{{short description|Market place in Bermondsey, London}} {{other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox retail market | retail_market_name = The Blue | image = Market stalls in The Blue (Sep 2012).JPG | image_width = 300 | caption = Market stalls in The Blue | location = [[Bermondsey]], Southwark, Greater London | coordinates = {{coord|51.4926|-0.0637|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title,inline}} | address = Southwark Park Road | opening_date = | manager = [[Southwark London Borough Council]] | owner = Southwark London Borough Council | environment_type = Outdoor | goods_sold = General goods | normal_market_days = Monday–Saturday | number_of_tenants = 24 | floor_area = | parking = | website = }} '''The Blue''' is a central market place in [[Bermondsey]], southeast London.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/Public/Community.aspx?mode=Display&itemId=3597&dbLocation=0,7,71,21&category=Community%20Council |title=Bermondsey Community Council}}, on the website of [[Southwark Council]] "The central market place in Bermondsey is called The Blue. We’re not clear why it’s called The Blue, but possibly because of Bermondsey’s nautical ties or its location to Blue Anchor Road. If anyone knows better, let us at Bermondsey community council know!"</ref> The market is open Monday to Saturday from 9{{nbsp}}am until 5{{nbsp}}pm and has about 10 stall holders, selling food and clothes.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.bluemarket.co.uk/ |title=The Blue Market|publisher=www.bluemarket.co.uk |accessdate=15 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.myvillage.com/southwark/community-markets.htm |title=Street markets of Southwark |publisher=www.myvillage.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913195400/http://www.myvillage.com/southwark/community-markets.htm |archivedate=13 September 2008}}</ref> The area has been known locally as The Blue for more than two hundred and thirty years and is probably named after the original Blue Anchor [[public house]] that gave its name to '''Blue Anchor Lane'''.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.londonancestor.com/misc/misc-hist.htm |title=A short account of the PARISH OF BERMONDSEY with notes on its boundaries}}</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Kenneth Alford |last=Haines |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/47/a2303047.shtml |title=A Bermondsey Boy's War. Part 2-Prelude to the Blitz|publisher=BBC |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430185357/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/47/a2303047.shtml |archivedate=30 April 2011}} "An archive of World War II memories written by the public, gathered by the BBC". "known as the 'Blue,' after a pub called the 'Blue Anchor' on the corner of Blue Anchor Lane".</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Edward |last=Walford |year=1878 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45270 |title=Bermondsey: The abbey', Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878)|pages=117–133 |publisher=British History Online}} Describes the area around the Blue Anchor Road, that was according to the source named after the Blue Anchor pub.</ref> The market has capacity for 24 stalls.<ref>{{citation |title=Find a market | website=National Market Traders Federation |url=http://www.nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=422 | accessdate=28 November 2015}}</ref>
Immediately north of Blue Anchor Lane on an arched viaduct are the multiple railway tracks of the [[Brighton Main Line|Brighton]] and [[South East Main Line]]s. The Blue Anchor Lane joins St. James's Road where the viaduct arches to the immediate north west contain the remnants of the disused [[Spa Road railway station#Third station (1867-1915)|Spa Road railway station]] which was the original terminus of London's first railway.
In 2005 a Metropolitan Police report described the area as a crime hotspot for "race crime and youth disorder".<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/priorities_and_how_we_are_doing/archive/2003/southwark_crime_and_disorder_strategy_2002-05.pdf |title=2913/Southwark Crime A4 AW: Southwark Borough Crime and Disorder Strategy |publisher=Metropolitan Police |date=1 January 2005 |page=18 (PDF p. 19) |archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101222063809/http://www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/priorities_and_how_we_are_doing/archive/2003/southwark_crime_and_disorder_strategy_2002-05.pdf |archivedate= 22 December 2010}}</ref><!--"Similarly The Blue/Bermondsey is also recognised as a crime hotspot by the. Southwark MPS for race crime and youth disorder. ..."--> In October 2014 The Blue became a [[Business Improvement District]] (BID).<ref>{{cite web |author=Southwark Labour Party | title=Southwark Labour welcomes Blue Bermondsey Business Improvement District |website=Southwark Labour Party | date=14 July 2014 | url=http://www.southwarklabour.co.uk/latest-news/southwark/news.aspx?p=102303 | accessdate=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wingfield |first=Ian |date=22 July 2014 |title=Forward - London Borough of Southwark |website=Southwark Council |url=http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s47484/Report%20Bermondsey%20BID.pdf | accessdate=26 September 2017}}</ref>
<gallery> File:The Blue Anchor, The Blue (Sep 2012).JPG|The Blue Anchor pub built in 1876. The area known as The Blue was probably named after a previous tavern of the same name, probably on this site. File:The Bermondsey Lion in The Blue (Sep 2012) 2.JPG|This representation of [[the Bermondsey Lion]] was created by Kevin Boys for Southwark Council. It was unveiled on 16 July 2011. File:The Old Bank, The Blue (Sep 2012).JPG|The Old Bank pub is situated on the corner of the square and Southwark Park Road. The flags represent support for England and [[Millwall Football Club]] whose ground [[The Den]] is close to The Blue. File:PIE 'n' MASH and EELS, The Blue (Sep 2012).JPG|A [[Pie and mash]] shop on Southwark Park Road in The Blue. Pie, mash and eels is a traditional dish in the [[East End, London|East End]] and South East London. </gallery>
==References== {{commons category|The Blue, Bermondsey}} {{reflist}}
==Further reading==
'''Art''' *{{Citation|ref=none |date=25 June 2011 |title=Bermondsey Blue Market mural |url=http://positivearts.co.uk/finished-mural-pics |publisher= positivearts.co.uk |accessdate=15 March 2013}}: "a large mural project funded by Southwark, Cleaner greener safer department and organised in partnership with Community Space Challenge. We transformed a dull and neglected wall to create a large mural depicting the famous ‘Blue Market’ in the 1960s featuring a traditional scene with barrow boy and original stalls". *{{Citation|ref=none |first=Stephen |last=Craven |date=23 July 2011 |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2516889 |title=The Bermondsey Lion|publisher=Geograph Project Limited |accessdate=15 March 2013}}: "The sculpture was designed and made by local blacksmith Kevin Boys, and cost about £60,000."
'''Commercial''' *{{Citation|ref=none |title=Blue Bermondsey | website=Blue Bermondsey | date=10 December 2014 | url=http://www.bluebermondsey.co.uk/ | access-date=26 September 2017}} *{{Citation|ref=none |author=BBBA staff|date=March 2013 |url=http://thebluebermondsey.co.uk/ |title=The Blue Bermondsey Business Association's website |publisher=The Blue Bermondsey Business Association (BBBA)|accessdate=15 March 2013}} *{{Citation|ref=none |author=SC staff|date=March 2013|url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/10005/markets/1762/the_blue |title=The Blue |publisher=Southwark Council|accessdate=15 March 2013}}
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