Market Day?

WillowTheWhisp · 24-10-2006, 17:04

Tuesday is supposedly market day in Accy isn't it? We now have a much reduced market but when I was down there this afternoon one corner seemed to consist of totally empty stalls. What's going on?

nikkival · 24-10-2006, 17:21

There's normally a big cheap clothing stall that spills out onto the pavement on that corner. Can't remember what else is supposed to be further down? An electronics stall and a sweet stall? Maybe they're on half-term holidays?
Still a very poor image for a market town!

Nikki

lindsay ormerod · 24-10-2006, 17:24

Possibly something to do with it being Eid.

Sara · 24-10-2006, 17:24

Could be that the stalls are usually manned by Asians, and today is Eid so they're probably celebrating.

garinda · 24-10-2006, 17:25

Lol, at the same time you were posting this I was posting that I counted fourteen empty stalls this afternnon.

What a pair of 'whingers' we are!

Perhaps the rose coloured spectacle wearing, do-gooding brigade, do all their shopping once a week at the supermarket!

WillowTheWhisp · 24-10-2006, 17:26

I think there were more than a dozen empty stalls and considering how small the market now is that really doesn't leave very much. I wonder if the Sheffield University guys who took up one stall with ideas about improving the town centre actually realised this should have been one of the busiest days of the week?

garinda · 24-10-2006, 17:26

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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

Possibly something to do with it being Eid.

It crossed our mind too, but some of the stall holders and shop keepers that were open I know to be Muslim.

WillowTheWhisp · 24-10-2006, 17:27

rofl - well at least you counted them Rindy! I just estimated.

grego · 24-10-2006, 18:24

I think its quite sad to see the market in the state its in, maybe its not worth trading here anymore! I cant remember the last time I bought anything from the market which isn't great, should make more of an effort really.

K.S.H · 24-10-2006, 18:47

We usually do our shopping on a Saturday but last week we went on Friday, there was loads of empty stall then, probably not as many but they should all be occupied on any market day

mantrabooks · 24-10-2006, 19:48

Accrington market and shops seem to be getting worse ( is if they ain't bad enough ). I have spoken to shop keepers on Wanner street and some of them are only opening on Thursday, Fridays and Saturday's because the rest of the week is so quite. Also, it cost a staggering 150 quid a week to rent one of the shops in the Victorian Arcade - which could be justified if anybody was autually shopping there. The price to stand on the market stall goes up about 50p a year. Maybe we should start a campaign - the TV lens ice should go for a start.... rant, rant, rant, rave, rave, rave....

Margaret Pilkington · 24-10-2006, 20:27

I think that the main reason for the empty stalls was because it was Eid....I think that most of the stalls that were not on today will be back by Friday...but even then it is a pitiful excuse for a market.

garinda · 24-10-2006, 20:50

Clitheroe's used to be like a toy town market, compared with the once bustling Accy one.

Now it is much bigger, busier, and sadly certainly worth going to over Accrington's.

K.S.H · 24-10-2006, 20:50

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I think that the main reason for the empty stalls was because it was Eid....I think that most of the stalls that were not on today will be back by Friday...but even then it is a pitiful excuse for a market.

It wasn't Eid when I was there last Friday so I wouldn't hold yer breath

WillowTheWhisp · 24-10-2006, 20:53

It always seems to be busier on a Thursday whch is flea market day.