\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 This popular Sunday morning market spreads out from Middlesex Street as far east as Brick Lane with its rows of aroma
tic Bengali food shops. The area has long been a centre for the clothing trade, with a latter-day specialisation in leather goods. There are also numerous stalls trading in watches, cheap jewellery and toys. Petticoat Lane market has a bustling energy
of its own, having withstood various attempts to close it down. Many of the innumerable snack bars in the area sell traditional Jewish food, such as salt beef sandwiches and bagels with smoked salmon.\par
