Northampton Market returns home after £10m facelift

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The historic market has new stalls from Italy, new paving, new lighting and new trees.

Cries of "bunch of bananas a pound" will be heard again on Friday as a historic market returns to its home.

Over the years, it hosted everything from war fundraisers to music festivals and even temporary summer beaches. To address the situation, plans for major improvements to the market were drawn up alongside projects in other parts of the town centre, and a ringfenced government grant was secured.Work started on transforming Market Square in February 2023

Eamonn "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick's fruit and vegetable stall, a familiar feature of the market for 60 years until his death in November 2022, carried on through his son, Joe, but he called it a day after just a month at Commercial Street.

 

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