Les Halles at night inside Baltard pavilion number 3, the Meat Pavilion - le pavillon a la viande. Huge carcasses are hanging in rows on sturdy meat hooks in the main area of the Hall where the great meat hanging rails hold many carcasses in rows. A meat porter is wearing his traditional butcher's white overalls. He is one of the elite porters of les Halles known as a strong man, a "Fort des Halles", and is about to carry meat outside to a waiting lorry. The meat has been sold to a customer. The porters known as les Forts des Halles commanded great respect. In 1960 the authorities in Paris decided that Les Halles would be moved to Rungis and La Villette. Nine years later the market moved. Sadly the 900 year long tradition of the elite Forts des Halles did not survive the move and their Corporation created in the reign of Louis IX disappeared. Photographer Harold Chapman recalls that a side door in the pavilion was open... "I just slipped in and moved around behind the carcasses of meat hanging on the hooks and when I could see the opportunity poked my head round to see it was quite clear then stepped into the middle of the alley for a second - click - and then moved back. It was the only place I could get in to hide to take that particular aisle." The aisle was reserved for a wholesaler's called Dru & Dumont from nearby 5, rue de Turbigo. Quartier des Halles, 1er arrondissement, Right Bank, Paris, France, circa 1960s.