Hi Ian, are you around during the week when the organisation 'still carries on'? Yes, been there, got the tee shirt, appeared in the video, thrown out because I was never at home, ex market inspector drafted in to oversee the running of market I don't think people realise how much time and effort goes into running a community event when volunteers have full time jobs. I do I've carried out many community events as a volunteer (but never again)I think the market team are doing a great job.They are, but need a help in how to handle battle harden market traders If there are any local butchers, fishmongers etc then why don't they contact the market organisers? Probably it hasn’t been made clear to them that they can become part of the Market, and think it's being run on the same lines as the old Farmers Market They seem to have made it clear they want it to be a local market. I have seen adverts all around the town! I think the Brentford Market should be a street market, offering goods at prices that all local people can afford, Farmers Markets are very good with normally a better quality of food, which does end being that much dearer than the local businesses, so are only serving a percentage of the residents. I think you will have to look a bit further afield for some of the traders that are required to run a street market as there are very few in Brentford, maybe look in a 5 mile radius of the market After posting all that I still think the volunteers are doing a good job, and have managed to get the market up and running, no mean feet in this day and age.
Ian Roberts ● 4420d