Queens Market

Excellent market — often selling exotic fruits only available in high end shops including Fortnums. I have seen the lingerie stall and it doesn’t use mannequins and certainly isn’t sexual by any stretch of the imagination.
Goodies include the haberdashery stall — highly competitive prices and very valuable with the increased interest recently in dress making. There are numerous fabric stalls and a first rate curtain shop with some very good quality fabrics, tracks, swags and rails.
The weekly vegetable shopping is economical with an excellent selection of fruit. It certainly isn’t littered with pound stalls but there is a range of hairdressing and cosmetic shops selling very reasonably priced human hair extensions and accessories.
The market and Green Street is the only place in Newham that we still shop. It has a unique charm without hordes of dreary clone shops.

I remember way back when I was a little child I would always look forward to Saturdays because Saturdays was shopping day!
Me and mum would walk around the market hand in hand. The guys at the veg stalls shouting ‘PAND A BANANAS’ with their cockney accents, the vibrant global stores selling tropical food and fresh spices. Those were the days when Queens Market use to be eclectic and full life.
18 years later and Queens Market is now Queens Ghetto. I feel let down =(She has lost her charm and I’ve lost a part of my childhood.
Right at the front of the market you’re greeted with one BIG massive stall that sells S & M lingerie. I remembered walking past there once and witnessed a poor little boy ogling at the mannequins goodies. There are stores in there that you would find at any high street and there’s tons of pounds shops (most probably to fill in the spaces). Queens Market only has a few good stores left like the Asian, African, Caribbean and the fish and chip shop. The awkward scent of rotten fish & meat will stick to your nasal passage for awhile.
She has lost her unique east London edge. I’m sure many have fond childhood memories at Queens. have you seen our childhood?