Bradley Taylor must have an early start bringing fresh fish from Grimsby to the Monday Market in Abingdon
Traffic may have been running ok near Abingdon, but he tweeted ahead from Peartree, where there had been a collision, “Plenty of variety on board this morning, currently stuck on the A34, hopefully will arrive in Abingdon soon.”
I see in the British Online History of Berkshire that The Monday Market in Abingdon has a long history, and was run by the Abbey from at least 1328.
The 1556 charter granted the Monday market to the newly established Abingdon corporation. A table of fees for stalls in 1557 shows linen-drapers and woollen-drapers, tanners, ironmongers and smiths, ropers and ‘colle-makers’.
Nowadays market traders bring: fish from Grimsby, olives, bread and cakes, fruit and veg, clothes, carpets, and bags, batteries and watch straps, Hoover Bags …
a pop up toy shop, pottery, picture frames, dairy and meat products, eggs and pet supplies, cards and stationary, outdoor plants etc…
I like to buy my eggs from the market. The supermarket ones do not compare. I also use the plant stall and the fruit and veg. The food container bag stall is also good value. I bought some salmon from the fish van and nearly died of shock. Two small pieces of salmon cost £8.
The fish van is FANTASTIC. We have to remember this is fresh fish and not farmed. It is also fresher than packaged stuff from the supermarket. Taste the difference.!!
I like the fact that the town has a market….hope people continue to support it.
Come along, Janet, we wouldn’t want that on your death certificate. That’s about the going rate for fresh salmon and think of the pennies you’ve saved on food container bags and fruit and veg.
Does anyone know how I can get a stall at the market please?
Rebecca – the Town Council Information desk could probably put you in touch with the market organiser. Otherwise Paul from the Chamber of Commerce who organises the quarterly Local Excellence Market would probably know. (He works at Simons News).