£36k+ per year in rent for a market stall, RIP Sheffield market

[Blackbeard]

Is That a Fact or a claim from the same man who tried to get Park Hill demolished .

 

As far as I can remember Julie Dorrs and her colleges were all jostling for places on the front row when the press where in attendance on opening day.

Maybe she had forgot her earlier statement on how much she loved the Castle Market.

 

Don't you read the forum? http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8868000/8868795.stm

 

"Sheffield Council Leader Paul Scriven spoke to BBC Radio Sheffield in July 2010 about how the Council can afford to do this in a time when they are making millions of pounds of cuts in other Council services:"

 

Please read the full web site, don't forget this was all planned many years ago like many other projects, some did not get off the drawing board.

[cuttsie]

Don't you read the forum? http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8868000/8868795.stm

 

"Sheffield Council Leader Paul Scriven spoke to BBC Radio Sheffield in July 2010 about how the Council can afford to do this in a time when they are making millions of pounds of cuts in other Council services:"

 

Please read the full web site, don't forget this was all planned many years ago like many other projects, some did not get off the drawing board.

 

YesI have read it along with many more articles on the Market sites.

 

Things have been planned all over the City for many years inc The Don Valley.

Oh hang a minute !that was planned on the back of a fag packet in the Tea Gardens Pub .I was there when a prominent councillor [later an M.P.]shouted out that he had just found another million to put to the project.

 

We will next have the Hallamshire historical society demanding funds from all and sundry [inc their mates at the Council] so as they can get down Castle Gate and Exchange Street with trowels and start scratching about looking for a non existent Castle.

Millions more to find inc the demolition costs of the old Market a building that would have stood for many years to come if only it had been maintained and looked after.

[Blackbeard]

YesI have read it along with many more articles on the Market sites.

 

Things have been planned all over the City for many years inc The Don Valley.

Oh hang a minute !that was planned on the back of a fag packet in the Tea Gardens Pub .I was there when a prominent councillor [later an M.P.]shouted out that he had just found another million to put to the project.

 

We will next have the Hallamshire historical society demanding funds from all and sundry [inc their mates at the Council] so as they can get down Castle Gate and Exchange Street with trowels and start scratching about looking for a non existent Castle.

Millions more to find inc the demolition costs of the old Market a building that would have stood for many years to come if only it had been maintained and looked after.

 

Hang on a minute, what's all this to do with the Labour council closing the old market? You claimed that it was all their fault when the decision was made by another party yet you have find something else to blame them for. Not sure what the Hallamshire Historical Society has done to upset you either.

[cuttsie]

Hang on a minute, what's all this to do with the Labour council closing the old market? You claimed that it was all their fault when the decision was made by another party yet you have find something else to blame them for. Not sure what the Hallamshire Historical Society has done to upset you either.

Because they along wih many other members of Sheffield's chattering classes [inc the bleedin Liberals ]are responsible for the demise of Sheffield's historical trading area .

The can often be seen photographed in the local rag bowing and scraping to who ever holds power at the Town Hall so as to further their ridiculous claim that below Exchange Street there is a Castle that when excavated will bring thousands of tourists to Sheffield.

[999tigger]

Because they along wih many other members of Sheffield's chattering classes [inc the bleedin Liberals ]are responsible for the demise of Sheffield's historical trading area .

The can often be seen photographed in the local rag bowing and scraping to who ever holds power at the Town Hall so as to further their ridiculous claim that below Exchange Street there is a Castle that when excavated will bring thousands of tourists to Sheffield.

 

Or it could be that shopping trends have changed and people shop online , at meadowhall or go to supermarkets instead. Of the markets had reammined popular and profitable then they wouldnt have been shut down.

[cuttsie]

Or it could be that shopping trends have changed and people shop online , at meadowhall or go to supermarkets instead. Of the markets had reammined popular and profitable then they wouldnt have been shut down.

Or reight tigger I give up ,Im Licked, Tha's pummelled me into ground ,Moor Market is a resounding success, no stalls are shutting, the rents a bloody bargain , the footfall is in the hundreds of thousands a month,there is just one problem. Whats happened to Alan the Market referee.

[marketman]

Think he got a job with the council as an adviser!!

[BishopEvents]

cuttsie - what makes you think Hallamshire Historic Buildings support Castle Market demolition? If the council knock Castle Market down (whether that was right or wrong), why not make the most of the opportunity to find out what is under the ground? It's friends of Sheffield Castle who you might be thinking of - they, and lots of other people interested in Sheff's history are understandably excited about excavations. A for Hallamshire they spend most of their time campaigning AGAINST the council! - e.g Jessops, the Lyceum

[anywebsite]

Think he got a job with the council as an adviser!!

 

Are you still going to open a chippy in there? When? I might have to give Brenda's a try. There's no proper battered cod in the market & it's not the same raw.

 

cuttsie, I heard a couple of the traders didn't like Alan & got him banned, don't know if there's any truth in the rumour. I suspect foul play!

Edited April 6, 2014 by anywebsite

[BoroB]

There are opther things that affect a retail business including the state of the local or national economy and the decisions made by the business owners themselves. In the old market businesses failed, in the new market some business will fail, on the high street some business will fail.

 

You also have to consider whether a market in general will prosper given all the competition around now.

 

Having had a stall in a local market for a few months last year I joined the National Market Traders Federation and one thing that is apparent from their quarterly magazine is the number of traders of many years standing who are quoted in articles saying that the markets they stand on are not as busy as they used to be.

 

I believe that the old market failed not because it was run down but because peoples shopping habits have changed and less people were visiting it.

 

The Castle Market was a dump in the 1970's when my parents took me but it was very busy. It was still a dump in the 2000's but was much less busy.

 

The new market is fine for those who live/work in town and can pick up a few bits each day but for those of us who live and work in the suburbs there are a lot more convenient alternatives around where you can park free of charge and get all your weekly shop in one go.

Edited April 7, 2014 by BoroB