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From my research, I absolutely disagree that markets have had their day.
This is a short extract from my street-market paper:
"We must now leap at the opportunity to create a successful market out of the embarrassing mess we have had each Saturday; we need to grab with both hands, the chance to give Dover - Town, businesses, residents and visitors, a good quality, professional run and professionally looking, street-market.
We bring a street market to Dover on a day that does not conflict with neighbouring Towns; this will be a Tuesday, but could also be Thursday after Tuesday's success has been proven; we'll then get more stalls here and even greater benefits to the Town, the retail shops in Dover and the market stall holders.
• Planning permission is in place and so is the licence to run it.
• A new Market Manager awaits the opportunity; he too has good ideas.
• Also invite local Farmers Market stall-holders to take a stall here
• Advertise for budding entrepeneurs to take a market stall.
• Create incentives for new stall-holders to set up in Dover.
• Ensure stalls sell quality products and mainly do not compete with shops.
• Stalls to be of uniform size and have green-white striped covers.
• Litter & rubbish will be taken care of by the Market Manager.
The stalls will start at the junction of Pencester Road and Biggin Street, working towards Cannon Street and the Market Square. This will help enormously with increasing the footfall for Dover's retail businesses as well as the Museum and the Bronze-Age Boat Gallery and Roman Painted House.
On days that there are events and activities in the Market Square, the stalls will simply move up Biggin Street, beyond the Pencester Road junction, so any events will not (negatively) affect the viability of the market and vice versa".
Roger