Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Just wondering if anyone still shops at the market in Accrington and if not why?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Yes

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Yes i do , i always try and support local shops,market stalls

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I don't sorry. I find it to be too far from Asda. Maybe if they moved it closer I might start.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I still do for bits and bobs, but a few experiences i have had just lately have put me off :(

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Do tell us more

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Went to my usual butcher in there to find him coughing over the meat whilst describing to his friend how ill he was (no details spared) and handling all the food with blood in his fingernails (i dont just mean under the tip-ALL around his nails) and handling money/wiping his face just before serving the next customer (he picks the meat up with his hands now).
Although i didn't spend alot there, i did spend at least £6 a week that he is now losing out on due to his standards dropping :(

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Posted via Mobile Device
I buy meat veg most weeks. Sometimes fish and household stuff. Julie buys some clothes and of course siobhan has a weekly sweetie stall session. I also shop at tesco and aldi depending on mood etc

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

My personal shopper beats his way through the crowds and picks up the odd few items that I require from there, otherwise I do all my shopping at ASDA when the doors are closed to the public.

http://www.camcycle.org.uk/newslette...mages/swag.gif

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I have always got my meat from Accy Maket, and my daughter still does, and now gets her own from there as well, I also get any fish from the fish market

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

i buy my sausages from accy market, cant say that i ever really buy anything else from there though, i never go when its market day because the stalls outside are just pathetic, i have a nosey at the flea market on a Thursday but even that is going downhill

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

did ya not say summat?:confused: i still get stuff from accy market, though not meat, i go up ossy fer that.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Bought a feather duster the other week to reach those spiders' webs in the corners.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Use it or loose it.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I get my meat from the inside market, its better and cheaper than asda and we like the massive cumberland sausage and i get 2 big pieces of chicken breast for £1.99 and we like the sweetshop as well and i'm getting my pram from the babyshop in the market...

I buy my fruit and veg,cheese and fish from the outside market

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I dont ever have time to go to the market, but other half goes in there for some things, except when she visits her parents, then its bury market.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Some nail varnish.... hair slide.... think thats about it!

Oh, outside market.... cake stall woman does a fantastic choc corner for about 40p:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

When my children were babies I used to go to the baby stall. I got my pram, grobags and a few other bits from there.

I use a butcher in Ossy for all my meat but go to Accy market for fruit and veg.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

lol.... me and mick blocking the pathway outside the cheese shop?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I usually shop in the Market Hall once or twice a week.

I can't remember the last time I bought something from the outside market, mainly because it's so poor, and a shadow of it's former self, thanks to the 'brains' at the council.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

That to go with the French Maids outfit kate:D:rolleyes:

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I get my meat from the inside market, got a lot of my baby stuff there too (prams etc) still have a nosey round though and get the odd other thing thats cheaper there than at asda.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

The're lush aren't they!!! Used to get one every saturday when I went shopping with my gran, still get them from time to time now as a treat :D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Some piccies

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

lol why where you taking piccies of cashy? hahahaha


if the bloke in the first pic aint cashy then he must be his double:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Your spot on flashy that's our cashy alright:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

the one with the carrier bag or the one with the pink handbag? lol

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Oh come ema its the guy on the left with his back to you, a blind man could tell thats cashy:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

lol, i havent met cashy so i wouldnt know :D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I walk round the market, but always come out empty handed im afraid.....:O

Its just not like it used to be!....IMO

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I did not know cashy used a walking stick

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

lol neil

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

thats definately cashy

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I think so too

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Is it the silver tray, that's caught Cashy's attention?

Better not let Paris read this, she'll know what she's getting for Christmas.:D

(Although it looks like him, I don't think it is.);)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

More likely he is wondering which is the best way to sack his butler for sneaking it out of the house :)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

musta taken those early last thursday afternoon wadey, one of me groupies has that stall n was having a natter.:D;)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

See I Knew It Was You ;)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

You were right clever clogs.:D

Have some karma.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Crimewatch is about to start on BBC1.

You'd better tune in eagle eyed Flashy, and see if you can spot anymore Accy Webbers.:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

just watched it actually Gary, couldnt spot anyone i know ;)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

i'd better behave then wi hawkeye on the prowl.:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

HAHAHAHA :D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

That was truly an amazing coincidence, well done Flashy.. unless Wadey is the gentleman who owns the stall ? :D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

no if ya read back its me mates stall.;)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Are you saying Wadey couldn't be your mate ?:confused: Must admit though Cashy .. how cool is that coincidence. :cool:

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

aint a clue who wadey is kate.:confused: plus i don't like coincidences much, was once dragged out of work n thrown in cells fer summat i knew ****** all about, apparently i fitted a description.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Anybody know this man?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

yeh me..................:D:D:D:D:D:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

You winding us up Wadey ?

Is it Jimmy Nail then ? ... LOL.

Good shots of the market by the way.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Was that a woodbine in your hand?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Yeah its Cashy

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

well least it proves i still use the market.:)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Where's your shopping bag then?
......or were you just visiting your fan club :)

Nice to see you are colour co-ordinated:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Still think was a set up ... :p

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

had the shopping in the first photo, so obviously i'd give it the needy.:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

oh ******, shall have to flee the country.:D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

do they still sell tripe?..there was a stall round from the copper kettle ..sold tripe seafood and stuff.. but now it's all gone I suppose ..I blame the European Economic Policey.. or maybe it's just a symptom of the deep depression of the credit crunch.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Will you be arresting him after you have finished building your case?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Thanks, photos were taken Friday if that's any help.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I buy at accrington market, get my trays of meat 3 for 4.99, yummy minty lamb chops, i go to pats cafe the hairdressers sometimes, the baby shop,etc

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

thank you kind lady, i shall pass on the comment to she who co-ordinates me.;):D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I know this isn't the Nostalgia forum and I have to confess I haven't shopped on Accrington market for over 45 years but this thread has taken me right back to 1960. I used to frequent a stall that sold lady's clothing and I bought many a nice top for £1/19/-. They didn't last long but, at that price, it didn't matter. I could buy a pair of "fully fashioned" nylons for £1/11/- from the "open" market and then spend half an hour in the Fish Market, just breathing in that wonderful fishy smell, before buying the plaice my mum had sent me for.

Back inside, there was a cheese stall, near the back of the market hall, where I used to buy Strong Lancashire and half a pound of strong cheddar then on to the tripe stall for a pound of honeycomb.

I'm still buying pretty much the same foodstuffs on Warrington Market. :D

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I worked in Accy market in the late fifties as a butcher for George Feathers.
John Nolan was the cheeseman and there were several tripe dressers who sold their wares from small kiosks around the market...the fishmarket was brilliant....Cod in abundance, plaice, dabs, shell fish no problem.
Regulation started to take a grip and the market was dead from there on in.
If you were tempted to pay my rent on this market, I still would not stand it.
Take the Charter from the council and then maybe the market would flourish.....let the stallholders run the market.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Only for odd bits ocassionally, as I'm passing through, can get most things cheaper elsewhere.

Wonder what Dialynne thinks? Does she shop there? Or does she work there?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Was George Feathers related to Eddie Feathers, the boxer, who had a farm in West End?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

No...........Both were known to me and there was no relation.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Just wondered. I knew poor Eddie well, I was very friendly with his younger children, and I know he had a brother who lived in Oswaldtwistle.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Did you know his wife?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Oh yes, extremely well, I spent half my life on their farm in the early 50s. Mrs Feathers was a very astute Irish lady, with a wicked sense of humour and a twinkle in her eye. She ran that farm when her husband became more and more brain-damaged.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

I don't mean old man Feathers wife...I meant Eddies?

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Ah, you mean Eddie Jnr. He was the same age as my brothers, just an older lad when I was growing up (used to give us rides on his motor-bike around the farm fields). No, I didn't know his wife, I don't think he was married when I left West End. I believe he died a few years ago but I hadn't seen him for many years.

I was referring to Eddie Feathers the middleweight boxer. He was very well-known in the 1920s.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Roy, can you please explain that a bit more for me?
I thought the market slowed down due to places like Asda opening up.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Used to do the shopping for my mother in the early 60s West Ender, used to go to Greenwoods cheese stall, and the buscuit stall just accross (can't remember the name) then go into whitewells icecream cafe and ice drink, then have a look at Cliffe Walmsley's mens shop at the bottom, then out to the outside market for the fruit and veg

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

The market was in decline long before Asda.
The old market replaced with, was considered a good building at the time, open at two sides and small stalls. The building was to be a cash cow for the council with no consideration given to the traders or the customers. Standing under that roof on legs in winter was something else.
Regulations starting to kick in.....charging traders for putting on a small display on the front of the stall and various other extras.
Lots of traders left and never returned.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

i can go with that,the great new market, was crap by comparison, also the market superintendent was related to Attila the Hun, will not name him, cos relatives may be members, but i know one trader who left cos of his attiude.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Too many councillors have chamber of trade connections and regard a market as unfair competition.

So they make sure that stall charges price out the competition and the market dies.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

It's no good blaming the supermarkets Bury Market is thriving and the town has a huge Tesco and Asda

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

ah someone without blinkers on, i said that yonks ago, new Tesco in Burnley didn't make much difference, they seem to be n easy target big supermarkets, fer those who cannot see.:rolleyes:

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

It's called enterprise. Priorities have been addressed in Bury but in Accrington alas.
Get professionals to run the market not council controlled yes men.
I agree with Cashy regarding the Super Prat in charge.
If the man had experience of running a business and man management without having traders in the 'Kow Tow' situation the market would no doubt prosper.
Why spend money on the concept of markets and what councillors think the public want?
Asda found a niche and built a space round it with parking spaces for all...free.
Should a market be established in a town centre?
Who does that benefit? the council can be the only answer.
If you had a market away from the town with ample parking space, I am sure that people would support local traders.
Why should high street stores be placed in the prime positions.
I could go on all night be I may be accused of Waffling.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Looks like the council read this thread and brought forward the plans to update the market hall :)

Accrington market hall revamp brought forward 12 months (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

We have started buying fruit and veg there if we can get down on a saturday. Excellent value for money and always fresher than the crap they sell in asda. Bought some meat from one of the butchers inside but it was cheap crap and half of it ended in the bin. We plan to shop down there alot more, doing our bit for the community.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..
 

Accrington used to be the place to be, but not any more. There hasn't been a decent bookshop in town since Wardleworths closed their doors, and white goods are at a premium since Curries and Dixons fled the Arndale. The supermarkets are okay, but the last two electrical items I have purchased from Asda have both been returned as useless.

Anyone wanting to support the charity shops won't do better than visiting Accrington, but if it's quality stuff you require, then I'm afraid you'll have to go out of town.

Re: Does anyone still shop at Accrington Market?..