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hiraethified
What they think about anything is pretty much a sideshow, but what they most certainly did do was helped kickstart the debate and get people talking about the issues.
And I'm glad they did that.
Champagne & Fromage opening in Brixton soon
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And I'm glad they did that.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Hollis
bloody furious
Its certainly got me eating more cheese.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Cheese is so last week: on Twitter, C+F has declared this to be 'Saucisson Week'.
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hiraethified
You can stand outside with the rest of the poor people then, gazing at the items that you can't afford.
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hiraethified
Let's bubble, but in a sausagey way!
Unless your are desperate for the branded experience and I'm sure you can source the cheese at an affordable price to buy and eat at home.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
If you know how to do this do share! I'm not so sure it'd be that easy.
boohoo
No.
So save some money for a treat. Go in and ask for a taster (you know, like everyone does at the Farmers market). Are their cheeses more expensive than the farmers market? Was the Farmers Market the beginning of gentrification? Why wasn't there more of a fuss when the second hand market disappeared back in the 2000s?
Menu here http://www.london-eating.co.uk/menu/41552.asp
Admittedly it only gives the name of a few of the cheeses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbier_cheese
http://thejoyofcheese.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/fromage-of-the-day-07-18-11-tomme-brebis-chevre/
Etc etc
boohoo
No.
Of course not. But one action has not generated an impetus to get together and attempt to make a change.
Concentrate on the cheese............
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hiraethified
Different thing altogether: the second hand market slowly withered away rather than being swiftly replaced by ra-ra champagne bars and expanding upmarket chains, and was a victim of cheap clothing imports more than anything else.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
your 'etc etc' is the potentially tricky bit. Easy to find out what the cheese is and where it comes from, but unless you travel to the place to buy it direct from the farmer, you need an intermediary.
Dunno, the morbier is available at Waitrose and various websites deliver it....
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hiraethified
The start of any kind of campaign is letting people know about the actual issues and getting a debate going. And the getting publicity.
I think we've made a start here.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Hmmm. I've bought aged gouda from Asda. It was not too good, not a patch on the best stuff.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
And I bet it isn't cheap.
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hiraethified
I'm devastated.
boohoo
No.
I understood that the rents kept rising which was making it hard to meet day to day running costs let alone make a living. Also some of the people moved on or passed away.
I think it was fairly swift - it had gone from being maybe ten stalls on a Saturday in the mid-1980s to maybe fifteen to eighteen stores when second hand started it's transformation to vintage/retro. It then seem to disappear over the space of one to two years in the late 90s early 2000s. That is a considerably fast exit but having hung around on the stalls, I can understand how easy it was not to sell much.
I don't think the impact of cheap clothing exports had quite been felt by that point and second hand markets are popular. Westmoreland Road market is now part of East Street market and still selling lots of crap!
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hiraethified
That's not as I remember it at all. A few of my friends worked those stalls and they said that it was simply a case of it becoming less popular over time (like a lot of street markets). I can certainly remember seeing it decline from a thriving market to one with little footfall - I've probably got some pictures somewhere.I understood that the rents kept rising which was making it hard to meet day to day running costs let alone make a living. Also some of the people moved on or passed away.
I think it was fairly swift - it had gone from being maybe ten stalls on a Saturday in the mid-1980s to maybe fifteen to eighteen stores when second hand started it's transformation to vintage/retro. It then seem to disappear over the space of one to two years in the late 90s early 2000s. That is a considerably fast exit but having hung around on the stalls, I can understand how easy it was not to sell much.
I don't think the impact of cheap clothing exports had quite been felt by that point and second hand markets are popular. Westmoreland Road market is now part of East Street market and still selling lots of crap!
And even if it was down to higher rent rises as you claim, I don't recall anyone mentioning it at the time, so it's not surprising that there was no local outcry.
fredfelt
Mostly unknown member
To say this is a replacement for Champagne doesn't do it justice - but served cold it's dry, crisp and has plenty of bubbles.
boohoo
No.
Can you do a picture post about it? It had a long history and then was gone. I use to escape to the market when I was 15 and get amazing clothes for next to nothing.
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hiraethified
It'll take some digging because some of the pics are going to be pre-digital (i.e. in big boxes)!Can you do a picture post about it? It had a long history and then was gone. I use to escape to the market when I was 15 and get amazing clothes for next to nothing.
It went through several cycles of shrinking and expanding, but at its peak (maybe around 1997?), I can remember it stretched almost up to Valentia Place.
boohoo
No.
Pre-digital - yes please!
I think it went further than Valentia Place some weeks. Lots of people wanted to have a pitch on a Saturday - I don't know if 1997 was it peak, it certainly was very busy in early 90s. I did a regular second hand clothes stall in Greenwich in 1992 so sometime after this - 93/94.
