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King Biscuit Time
09-10-2005, 17:07
Was up early this morning and as I had to get a phone unlocked I headed up to the magic roundabout and over to Splott Market,

It's great innit - Where else in Cardiff can you get a phone unlocked, a policemans bullet proof vest and more fruit and veg than you can carry home for £4!

I even got one of these from the biggest fruit and veg stall - just because it looked so cool. 50p!

http://www.barbadine.com/images/pitahayaouvfer.jpg

And the boot sale on Saturdays isn't bad either!

What great stuff has everyone else bought at Splo' Marche?
LilMissHissyFit
09-10-2005, 18:35
Ive never been :o
I went to barry island for the first time since I was 1 today too. I know, I know shocking :p

What 'is' that KBT???? :confused:
zenie
09-10-2005, 18:37
What 'is' that KBT???? :confused:

I want to know too :confused:
ddraig
09-10-2005, 18:43
looks like an alien guava/passion fruit thingy
very colourful :cool: was it nice?
King Biscuit Time
09-10-2005, 19:56
It's a dragon fruit. Apparently they're from the cactus family.

I was mighty surprised when I cut it open because it's so bright on the outside, the last thing I expected to see was a black and white middle!

Texture was just like a kiwi fruit, but the taste was quite amazingly bland!

Nice to look at though - I'd buy more!
Udo Erasmus
10-10-2005, 13:59
The Meat auction is very quaint
Col_Buendia
29-10-2005, 11:53
Yay! I've just been, and on the way we picked up a decent ladies moutain bike for the missus at £15, and then found Secret & Lies, Dirty Harry and Sunshine State on DVD for a fiver!

Now... the question is, will the DVDs play?
King Biscuit Time
29-10-2005, 13:44
Ahhh - Saturday for junk, Sunday for grub and fleeces with pictures of Wolves on!

I'll be up there tomorrow - I've just eaten the last of my 10 peppers for a pound!
Col_Buendia
29-10-2005, 16:59
Ahhh - Saturday for junk, Sunday for grub and fleeces with pictures of Wolves on!

I'll be up there tomorrow - I've just eaten the last of my 10 peppers for a pound!

I didn't know they ran the market on Sundays as well. But there's plenty of non-brand label grub for sale on Sats... the veg does seem to be *very* cheap, I spotted 2 bags of bananas for £1, which is cheaper than even the shouty bloke in the Hayes does them for just as he is closing up. I might have to go back tomorrow and stock up the larder.
King Biscuit Time
29-10-2005, 17:12
Most of the food peeps are probably there both days.
If biscuits and cakes are your bag then 'Green Crates man' will see you right - mainly looks like supermarket rejects/overkill in plain packagaing - cheap as chips.

I mainly go for veg, I wouldn't touch any of that mean being sold out a wagon!

I saw him there a week ago piling chicken after chicken after chicken onto the scales, asking for a tenner for the lot. Once he'd added about 5 chickens (to a pile of chicken portions, sausages etc) someone cracked and held up a tenner for him. The chicken filled three carrier bags :eek:
davesgcr
30-10-2005, 07:11
I recall mention 25 yrs ago of Bessemer Rd Market

Great name ! - is it gone now ?
King Biscuit Time
30-10-2005, 10:41
It's still there - for wholesale fruit and veg.

The shops/stalls are in a square facing inwards with parking in the middle I think?

I've only been there for a Car Boot which I have to say was a poor relation to Splott!
lewislewis
30-10-2005, 18:46
Splott is great, i got 10 packs of polos for £1. Can't go wrong.
Sweaty Betty
30-10-2005, 19:02
I love splott market, but wasn't there something in the news this week about selling it off as atemporary home for the ice rink, surely never!!!!!!!!!!!
King Biscuit Time
30-10-2005, 19:14
I saw the polos today - Excellent deal - were they real polos though, or were they just in polo-style wrappers?

As for the ice rink, I think the owner of the site took the owner of the devils around but they couldn't agree on a price - Mr Splott market apparently wants megabucks!
King Biscuit Time
22-01-2006, 10:44
NEW STALL UPDATE!

This morning there was an exciting new stall - a woman with 12 or so bread crates full of DVDs (Not copies) in plastic slip cases - there must have been well over 10,000 in total.

They were £1.50 each, and they're in no order at all - It's quite a laugh
because everyone's shouting out "I need Schindlers List disc 2" and "Anyone looking for Hitchcock?"

Get down there if you want some cheap viewing!

NB, the price of peppers must be rising, you now only get 5 for a pound, a far cry from the 12 for a pound summer hayday.
zog
24-01-2006, 19:07
got 3 butternut squashes for a quid though.
*Miss Daisy*
25-01-2006, 09:57
NEW STALL UPDATE!

NB, the price of peppers must be rising, you now only get 5 for a pound, a far cry from the 12 for a pound summer hayday.

:) They're 69p each in sainsburys, so its still a bargin,,
I have fond memories of splott market too,, and i used find some choice stuff at the bootsale :)
King Biscuit Time
21-05-2006, 10:45
Bargain of the century today.
DAB radios for a tenner!

There is a bloke selling those little DAB adaptors for a tenner, and Fergeson wooden ones (with an FM tuner as well) for £15.

I've got me one!
garethd
21-05-2006, 16:09
did you see anymore bulletproof vests?
spacemonkey
23-05-2006, 04:23
Bargain of the century today.
DAB radios for a tenner!

There is a bloke selling those little DAB adaptors for a tenner, and Fergeson wooden ones (with an FM tuner as well) for £15.

I've got me one!

:eek: A tenner for a dab adapter? I want one!
ddraig
10-06-2006, 10:13
where is this market then? on a map like
been told it's near aldi

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King Biscuit Time
10-06-2006, 10:24
Its here

http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=lewis+road,+cardiff&ll=51.478389,-3.15239&spn=0.023414,0.085487&om=1

If you zoom in on the satellite pic you can see a market in full swing.

Saturday for Car Boot
Sunday for Veg, Meat Auction and random stuff.
ddraig
10-06-2006, 10:29
cheers KBT! goin down there in a min.
my indian breakfast peeps from riverside said they're there on sats.