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Aah, but were they (see above).
i think you have to get there early
Aah, but were they (see above).
The vendors seem to move around quite a lot, I think we will find that some will only be with us once a month. I don't think I've seen the same plant stall twice yet.Bit disappointed by the farmers market this week. The produce wasn't quite as good and the variety slightly lacking. Still some nice stuff there, but some of the plants looked tired and the nigh-on £4 a little pot of pesto man was irritating. Some of the traders were bemoaning the lack of buyers last week and it just felt a little flat.
It is the nature of seasonal fare that both the availability and quality vary. To be certain that you can get what you want when you want it and that the quality doesn't vary... supermarkets.I don't want to sound cynical - there's some genuinely good stuff down there at reasonable prices - but it does become a bit of an either/or decision with the 'ordinary' Saturday market for me. You can only buy so much stuff or want to shop so often on your precious weekend and it'd be much nicer to have a more comprehensive selection on offer rather than having to try and second guess what might be available on either day. I'm a far more committed shopper (for food) than most, but I'd be more overwhelming positive if I didn't feel the two day market set up led to competition and spend possibly being diverted away from the main market.
By your logic Marks and Spencer should have closed down by now whereas it has thrived for decades in Brixton.
Comparing a new day at a local market with a well established multi-national is as fruitless a pursuit as comparing apples with oranges.
I was pointing out that Marks and Spencers does not cater for people on low incomes and yet it thrives.If this "Farmers Market" cannot cater for people on low incomes then.........
I suspect at some point this "Farmers Market" will also become a "has been."
Eh? I don't remember that at all. It was one of the only places in the UK that sold Bath Chap (sadly it doesn't anymore) which can in no way be described as Kosher (cured cheeks and tongue of pork).Btw, M&S was a bit of a dead horse in the 80s. It's food department specialised in Jewish fare.
Where is this market? I was along atlantic road and in the main market today and didn't see them.
Outside the Rec for the Farmers (and the fish-dudes) outside KFC for the Bazaar
No I can't say I do particularly. Tesco always had a kosher bit when it was in Popes Road. I mainly bought underwear, meringues and tins of biscuits in Marks then. There was a bigger Jewish population until the exodus to Streatham and beyond so there was generally more kosher food. When I moved to Brixton there were a couple of NF and BNP pubs. Admittedly tiny little enclaves but I certainly remember anti-Semitic graffiti. I don't know whether that was a factor.You don't recall all the shelves with matzoh and tins of gefilte etc.? All dried/tinned stuff, but more of that than almost anything else. Was a bizarre variety of foodstuffs in that shop at the time.
I'm actually going to be around this Sunday to check out the farmers market. Is it wrong that I'm more than a bit excited about this?
I'm actually going to be around this Sunday to check out the farmers market. Is it wrong that I'm more than a bit excited about this?
Not at all. I expect we'll be round there at some point as well, but don't let that put you off.