There will be a touch of wind chill factor but the presence of a bit of sun always works wonders when it comes to shopping numbers.
And let's not forget the Saturday general market stalls. These traders keep alive Brigg's ancient tradition, week in and week out.
A few years ago, in late April, we paid a family visit to the London area and ventured to the capital's famous Borough Market.
We found Moden's (pictured above) had a stall selling their Lincolnshire plum bread - a business also supporting Brigg Farmers' Market.
It's a small world, as the saying goes!
REMINDER: They will be collecting for the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness charity at the market today. We posted a story earlier about this, courtesy of Andrew 'Sass' Markham.
'Ancient tradition'...most folks believe the market traditions dates from the reign of King John in 1205.....but the granting to allow markets to occur 'on the bridge of Glandford' ...i.e. the area of the present Market Place, by John recognised that markets were already occurred..pre-dating 1205.
ReplyDeleteGranting market charters was one of the methods that John amassed taxes from the landowners.
Tax records, or more precisely Pipe Rolls at the time record that markets were by the time of John's tax greed were established frequent events by 1205...and date back to, at least, 1185ish.
King John's Charter didn't create markets....the fact that markets already existed gave John the excuse to collect taxes from them..subsequently epitomising the barons' anger at the King's excessive taxes and suppression of the barons status.....and thus the Magna Carta..issue 1 of about ?50 odd versions during the next generations.
Just some interesting notes.. The American Constitution was based upon the Magna Carta...in numerous examples, it even quoted direct text from the MC...i.e. the illegality of peasants to salmon fish in the River Thames..
And why was the MC signed (John was illiterate and put a x) at Runnymede?
In fact, Runnymede was especially chosen...a very strategic position that suited all parties.
The king was based at Windsor Palace, while the baron's HQ was at Stains (roughly now Heathrow Airport).
Both parties were very suspicious of the other....there were perceived notions that one or the other parties would/could raise an army and overthrow the other.
The site at Runnymede was essentially a bog....marshy ground that eliminated anyone from creating and fighting a battle on such ground...