There’s a real sense of sadness that fills the air as you walk through the last remaining stalls of Church Street Market in the city centre. Once alive with fresh vegetables, exotic fruits, books, hats, and grilled cheese sandwiches, it’s now filled with removal vans, bare floors, and signs giving away empty tubs and jars.
Mark says it is the end of the business and he won’t be relocating. There have been some health issues for himself and members of the family, and he says the move has forced his hand to make himself a priority after running the business for nearly 50 years. “Before that, we were on Back Piccadilly where Sacha’s hotel is now. My granddad worked there for his mother and father just after the First World War.”
A planning application for the site, which was approved in 2020, suggests that the new build would see units on 20-22 and 24-36 High Street demolished as well as the market. The new site is set to include commercial floorspace on the ground floor for shops, restaurants and takeaways. She shares two cards that a customer, who signed their name as Lucy, brought in for them. Hand drawn and beautifully illustrated, they include messages of how the family have ‘kept me fed for the last five years’ and ‘been a reminder that the city isn’t so big and unfriendly after all’.
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