East Street market

[Mrs Magpie]

Urgent!
Anyone know if it's open on wednesdays?
I don't want to make a wasted journey in this heat.....

 

[Mitre10]

I think it is... and it looks like that's backed up by this website:

http://www.touruk.co.uk/london_markets/eaststreet_market1.htm


Think its only closed on Mondays.

 

[HerneHillBilly]

it's open weekends, tuesdays, thursdays.

 

[Mitre10]

Wiki reckons it's open as well.

 

[lang rabbie]

According to Southwark Council's Street Trading it is open today:

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/BusinessCentre/StreetTrading/

East St (General Goods)
Tues to Sun 9.00am to 5.00pm
(Sun 8.00am to 2.00pm)
Pitch fees
£168.00 per month
£19.00 Mon to Fri
£24.00 Sat to Sun

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Thanks guys...I didn't go in the end because it's just too bloody hot and sticky...roll on thunderstorms....

 

[Kid_Eternity]

You're back!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Partially...I'm still on holiday, but managed to prise one of my kids away from the computer.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Ahhh ic

 

[Dhimmi]

Partially...I'm still on holiday, but managed to prise one of my kids away from the computer.

Well good thing too - you're much liked by us proles!

 

[rubbershoes]

Give my regards to East Street when you go. i have many happy memories of buying complete tat there - lioke the christmas fairy lights that were just a long string of lights , with bare wire at both ends

 

[William of Walworth]

A local writes

Come to this too late to be helpful, but bear in mind that on Wednesdays, there's a LIMITED market in East Street, with a lot of the regular fruit and veg stalls, and some of the other stalls you see at weekends, not open.

Best/fullest days are Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Mondays find the market closed althogether, Wednesdays are limited, Tuesdays somewhat limited, by Thursday it's starting to build up to the full weekend version.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

indeed, wednesday is not the best day to visit the market.

 

[zenie]

Do they still have the guy right down the bottom that does a counting down auction on stuff like drills and other electrical goods with a mic on and his little helpers?

*I miss London *

 

[Tank Girl]

zenie, do you mean the one that shouts "ERE!" all day?

he's right outside my window at work and I jump for joy when he's not out there!

 

[zenie]

Right down the bottom near the Brook Clinic?

He has a mic and usually a lorry load of gear its a mahoosive stall or at least it used to be.

He sings as well

I'd imagine he would be pretty annoying if he was outside my window all day too

 

[William of Walworth]

Shouty 'Ere' man ...

He's still often at East Street, but I'm not sure which days.

I once bougt an iron off him, back in the days long ago when I used irons. It was fine. One lazy owner. Very little mileage ...

 

[fanta]

I like it.

East Street Market, that is.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

is the herb man still around?

 

[William of Walworth]

is the herb man still around?

No. Sadly he retired, about two (?) years ago.

Not enough custom


Stig was really sorry to see him go, she often visited him.

 

[Tank Girl]

He's still often at East Street, but I'm not sure which days.

I once bougt an iron off him, back in the days long ago when I used irons. It was fine. One lazy owner. Very little mileage ...

well he's out there today, I'm just gonna find out what he's flogging today....

extension plugs

 

[Tank Girl]

ha ha! we've just watched him tell an old woman that whatever she was buying was the last one... off she went and he opened up a new box of them

 

[guinnessdrinker]

No. Sadly he retired, about two (?) years ago.

Not enough custom


Stig was really sorry to see him go, she often visited him.

bad news what's the world coming too

 

[sipriano]

When I was a kid, and used to drink sarsaparilla down there, it was called the lane.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

When I was a kid, and used to drink sarsaparilla down there, it was called the lane.

some of the older people still call it east lane.

 

[GarveyLives]

(Source: as stated in image) ​

This is the Late Hilkiah McLeggan who was stabbed in the back and died at the scene aged 77 following a knife attack in East Street Market at around 10.40 a.m. on Sunday 10 November 2024.

Two other victims, Ho Man Yau and Baheru Nadew Bartura, remain in hospital dealing with injuries described as 'serious' by authorities.

(Source: as stated in image)​

Musse Ali, of no fixed address has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Any witnesses to the incident or with information are asked to call 101 or message @MetCC on X quoting reference 2690/10Nov.

 

[ouirdeaux]

This seemed strange to me when it happened. People don't get stabbed in the morning, particularly on Sundays. There are laws about this kind of thing.