CHURROS TIME TODAY AT GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKET

We've got a new seller coming to the market today selling churros.  These tasty, Spanish delicacies are deep fried fingers of dough which are sprinkled with sugar as soon as they are removed from the pan.  Finger food to die for!  Come on down to Glossop Outdoor Market today and sample a taste of Spain.

PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST TODAY AT GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKET

Jean from the Lonely Scone will be at Glossop Outdoor Market today cooking  a selection of pancakes and she will also have a selection of her tasty scones on sale too.

THIS WEEKS SPECIALS FROM KEL & JO'S CAFE

Specials this week include:

Bacon butty with  tea or coffee before 12 o'clock £2.00
Corned beef hash with either red cabbage or betroot, a muffin with tea or coffe £3.00
Meat and Potato Pie, Chips, Peas & Gravy with tea or coffee £3.00

Large Breakfast with tea or coffee £3.40
Chicken Curry and Chips with tea or coffee £3.00

Plus lots of other delicious home cooked meals available from the regular menu.

BURST WATER MAIN CLOSES HIGH STREET

A burst water main in High Street West has meant that the road has been closed off which has badly affected local shops and both the indoor and outdoor markets.  Traders are reporting vastly reduced footfall since the road has been closed for repairs and last Saturday saw an all time low in the number of customers shopping at the market.

COMING SOON TO GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKET

As regular readers of our blog will know, we have had Eva Scott with us on work experience for the last few weeks and she has made a great impression on all of the traders on the outdoor market with her willingness to try her hand at anything.

Eva has now finished her work experience with us and has decided that she is going to become a regular trader at Glossop Outdoor Market.  Within the next few weeks she hopes to set up her own stall selling cosmetics and we are all very pleased that she will be joining us on the market.  We'll keep you updated on when she opens but in the meantime she will still be coming down and helping Brian from Brians Bargains who has taken our Eva under his wing!

STANDING IN THE RAIN!

Niche Markit's new water feature!

Traders at Glossop Outdoor Market remained open and smiling despite torrential rain and thunderstorms today.  Customers were a bit thin on the ground but the traders made the most of the weather and manned the stalls with a smile as usual for the few brave souls who came to shop in the worst mid summer storm of the year.

GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKET SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE

We need your help.  We are trying to help stop a takeover bid by the government for West Coast Trains and if you sign the petition which you can access here  epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/37180  and enough signatures are collected this takeover bid will have to be discussed in the house of  commons.  Many people throughout the country who work for Virgin Trains could lose their jobs if this takeover takes place as the company who want to take over West Coast Trains are not obliged to keep any of the current employees on after an initial 6 month period.  

Thanks for your help.

Glossop Outdoor Market Traders

SID THE DOG

The traders on Glossop Outdoor Market have adopted Sid the dog as their mascot!  Sid comes to the market every week with his owner Brian and is a big hit with traders and customers alike.

THIS WEEKS SPECIALS FROM KEL & JO'S CAFE

Specials this week include:

Bacon butty with  tea or coffee before 12 o'clock £2.00
Corned beef hash with either red cabbage or betroot, a muffin with tea or coffe £3.00
Meat and Potato Pie, Chips, Peas & Gravy with tea or coffee £3.00

Large Breakfast with tea or coffee £3.40
Chicken Curry and Chips with tea or coffee £3.00

Plus lots of other delicious home cooked meals available from the regular menu.

LOVE YOUR LOCAL MARKET

Les White

One of our biggest fans and fellow trader Les White from the plant stall showing off his new t-shirt.

BABY ON A BUDGET!

For a great selection of baby and toddler items visit Niche Markit on Glossop Outdoor Market.  Lots to choose from and you can pay for goods in instalments if you're on a tight budget.

CHRISTMAS MARKET TO BE HELD ON 1ST DECEMBER

Bookings are now being taken for stalls at our Christmas market which will be held on 1st December at Glossop Outdoor Market ground.  This market will be part of a weekend long event to coincide with our Christmas lights switch on and we are anticipating visitors from all around the North West and High Peak areas to flock into Glossop.  Consequently we are looking for traders for this event to stand at a special Christmas market on the first Saturday in December.  If you are interested please email either pamalderton@rocketmail.com or Kay.Gore@highpeak.gov.uk for more details and to let us know what it is you would like to sell.  The usual terms and conditions will apply.  i.e., traders to provide their own public liability insurance and any certificates required when selling food products.

THIS WEEKS SPECIALS FROM KEL & JO'S CAFE

Specials this week include:

Bacon butty with  tea or coffee before 12 o'clock £2.00
Corned beef hash with either red cabbage or betroot, a muffin with tea or coffe £3.00
Meat and Potato Pie, Chips, Peas & Gravy with tea or coffee £3.00

Large Breakfast with tea or coffee £3.40
Chicken Curry and Chips with tea or coffee £3.00

Plus lots of other delicious home cooked meals available from the regular menu.

NEWS FROM GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKET

Eva & Beth

As many of our regular followers will know, we've had a young lady called Eva with us at the market on work experience.  In fact Eva has loved it so much that she is now looking into getting a grant and setting up her own stall selling cosmetics.

I received a telephone call yesterday from Roy Holland of The National Market Traders Federation to ask if he could set up a meeting and come to the market to interview Eva and myself and take photographs for their national publication Market Times.  It turns out that I was the first person to apply to join this national scheme which was set up between the NMTF and Jobcentre Plus to offer young people work experience placements in our markets.  Since then letters have been sent to every NMTF member asking them to join in with the scheme and so far they have received over 100 replies from traders who are interested in taking part.  What a great opportunity this is to encourage young people to become the market traders of tomorrow and inject new life into the markets!

SUNSHINE ALL THE WAY FOR NEW TRADERS AT THE FARMERS MARKET

The A to Z Cake Co

 Zonya and Andrea from the A to Z Cake Co got a big Glossop Outdoor Market welcome yesterday when they came to the Farmers Market with their fantastic selection of home baked cakes and biscuits.  These two lovely ladies had never stood a market before and they were a little nervous about what to expect!  Needless to say they had a great day and had sold out by mid afternoon.  Well done girls, we loved meeting you both and we do hope you'll come back again.  If you want to find out more about the A to Z Cake company they have a website which can be found at  www.atozcakecompany.co.uk

The Derbyshire Winery 

 The Derbyshire Winery Limited was another newcomer to the Farmers Market and they bought with them a great selection of wines which are all produced, bottled and labelled by themselves using ingredients from around the world.  With prices starting from just £5.80 per bottle they are very competitive and the wine which we, of course, had to sample was very good.  We especially loved the Joys Blush Rose and the Five Arch Red.  If you want more information please email them at  info@tdwl.co.uk

 These two ladies came for the first time yesterday to Glossop Outdoor Market with a lovely selection of handmade gift ideas which they make themselves.  Two very talented ladies who must spend hours knitting and sewing to produce such a prolific selection of items.

Lifes Treasures

The wonderful fragrance of lavender surrounded this stall and came from the range of lavender products that are all handmade by the couple who run this stall.  They also make and sell a wide range of therapeutic quality aromatherapy products which proved very popular at yesterdays market.  We think they must have had a good day because they have already asked to book a stall at our Christmas market!  For more information about their products or to buy online they have a website where you can find loads of great gift ideas and aromatherapy remedies.   www.lifes-treasures.co.uk

GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKETS VERY OWN FLOWER GIRL!

Setting up

 Today Eva, who is doing work experience at the market tried her hand at running her own stall and put into practice everything that she had learned from the regular traders.  We are all very proud of Eva, she has worked very hard during her time with us and has decided to try to get a grant to set herself up with her own stall  at our market selling cosmetics.

Didn't we do well!

Thanks to all of the traders who took Eva under their wing and taught her the "tricks of the trade" and thanks also to High Peak Borough Council who allowed us to have a stall rent free for Eva to try her hand at trading.  Plus, a big thank you to Glossop Jobcentre Plus for sending us such a hardworking and pleasant young lady.

Glossop Outdoor Market traders are proud to be helping bring young people back onto the markets and helping them to set themselves up as traders.

Lastly, a massive thank you to Brian of Brians Bargains who has taken Eva under his wing during her time with us and who made a special trip to the warehouse and to the market this morning to provide stock for Eva to sell today.

FARMERS MARKET TOMORROW AT GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKET

We have an extra full market for tomorrow when we're joined by the monthly traders from the Local Produce Market once again.  The weather is also set for sunny so we hope to see lots of people browsing and buying from the massive selection of products on offer.  Whatever you're looking for, you're sure to find it on Glossop Outdoor Market.  From books and bed linen to scones and sausages, we have it all, we've even got Glossop Brewery selling a selection of beers ready for you to chill and drink at your next barbecue!

10 REASONS TO SHOP LOCAL

1.  Shopping locally can save you money, supermarkets are designed to take money off people

2.  To promote community well-being -  Do you have a chat to the shopkeeper when you buy your
     loaf of bread or newspaper - try doing that to the self-checkout machine!

3.  Local shops are for everyone not just those who can drive to the retail park

4.  Shop local to protect local distinctiveness which is precisely what makes Glossop so special

5.  Local shops value you more - they listen to you and try to stock the things you ask for

6.  Shopping locally saves services, if the shops go then so will the dentist, hairdresser and others
     that trade around the local shops

7.  Shopping locally keeps money in the local community, it helps make the locality more prosperous

8.  Shopping local provides local jobs

9.  Shopping locally helps environmental sustainability

10. Shopping locally retains our community

BOOKWORM PRE-LOVED BOOKS AT GLOSSOP OUTDOOR MARKET

With thousands of paperback and hardback books to choose from, Bookworm pre-loved books is the number one place to go in Glossop if you enjoy reading.  With books priced at just £1.00 for paperbacks and £2.00 for hardbacks they're also the cheapest bookshop in the town.  They also offer a half price book exchange scheme on all adult paperbacks and a 10% pensioners discount every Friday.   If you know of someone who loves reading but has difficulty getting out and about Bookworm even provide a home delivery service where they will come and talk to you about what sort of books you like, who your favourite authors are etc., and then they'll bring a selection of books for you to choose from in your own home at a time which suits you.  There is no charge for this innovative service and the half price exchange and pensioner discount still apply.

Bookworm also have a selection of children's books priced from 25 pence each.

THIS WEEKS SPECIALS AT KEL AND JO'S CAFE

Specials this week include:

Bacon butty with  tea or coffee before 12 o'clock £2.00
Corned beef hash with either red cabbage or betroot, a muffin with tea or coffe £3.00
Meat and Potato Pie, Chips, Peas & Gravy with tea or coffee £3.00

Large Breakfast with tea or coffee £3.40
Chicken Curry and Chips with tea or coffee £3.00

Plus lots of other delicious home cooked meals available from the regular menu.

NEW TRADER THIS SATURDAY AT THE FARMERS MARKET

The A to Z Cake Company will be at the Farmers Market for the first time this Saturday and they will be bringing a selection of hand baked cakes and biscuits to sell.  When I asked them what sort of cakes they baked they told me that the cakes were a blend of traditional and exotic ingredients.  As you can see from the photographs below the certainly look delicious and I can't wait to sample them.

NEW TRADER AT SATURDAYS FARMERS MARKET

This Saturday sees the arrival of a new trader to the monthly Farmers Market.  Bobbys Bangers are a Royton based butchers who will be bringing a selection of their wonderful bangers to the market.  Just some of the flavours that they will be bringing with them are: Welsh Dragon (Pork and Leek), Madras, Pork and Tomato and Full English Breakfast.

THIS SATURDAY IS FARMERS MARKET

Jean at the Lonely Scone Stall

This Saturday the regular traders on Glossop Outdoor Market will be joined once again by our friends from the Local Produce Market.  Amongst them will be some new traders and we'll bring you more details about these later in the week but to whet your appetite we have it on good authority that one of the new stalls will be selling over 30 different types of sausages and if that doesn't tickle your taste buds we have a new cake stall too.

We're all looking forward to Saturday when we will be able to catch up with old friends from the Farmers Market and sample some of the local produce that they bring with them.  We've also got it on good authority that the weather is set to be warm and sunny which always makes for a great day on the market when we can shed a layer or two and soak up some rays.

THIS WEEKS SPECIALS AT KEL AND JO'S CAFE

Specials this week include:

Bacon butty with  tea or coffee before 12 o'clock £2.00
Corned beef hash with either red cabbage or betroot, a muffin with tea or coffe £3.00
Meat and Potato Pie, Chips, Peas & Gravy with tea or coffee £3.00

Large Breakfast with tea or coffee £3.40

Plus lots of other delicious home cooked meals available from the regular menu.