Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Bear, part of the team to design New Spitalfields Market, returned to tour the Leyton site last week almost exactly 20 years since the market moved.

Bear, pictured, said: “I am proud and pleased to see how the market is operating today.

"When I built the building, there was a lot of tension and we were told that it was going to be too big but it’s great to see that the market is now looking to expand.”

The building has a design life of 120 years.