ALTON FRIDAY MARKET
Alton’s Friday Market has been trading as an independent home produce market for almost two years and is doing well. Until the summer of 2007 it had been a member of the nationwide Country Markets organisation which evolved from the the Womens’ Institutes produce markets founded after the First World War.
The market has been a permanent fixture in Alton every Friday since the 1960s and for many years has been based in the Community Centre. The stalls are run by volunteers, most of whom are producers, selling everything from homemade cakes and savouries, preserves and chutneys, to plants and crafts. The market prides itself on the quality of its products, there are no artificial additives in the food it produces, fruit and vegetables are picked from their own gardens and cakes and savouries are freshly made.
Like a lot of small traders, the Friday Market has had to expand and diversify to survive. Their cakes and preserves are a familiar sight at the monthly Farmers’ Markets in Alton. They regularly take orders for celebration cakes and have recently begun delivering a selection of home baked products to the staff of small businesses in the High Street.
New producers are always welcome. Anyone who thinks they would be interested should have a look at the website www.altonfridaymarket.co.uk. This will tell you all you need to know, or pop into the Community Centre any Friday morning between 9am and 11am and have a chat, you will be sure of a warm welcome. If you have an enquiry about any products or would like to place an order telephone Liz Trotter on 01256 862603 or Dawn Padwick 01252 329396.
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