What a change in the weather! After a fairly miserable week, today the sun shone brilliantly all day for our monthly Farmers' Market. Held on the first Saturday of the month, we always seem to have good weather. I was talking to several stall holders today and they struggled to remember a market when it had rained. Long may our good fortune continue!
Our first Farmers' Market took place during the 2005 Food and Drink Festival and they have now become a firm fixture ever since. We now regularly attract around forty stallholders and the town is heaving with visitors all day.
Whilst initially some of our High Street shopkeepers expressed some reservations about holding regular markets, they are now delighted with the extra footfall that the markets attract. And we hear many stories that the new shoppers who come in to town for the Farmers' Markets keep coming back on 'normal' Saturdays.
A success story that the Food and Drink Festival working group are very proud of!
About Me
- RICHARD STEVENS
- I have lived in or close to Stone almost all my life and am passionate about the town. I am married to Janet and have two children, two step daughters and three grandchildren. I have been a member of the Liberal Democrat Party (and the former Liberal Party) all my life but only became an active campaigner after taking semi retirement some years ago. I enjoy rolling my sleeves up and getting things done. I hope that this blog will explain the sort of things a local politician does and may encourage others to become active in their own communuties.
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