Radleys and the Christchurch Fruit & Vegetable Markets

This history of the wholesale fruit and vegetable markets trade in New Zealand beautifully illustrates how small businesses and market gardeners interacted with the wholesale merchants in the 1930's style of business in much of the 1900's. Many colourful characters were involved and methods of operating have largely faded away against the onslaught of big business and the supermarkets.