| Wimborne Minster Market, Dorset |
Opening times: Fridays 7am-2pm (including the popular Farmers' Market) Saturdays 8am-1pm (Flea Market and Outside Car Boot Sale) Sundays 9am-4pm (Massive covered and open market)
There is also a farmers' market selling fruit, veg, meat and fish on Fridays.
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This excellent market has over 500 stalls: there's a large outside traditional stall market selling a wide variety of fresh produce, plants, clothing, household goods, pet supplies, etc. plus an indoor market selling antiques, bric-a-brac, collectables, crafts and gifts. With really friendly stall-holders, this market is well worth a visit.
Did you see...
| Amazing Mary, 80, takes a little time off |
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We think Mary Tissington's amazing. She's just celebrated her 80th birthday and still works on her the family market stall, often getting up at 3.30am and working through to teatime. Quite rightly, she decided that after 60 years on the stall she ought to be taking things a bit easy now so she decided to... take Fridays off! - just for a few weeks mind until the weather improves at least.| Bringing markets into disrepute |
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More counterfeit goods worth a massive £1m have been seized, this time at Wembley Market. Stalls were targeted by Tokyngton Safer Neighbourhoods Team in a joint operation with Brent and Harrow trading standards. Disreputable traders were having a disastrous impact on honest market stallholders at the market.| Market stall to close after 75 years |
It's the end of an era for Northampton market stall J Sweet's fashion - the family-run fashion stall is due to close in March after 75 years trading. Jesse Sweet founded the women’s fashion stall in 1937 when he was 23 and at one time the business stretched to 10 stalls plus a shop in nearby Bradshaw Street. Jesse's brothers and sisters helped on the stalls back in the day |
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