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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
There is no reason why the current Market stalls could not be used for such a venture......at a nominal cost seeing as money would be saved by not having fireworks.
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Not sure it's that practical. The traders during the day would have to pack up fairly sharpish so the night traders could set up in time.
There is also the issue of staffing from the Market staff. There are only 4 full time and 2 part time porters. The full time porters already work 12 hour shifts, not convinced they would love to work on until 10pm-11pm. Likewise if the traders during the day stayed on then it's a hell of a long day.
From what I have heard the market did used to open, but as the event is largely attended by kids more stalls 'lost' goods than actually had them paid for. The obvious answer is to bring in more security but then that adds to the cost.