[Madhatter]

If people still shop there why is it a shadow of its former self, why can't they afford the rents that the council needs to charge to bring it up to date? why is there nothing upstairs in the market hall?.
To go totally free trade would kill it I agree, but realistically, if most stalls start selling a few token fairtrade items, it would qualify it to be something your neighbouring town aren't.
out of curiousity which are the poorer areas up there and which are the more afluent. Down here stratford warwick and leamington are more affluent than here coleshill and nuneaton/bedworth, they get all the money .