Farmers' market in Brixton
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Aha! Have tracked down a reference on the Transition towns site
http://transitiontowns.org/Brixton/UPCOMINGEVENTS
Looks like it's really happening
http://transitiontowns.org/Brixton/UPCOMINGEVENTS
Looks like it's really happening
ajdown
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Don't we already have them on saturdays on KFC corner?
twistedAM
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Never go to downtown Brixton on a Saturday but seen them on a Friday with some so-so looking dried sausages. The French farmers are colonising our markets with their peasant shite repackaged for British ya-yas ...
But if it brings more people in to shop in Brixton, it has to be a good thing for the local community I would have thought. And yes, they may not be the sort of people I'd necessarily want clogging up the streets
p) but their money's as good as anyone elses, and if they're helping the local economy that can only be a good thing, surely?This^, means the area is going upmarket though
twistedAM
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It means the companies involved in these markets (let's face it, there aren't many actual farmers directly involved) are looking to expand and seeing if Brixton is worth a punt.
fractionMan
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didn't realise they still had farms in brixton.
Onket
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But if it brings more people in to shop in Brixton, it has to be a good thing for the local community I would have thought. And yes, they may not be the sort of people I'd necessarily want clogging up the streets
You think it'll bring people to Brixton? I doubt it.
I doubt it, both Norwood & Streatham have Farmer Markets for a while
If they were there last year and coming back again, it means there is enough punters there to pay their bills at least
I think that a farmers' market, combined with Brixton Market, combined with Franco Mancas, combined with several excellent delis will bring people into Brixton, yes.
kittyP
Pluviophile
The one in St Marks church yard in Oval on Saturdays is lush but pricey.
We tend to go once a month just after pay day and stock up on Giggly Pig sausages, cheese, veg and sometimes some other kind of treat.
If the Brixton one turns out to be a bit cheaper then we may try that, although I think we will still go to Oval for the sausages, we have fallen in love with them.
We tend to go once a month just after pay day and stock up on Giggly Pig sausages, cheese, veg and sometimes some other kind of treat.
If the Brixton one turns out to be a bit cheaper then we may try that, although I think we will still go to Oval for the sausages, we have fallen in love with them.
Well if it's big as the current offering (one stall selling overpriced dried sausages of varying quality, Negril and a patty shack stand) it's not going to draw anything other than passing custom.
I don't really think Franco Manca's benefits its neighbours that much fwiw. That section of the market isn't showing much greater activity or growth anywhere outside the immediate surrounds of Franco and the bulging queue.
I don't really think Franco Manca's benefits its neighbours that much fwiw. That section of the market isn't showing much greater activity or growth anywhere outside the immediate surrounds of Franco and the bulging queue.
Onket
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I don't. It might get people who live here & commute out to work every day to have a look around at the weekends though.
Hopefully it'll be bigger than that and more on a par on what's been happening in Oval.
I think that if we get a critical mass of interesting shops/market stalls/delis then it will bring people in. I don't think Franco Manca's will do that by itself.
We'll have to agree to differ then, but I hope I'm proved right
ajdown
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The TT website says "10am - 2pm Brixton Station Road"
Presumably that'll be just a little larger than 3 stalls on KFC corner?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Have you still got it jezg? Does it say who's running it?
Onket
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See post # 11.
