Page 33 - Market Times October 2024

FEATURE • SHERINGHAM
business selling the jewellery she creates using a wire work technique and her hand- made needle felt decorations.
“I began on this market in April and I have done other markets,” she said. “I love it. It is very friendly and you meet a nice mixture of people including holidaymakers.”
The Wednesday market is short on fresh produce, but there are a number of hot food traders including a traditional food van and a dim sum seller who is new this year and is now interested in trading on the Saturday market too.
Traditional traders selling everything from cards to fashion also do well on Sheringham market.
David and Shirley Argent drive a lorry
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from the Spalding area to sell plants and flowers.
David said: “It is my nephew’s business. We have been coming here for 12 years now and it is a very good market for us, the Wednesday as well as the Saturday.”
And Harmesh Badwal, who has been selling fashion on markets since 1976, said: “I have been on this market for 10 years. It’s not what it once was and Covid was difficult but the market is coming back now.”
With the council and traders working in partnership, the hope is that Sheringham can capitalise on the good summer footfall and find new ways to attract people to the market.
Harmesh Badwal has been selling fashion on the market for the past decade
FACTS & FIGURES
l Market days: Wednesday from April to October and Saturday runs all year
l Market rent: casuals pay from £19 a day. Permanent traders who commit to six months pay from £255 a month from April to September and from £306 from October to March. New traders get a 25 per cent discount if they trade for four consecutive weeks
l Sheringham’s claim to fame: Sheringham in North Norfolk is a traditional seaside town with a Blue Flag beach, a heritage steam railway, plenty of independent shops and beautiful countryside located on a scenic coast. Originally a fishing village, it is now a tourist honey trap
David and Shirley Argent sell plants, cut flowers and dried flowers on Sheringham market
Sheringham has many delights to attract the tourists