large-scale weekend street party of free, public festivities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the iconic markets at Smithfield. The weekend will be reminiscent of the old St Bartholomew’s Fair and feature food, music, historic re-enactments and much more. On 24th November 1868 the newly redesigned Smithfield meat market, which is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation, was officially opened after years of redevelopment. Designed by acclaimed architect Sir Horace Jones, the new market was the talk of London, and restored the market’s position in the heart of the bustling City. Sharon Ament, Director of the Museum of London, said: “There has been a market on site at Smithfield in some form for hundreds of years. It was the epicentre of market trading in London with people coming from miles around to buy and sell their produce or join in with the historic St Bartholomew’s Fair – one of the biggest festivals of its day. Next year we will, together with the SMTA, recreate this momentous celebration to mark the 150th anniversary of these astonishing markets. All of London is invited to come and be part of this special occasion.” Greg Lawrence, Chairman of the SMTA which represents the meat traders, said: “The 150th Anniversary is a major milestone in the history of the Market and we look forward to celebrating it with our friends and neighbours.”

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THE SMITHFIELD GAZETTE IN MY OPINION COMMENT The office of Chief Commoner is the highest civic Looking back at 2017, we have had more than our position within the Corporation of London to which a share of bad news this year with terrorist attacks and Common Councilman, as such, can aspire. The role natural disasters, as well as the loss of our great friend has changed greatly in recent years and now shares Peter Martinelli, and the political situation doesn’t prominence with the Chairman of Policy and seem to improve either. The Brexit ‘negotiations’ Resources Committee although `The Chief’ takes seem to go from bad to worse. We can only hope precedence still at civic and ceremonial events following immediately behind the Lord Mayor and the that the hopes of the majority who voted leave are Sheriffs and ahead of all other Aldermen and not betrayed and that a deal is arrived at that we can Common Councilmen. The Corporation still resists the all live with. Let us hope that things improve in 2018. title of `Leader’ but the political leadership comes from the Chairman of Policy.

THE NEW LORD MAYOR The title of Chief Commoner is first recorded in 1879 ALDERMAN but the role is commonly understood to date back to CHARLES BOWMAN medieval times due to the custodial responsibilities for city lands and Bridge House Estates, now taken over by the City’s Investment Committee. Alderman Charles Bowman took office as the 690th th Lord Mayor of the City of London on Friday 10 The Chief takes the lead on the planning of all November. The new Lord Mayor is a chartered Corporation hospitality and in authorising the use of accountant. He qualified with PwC in 1986 and was the whole Guildhall complex including the Yard and admitted to partnership in 1995. His main area of Art Gallery, chooses fixtures and fittings when specialism has been delivering audit and capital required and deals with complaints. market transaction services to large listed and multi- national companies. He has served on the Council of Like the Lord Mayor the office is for one year only but the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and is greatly sought after and highly esteemed by all Wales. members of the Court. The Chief has a pastoral responsibility, will provide advice and guidance to He was elected as the Alderman of the Ward of Lime members if necessary including an informal Street in May 2013 and became the Aldermanic disciplinary and dispute resolution function. Sheriff of the City of London in September 2015. He has served on a number of committees of the City of The role is very active with several sub Committees to London Corporation. He is a member of the Court of chair and many events representing the members or the Worshipful Company of Grocers and a liveryman the City when the Lord Mayor or the Sheriffs are of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants unable to attend. in England and Wales as well as being a magistrate, school governor and Ambassador for the Samaritans. Farringdon Without was last represented by a Chief Commoner in 2002 when Jeremy Charkham took office. I am proud to be bringing prominence again to THE WARD OF LIME STREET the best Ward in the City and as only the fifth woman to be Chief Commoner since records began. The new Lord Mayor’s Ward of Lime Street is so named due to the production of lime in the area in Wendy Mead OBE mediaeval times. Lime was an important material from ancient times for the construction of buildings, acting as mortar and also being used in plaster. Today the Ward is identified more closely with the insurance industry as it contains the Lloyd’s building and the QUOTE OF THE MONTH offices of several prominent insurance companies.

“If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, It is thought that Charles Dickens sited the house of Ebenezer Scrooge where the Lloyd’s building is now you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” on the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street. Bob Hope

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BDCI LAUNCHES LEAN ON US NEW COURT CENTRE FOR FARRINGDON WITHOUT To help increase the spread of the good work BDCI (the Butchers’ and Drovers’ Charitable Institution) A new court building has been proposed to be built does, they have launched an exciting new initiative near the Temple in the area of Fleet Street. It would designed to communicate that practical help is contain eighteen state of the art courtrooms and available. ‘Lean On Us’ neatly sums up the core of would replace all of the City’s current courts except everything that BDCI stands for, and it represents the the Old Bailey. This means it would house the City’s ultimate benefit that they offer… when you need Civil Court, the Mayor’s and City of London County extra help, just ‘Lean On Us’ and BDCI will be there for Court, the City’s Magistrates’ Court and new Crown you. BDCI provides support for anyone in the UK and Court facilities. The focus will be mainly, but not the Republic of Ireland who has been connected with exclusively, on cases dealing with fraud, economic the meat trade, as well as their widows/widowers or crime and cyber-crime. dependents. Help is available for those who maybe struggling to cope for a variety of needs including The plans for the court are being developed in paying bills, repairs to the home, mobility equipment partnership with HM Courts and Tribunal Service and and nursing home fees. the judiciary. A feasibility study is to be completed early in 2018. The location would put the new court If you know of anyone who could do with some building conveniently near to the Rolls Building, the support please encourage them to get in contact. Royal Courts of Justice the Old Bailey and the Inns of Further details and a copy of the application form can Court. be found on BDCI’s website: www.bdci.uk.com. Alternatively applicants can contact BDCI directly by telephone on 01727 896094 or via e-mail THAMES TIDEWAY PROJECT [email protected]. Here are some examples of how BDCI have helped recently: The Thames Tideway is a 15-mile-long sewer, the Jane is PA at a butchery company. Her youngest son width of three London buses, which is being bored has a rare, incurable and progressive brain disorder under the River Thames. It is designed to prevent and has undergone treatment at Sheffield Children’s millions of tonnes of sewage from overflowing into Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and in the tidal Thames every year from the capital’s Switzerland. Further surgery is now the only option as overloaded Victorian sewer system. Construction the artery at the back of his brain has partially started in 2016 and is due to be completed in 2024. collapsed which could lead to a stroke and loss of eyesight. The BDCI is helping with funding necessary There is a major site associated with this project at trips to Switzerland. the northern end of Blackfriars Bridge. This is for enabling works to create a Fleet River outflow on the Kelvin has worked in the industry for 46 years, starting foreshore. Ultimately, a new one and a half acre as a delivery boy and becoming Butchery Manager at public space will be created. a major supermarket chain. As well as suffering from rheumatism in his ankles, knees, wrists and spine, he There has been a major issue involving the relocation was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and has of mains gas supply away from the site and this will not been able to work since last November. Kelvin’s cause disruption near Tudor Street, John Islip Street wife is registered disabled and is also now unable to and the approach to Blackfriars junction. work. They have been managing by using their savings but in addition to their normal living expenses, they There has already been major disruption caused by must both regularly attend several hospitals, which gas leaks and an interruption to electricity supplies in involves additional car, petrol and parking expenses. Bouverie Street and part of Fleet Street when a power The BDCI has provided financial support enabling cable was damaged by workmen. them to continue to run their car.

Catherine’s husband worked as a butcher for 38 years until he was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2010. Despite radiotherapy and chemotherapy, his condition deteriorated and he developed secondary “For it is in giving that we receive.” cancer in his bones and died. He had always dealt with the household finances and so it came as a big Francis of Assisi shock when Catherine had to deal with all the bills herself. Liverpool Community Advice have been helping Catherine and made the request to BDCI on her behalf. The BDCI has provided financial assistance.

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This photograph was taken by a Dutch photographer, Aloys Ginjaar, in September 1967 and is reproduced with his permission. The location was Stockbreeders, where shop 23, G Lawrence Wholesale Meats, is now. Can anyone name these men? Information to [email protected] please.

NORTH/SOUTH CYCLE SMITHFIELD MARKET SUPERHIGHWAY EXTENSION CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC PLAN

For the fourth consecutive Christmas trading period Enabling works for the North/South Cycle special arrangements will be put in place to try to Superhighway extension north to King’s Cross will ensure that traffic flows smoothly around the Market start at the junction of the Farringdon Road with th during opening times. This year, the plan will operate Charterhouse Street from 4 December as follows on the following nights from around 9pm until the following morning. From 4th to 8th December, 8am to 6pm, the northbound approach to the junction will be reduced to one lane. On 9th and 10th December eastbound and 14/15 December 2017 (Thursday/Friday) westbound approaches to the junction will be 17/18 December 2017 (Sunday/Monday) th controlled by temporary traffic lights. From 11 to 18/19 December 2017 (Monday/Tuesday) 26th December there will be no works but the junction will be controlled by temporary traffic lights. 19/20 December 2017 (Tuesday/Wednesday) 20/21 December 2017 (Wednesday/Thursday) th th From 27 to 30 December – Farringdon Street/Road 21/22 December 2017 (Thursday/Friday) closed between Ludgate Circus and Charterhouse

Street. Northbound Market HGVs will be allowed th th The aim is to encourage non-Market traffic to use through at Ludgate Circus on 27 and 28 by traffic alternative routes during those times and to regulate marshals. There will be a signed diversion for other access for Market traffic by designating entry and exit vehicles. points for different classes of vehicles. Full details can be found on our website.

www.smithfieldmarket.com

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The Smithfield Gazette wishes all its readers a

Happy Christmas

and a

Prosperous New Year

Smithfield Meat Market

poultry · game · pork · lamb · beef · offal

sausages · bacon · other provisions · halal

open to the trade and the public all year round Monday to Friday from 2am to 8am

Christmas Trading Hours th 2am to 10am on Saturday 16 December and th rd Monday 18 December to Saturday 23 December

the Market will be closed on Christmas Eve

th free car parking for market customers from Thursday 14 December to Saturday rd 23 December from 9pm until 10am the following day

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Members of the Smithfield Market Tenants’ Association

Abbijoe Ltd Central Meat (Smithfield) Ltd H & C Meats (Smithfield) Ltd Edward Price & Partners Ltd 47 West Market Building 37/39 West Market Building 17 East Market Building 27 West Market Building Phone: 020 7329 2400 Phone: 020 7236 0906 Phone: 020 7236 0155/3913 Phone: 020 7236 8824 Fax: 020 7329 2401 Fax: 020 7329 3993 Fax: 020 7489 8380 Fax: 020 7236 8395 E: [email protected] www.centralmeat.uk www.handcmeats.co.uk E:[email protected] E: [email protected] Reeve & Co. Ltd George Abrahams Ltd 9/11 East Market Building 22 East Market Building Channel Meats Ltd Icefront Ltd t/a Gordon Meats Phone: 020 7236 4030 Phone: 020 7248 7365 31/33 West Market Building 222/223 Central Markets Fax: 020 7236 4032 Fax: 020 7236 0256 Phone: 020 7236 0082 Phone: 020 7236 6286 E:[email protected] www.georgeabrahams.co.uk Fax: 020 7329 0337 Fax: 020 7489 9382 E:[email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Rhonda Meats Ltd 13/15 East Market Building Absalom & Tribe Ltd D.P. Meats (Alford & Ford Ltd) Keevil & Keevil Phone: 020 7236 0870 21 East Market Building 16 East Market Building 218 Central Markets Fax: 020 7248 2300 Phone: 020 7236 0101 Phone: 020 7248 0285 Phone: 020 7489 9246 E:[email protected] Fax: 020 7236 9026 Fax: 020 7236 4173 Fax: 020 7329 0402 www.absalomandtribe.co.uk www.dpmeats.co.uk www.keevilandkeevil.co.uk H. Smith (Smithfield) Ltd E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] 205 Central Markets Phone: 020 7236 9062 David Andrade & Sons Ltd Darmenn & Curl Ltd PW & JK Killby Ltd Fax: 020 7489 0941 26 West Market Building 8/10 East Market Building 32 West Market Building E:[email protected] Phone: 020 7236 1173 Phone: 020 7248 9083 Phone: 020 7236 1347 Fax: 020 7248 3313 Fax: 020 7329 3315 Fax: 020 7329 0729 Peter Thompson Group Ltd E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] 1& 3/7 East Market Building Phone: 020 7246 0000 B J Meats Ltd Denton Bros. (Smithfield) G. Lawrence Wholesale Fax: 020 7236 3414 45 West Market Building 220 Central Markets Meat Co. Ltd www.ptgplc.com Phone: 020 7489 0133 Phone: 020 7248 0281 23 East Market Building E: [email protected] Fax: 020 7236 7824 Fax: 020 7248 0281 Phone: 020 7248 4488 E: [email protected] Fax: 020 7248 4466 Village Pork (Smithfield) Ltd James Burden Ltd E: [email protected] 43 West Market Building 18 East Market Building J. F. Edwards (Smithfield) Ltd Phone: 020 7236 6229/3969 Phone: 020 736 0333 42 West Market Building Longcroft & Old Ltd Fax: 020 7248 5915 Fax: 020 7489 8403 Phone: 020 7236 9721 30 West Market Building E:[email protected] Fax: 020 7248 4359 Phone: 020 7236 8631 24 East Market Building www.jfedwards.uk.com Fax: 020 7236 6310 Vixelli Phone: 020 7248 4266 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] 14 East Market Building Fax: 020 7248 7113 and Shops 28, 34, 207 & 208 Phone: 020 7248 7086 Market Provisions Fax: 020 7248 5873 29 West Market Building Finclass Ltd (Smithfield) Ltd E: [email protected] Phone: 020 7248 2388 35 West Market Building 20 Central Markets Fax: 020 7236 2411 Phone: 020 7329 4779 Phone: 020 7248 1165 William Warman & Guttridge Ltd Fax: 020 7329 0271 Fax: 020 7248 2383 12 East Market Building 40 West Market Building E: [email protected] www.georgeabrahams.co.uk Phone: 020 7236 7395 Phone: 020 7248 0121 E:[email protected] Fax: 020 7248 0441 Fax: 020 7329 0584 G & E Meats Ltd www.warmanandguttridge.co.uk 36 West Market Building P. J. Martinelli Ltd E: [email protected] 41 West Market Building Phone: 020 7236 6678 25 West Market Building and Shop 6 Phone: 020 7236 8830 Fax: 020 7329 3993 Phone: 020 7489 8820 Fax: 020 7329 4764 www.gemeats.uk Fax: 020 7489 9387 E: [email protected] www.pjmartinelli.co.uk 219 Central Markets E:[email protected] Phone: 020 7236 4886 and Shop 2/4 Fax: 020 7236 2699 E: [email protected] www.jamesburden.co.uk

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PETER MARTINELLI mbe 7TH December 1930 - 27th April 2017 youth club. He then joined the RAF for National Service, his experience in Sunderland flying boats Peter Martinelli, who has died aged 86, became one leaving him with a lifelong dislike of aeroplanes. of the merchant princes of Smithfield Market, having begun his career there in the 1950s as a humble offal On demob, he took jobs as a runner for Fleet Street salesman. photographers, supplementing his income by playing alto saxophone at pub gigs with a jazz band, before Smithfield’s great meat market has operated in one starting his career at the meat market. form or another since the 10th century. In the 18th century Daniel Defoe called it “without question, the Martinelli was an independent spirit. In the late greatest in the world”. 1980s, appalled by what he saw as restrictive working practices, he faced a mass picket by the Transport and The market’s buildings were badly damaged by a V-2 General Workers’ Union. In an attempt to prevent the rocket in 1945. By this time all meat had been doubling of rents of Smithfield traders, in 1993 he was rationed in Britain to support the war effort, and elected to, the Court of Common Council, the City of Smithfield had been forced to open for business at London Corporation’s ruling body. He served there 6am instead of the traditional hour of midnight. The until 2013, and in 2010 was appointed MBE. curtailed schedule persisted until 1954, when meat became the last foodstuff to come off rations. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Butchers from 1966, and president of the Smithfield It was in this year that Martinelli got his first job at the Market Tenants’ Association. market. With a young family to support, he answered an ad for a cashier at Smithfield. With the market Those visiting his office might be offered an early coming alive once again, he was soon given his chance morning glass of champagne, and his work for “on the front”, as an offal salesman for A J Poels. charities never lacked imagination: he once hired the Business in those days was done mostly in the smoke- Top of the Pops dance troupe Pan’s People to filled surroundings of the local pubs. entertain a fundraising evening at the Grosvenor House Hotel; and on another occasion arranged for a Working for some of the established trading families, racehorse, prior to its auction, to be ridden into the Martinelli did well, and in the mid-1960s set up, with a River Room of the Savoy. partner, his own business, P J Mallinder. He was quick to invest in new technologies in packaging, A keen golfer, he was also a lifelong Millwall refrigeration and freight-handling, and imported supporter, becoming a director of the club in the much of his meat from South America and Africa. In 1970s. He embraced social media, in his eighties 1987 he sold the business to the Botswanan enjoying his Twitter account. In 2013 he moved government, and a year later, with his son Paul and permanently to Tenerife, where he had rented a another partner, Michael George, he set up house for many years. P J Martinelli. He retired in 1995, and his son continues to run the company today. Peter Martinelli’s marriage to Marie was dissolved. She survives him with their two sons and three Pietro Giuseppi Nicola Martinelli (he later changed his daughters, and he is also survived by his long-time name to Peter by deed poll) was born on December 7 partner, Lana Horton. 1930 in Paddington, the only son among six children. His father had left Pontremoli in Tuscany as a th teenager in 1909 and had worked his way on the Obituary reproduced from the Daily Telegraph of 25 railways to London, where he opened a café in November 2017. Warren Street. The Fitzroy Café was patronised by policemen and criminals. Among the latter was Stan A memorial service was held at St Bartholomew the th “The Spiv” Setty, a second-hand-car dealer who was Great in West Smithfield on 19 October and was well murdered in 1949; his mutilated corpse – clad in a attended by his family, friends and colleagues from cream silk shirt and blue silk shorts – was dumped the Market and the City of London. from an aeroplane on to the Essex marshes, where it was found by a farm labourer in search of a duck for his supper. “’Tis not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius; we’ll deserve it.” Peter was educated near the family home in Stockwell, and with his youngest sister he was evacuated to Lancaster for two years. On his return he from Cato, A Tragedy (1713) by Joseph Addison worked at his father’s café. Aged 17, he married Marie Caluori, a Swiss girl he had met at the local Catholic

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NEWS IN BRIEF

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was Charlie Falloon who worked at Smithfield many years six. Mother took me to see him in a department ago died recently. His funeral will take place in th store and he asked for my autograph.” Norfolk on 14 December.

Shirley Temple No deal Brexit bad for EU meat sector – the European

Livestock and Meat Trades Union has analysed that, in a no deal scenario, the meat sector faces the highest tariffs under WTO rules. When added to customs and “The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot veterinary checks and increased transport costs, this have a nativity scene in Washington DC. This could reduce meat exports from the EU27 to the UK wasn’t for any religious reasons. They couldn’t by up to 84% for beef, 48% for pigmeat and 76% for find three wise men and a virgin.” sheepmeat, causing a surplus in the EU and leading to a reduction in the value of EU production. Jay Leno

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let every new year find you a better man.”

Benjamin Franklin

“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white’.”

Bing Crosby

“I’m bad on Valentine’s Day, but even worse on Christmas. I go shopping at nine o’clock on th December 24 every year. Nobody else is there. The Smithfield Gazette invites tenants, staff and I’m in Toys’R’Us all by myself. I get there five others to forward items for inclusion in the Gazette. minutes before closing.” These could be personal or company news and events or anything else you might care to write Jamie Foxx about. Your stories are of great interest to your

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