A May bank holiday market saw their busiest year yet despite Covid-19 restrictions being in place. The Ribchester Spring May Market was held on Sunday (May 30) and hosted 81 stalls and an estimated 4,000 customers during the day - the busiest they have ever been. Organiser Andrew Wallin had to cancel last year’s market due to the pandemic and was elated when Ribble Valley council told him that the 2021 markets could go ahead. With stalls selling food, craft items, raising money for local schools and charities and stalls hosting even games for children, the market proved popular on Sunday with Andrew thinking the good weather brought more people out.
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The Rosemere Cancer Foundation fundraising stall Photo: Andrew Wallin
Delighted market organiser Andrew Wallin said: “We had 81 stalls. It was fantastic, the best one ever. There was everything from crafts and bric a brac to food, tea and coffee.”
The market originally started as an event for village organisations and has expanded since Andrew started to run it around five years ago.
This year St Wilfrid’s CE school PTFA (Parent Teacher and Friends association and the village football club had stalls. PTFA spokeswoman Viki Mason said: ”We made just under £400, which is absolutely amazing..It was just a lovely, lovely event. We were just glad to be part of it.”
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Organiser Andrew Wallin is delighted that the Ribchester May market can set up stall again this year.
He said he received the go-ahead from Ribble Valley Council recently and is now taking bookings for stalls.
The event will be outdoor only and visitors will have to wear face masks, sign in (by app or paper) and observe social distancing.
The Rosemere Tombola stand at the 2019 Ribchester May market. The charity is the chosen beneficiary for the charity collections at this year s market on May 31. Market organiser Andrew Wallin is pictured far right.
Traditionally the market has been a way for village organisations to boost their funds. In recent years numerous other businesses have set up stall too.