SANDBACH MARKET - History and Stall's.
BELOW
1. List of Stall in the Indoor Market
2. List of Stalls on the Thursday Market
3. History of the Market
4. Regular Events
Below is a full history of Sandbach market as a PDF FILE
FACEBOOK PAGE (Sandbach Market Friends and Traders)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1534531496843784/
1. List of Stall in the Indoor Market
2. List of Stalls on the Thursday Market
3. History of the Market
4. Regular Events
Below is a full history of Sandbach market as a PDF FILE
FACEBOOK PAGE (Sandbach Market Friends and Traders)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1534531496843784/
The map relates to the numbers on the Market Stall page of the PDF File and below of information.
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FOR INFORMATION ON SANDBACH MARKET the Stalls and History of the Market. CLICK ON THE PDF FILE ABOVE.
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TYPE OF MARKET STALLS IN SANDBACH
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1. Indoor Market
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INSIDE MARKET STALLS 2019 (IM = Indoor Market)
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IM01 (Thurs / Sat) WJS Collectibles – Julie Shannon 07796-600122 (see M19/20)
(WJS Collectables = Alternate Spelling)
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM02 (Thurs / Sat) Helen’s Emporium – Helen Ireland (Selling Bodyshop Products)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM03 (Thurs / Sat) Hightown Menswear (1)
(Clothes Shop for Men and supplier of School Uniforms along with
a Dress Hire Shop Managed by Graham Bradford)
01270-767755 E MAIL [email protected]
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IM04 (Thurs / Sat) Ace of Cards – Run by John Brade
01606-892344
E MAIL [email protected]
Opened 2004
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IM05 (Thurs / Sat) Ace of Cards – Run by John Brade 01606-892344
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IM06 (Thurs / Sat) John Ward Antique Shop
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IM07 (Thurs / Sat) Fleetwood Fish – (Alan Smith)
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IM08 (Thurs / Sat) Sugar Fairy (1) (Jayne Sanderson)
Baby Items and Clothing, Scarves, Jewellery and Handbags
07785-187234
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IM09 (Thurs / Sat) Café - New Owner 30 Mar 2019
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IM10 (Thurs) Cheshire Home Improvements
John 01270-766697
www.cheshirehomeimprovementsuk.co.uk/
See also IM15
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IM10 (Sat) Shoes in Style / Kerry’s Shoes Inside Town Hall
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IM11 (Thurs / Sat) Sugar Fairy (Jayne Sanderson) (2)
Baby Items and Clothing, Scarves, Jewellery and Handbags
07785-187234 Inside Town Hall
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IM12 (Thurs) Whispers in Dreams and all things Spiritual
(Various Religious items from Candles to Buddha’s)
Opened in September 2019.
IM12 (Sat)
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IM13 (Thurs) Phil Barber – Butcher
(Opened 1990 in IM06 and CLOSED 20 July 2019. Moved to IM13
on Thursdays only with Pies and pre made food only- No open meats)
E MAIL [email protected] / Facebook page
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IM13 (Sat) Messy Jessy (1)
(Home Décor Cushions, Throws, Glassware and Gifts) – Jessica Smith
WEBSITE www.homeaccessores.com
FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/messyjessyhomeaccessories/
PHONE 01270-766496
EMAIL [email protected]
(See IM18)
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IM14 (Thurs) Kitchen Corner (1)
Kitchen Goods - Stephen Kidwell - Kitchen / Mugs etc.
01782-856685
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM14 (Sat) EMPTY
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IM15 (Thurs) Cheshire Home Improvements – John 01270-766697
www.cheshirehomeimprovementsuk.co.uk/
See also IM10
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IM15 (Sat) Backtrax Music (CD and LP’s etc) 07535710821
E Mail [email protected]
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IM16 (Thurs) Lomas Wood Turning - Wood Products – Derek Lomas
01606-833312 / 07538-361522
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM16 (Sat) EMPTY
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IM17 (Thurs) Food for Thought Bakery
Bread and Cakes for Gluten Free customers Inside Town Hall
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IM17 (Sat) Inside Town Hall
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IM18 (Thurs) Kitchen Corner (3)
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IM18 (Sat) Messy Jessy (1)
(Home Décor Cushions, Throws, Glassware and Gifts) – Jessica Smith
WEBSITE www.homeaccessores.com
FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/messyjessyhomeaccessories/
PHONE 01270-766496
EMAIL [email protected]
(See IM13)
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IM19 (Thurs) Kitchen Corner (2)
Kitchen Goods - Stephen Kidwell - Kitchen / Mugs etc.
01782-856685
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM19 (Sat) Egg Stall (George’s Eggs) run by George Smith
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IM20 (Thurs / Sat) WJS Collectibles (2) – Julie Shannon
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM21(Thurs) Vitamins – Run by Phil and Mary
01270-767154
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IM21 (Sat) WJS Collectibles (2b) – Julie Shannon
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM22 (Thurs) Silver Stitchers
Wool and Hand Made Handicraft – Sylvia Deione
01270-381131
E MAIL [email protected] (NEW)
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IM22 (Sat) Bags of Sunshine (Week 1 of 2)
(Hand Made gifts including Quilts, Cutlery Rolls, Fabric Bags,
Bunting, Garlands and Cushions)
Run by Wendy Brawn
E MAIL [email protected]
FACEBOOK www.facebook/bagsofsunshine19
PHONE 07713-308399
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Lavender Home Crafts (Week 2 of 2)
(Home Made gifts / products for your pets)
First traded on the indoor market 12 Aug 2017.
Run by Clare Hardman
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IM23 (Thurs / Sat) Hightown Menswear (3) (Clothes Shop for Men)
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IM24 (Thurs / Sat) Wool Baby Cloths Scarfs etc.
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IM25 (Thurs / Sat) WJS Collectibles (3) – Julie Shannon
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM26 (Thurs) EMPTY
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IM26 (Sat) EMPTY / WJS Collectables
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IM27 (Thurs) EMPTY
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IM27 (Sat) Cake Stall
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IM28 (Thurs / Sat) Hightown Menswear (2) (Clothes Shop for Men) Inside Town Hall
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IM29 (Thurs / Sat) Ace of Cards (3) – Run by John Brade
01606-892344
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EXTRA Catlyn Italian Gifts
E MAIL [email protected]
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EXTRA Marina is Red (Scarves etc) 2019
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INSIDE MARKET STALLS 2019 (IM = Indoor Market)
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IM01 (Thurs / Sat) WJS Collectibles – Julie Shannon 07796-600122 (see M19/20)
(WJS Collectables = Alternate Spelling)
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM02 (Thurs / Sat) Helen’s Emporium – Helen Ireland (Selling Bodyshop Products)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM03 (Thurs / Sat) Hightown Menswear (1)
(Clothes Shop for Men and supplier of School Uniforms along with
a Dress Hire Shop Managed by Graham Bradford)
01270-767755 E MAIL [email protected]
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IM04 (Thurs / Sat) Ace of Cards – Run by John Brade
01606-892344
E MAIL [email protected]
Opened 2004
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IM05 (Thurs / Sat) Ace of Cards – Run by John Brade 01606-892344
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IM06 (Thurs / Sat) John Ward Antique Shop
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IM07 (Thurs / Sat) Fleetwood Fish – (Alan Smith)
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IM08 (Thurs / Sat) Sugar Fairy (1) (Jayne Sanderson)
Baby Items and Clothing, Scarves, Jewellery and Handbags
07785-187234
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IM09 (Thurs / Sat) Café - New Owner 30 Mar 2019
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IM10 (Thurs) Cheshire Home Improvements
John 01270-766697
www.cheshirehomeimprovementsuk.co.uk/
See also IM15
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IM10 (Sat) Shoes in Style / Kerry’s Shoes Inside Town Hall
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IM11 (Thurs / Sat) Sugar Fairy (Jayne Sanderson) (2)
Baby Items and Clothing, Scarves, Jewellery and Handbags
07785-187234 Inside Town Hall
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IM12 (Thurs) Whispers in Dreams and all things Spiritual
(Various Religious items from Candles to Buddha’s)
Opened in September 2019.
IM12 (Sat)
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IM13 (Thurs) Phil Barber – Butcher
(Opened 1990 in IM06 and CLOSED 20 July 2019. Moved to IM13
on Thursdays only with Pies and pre made food only- No open meats)
E MAIL [email protected] / Facebook page
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IM13 (Sat) Messy Jessy (1)
(Home Décor Cushions, Throws, Glassware and Gifts) – Jessica Smith
WEBSITE www.homeaccessores.com
FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/messyjessyhomeaccessories/
PHONE 01270-766496
EMAIL [email protected]
(See IM18)
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IM14 (Thurs) Kitchen Corner (1)
Kitchen Goods - Stephen Kidwell - Kitchen / Mugs etc.
01782-856685
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM14 (Sat) EMPTY
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IM15 (Thurs) Cheshire Home Improvements – John 01270-766697
www.cheshirehomeimprovementsuk.co.uk/
See also IM10
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IM15 (Sat) Backtrax Music (CD and LP’s etc) 07535710821
E Mail [email protected]
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IM16 (Thurs) Lomas Wood Turning - Wood Products – Derek Lomas
01606-833312 / 07538-361522
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM16 (Sat) EMPTY
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IM17 (Thurs) Food for Thought Bakery
Bread and Cakes for Gluten Free customers Inside Town Hall
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IM17 (Sat) Inside Town Hall
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IM18 (Thurs) Kitchen Corner (3)
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IM18 (Sat) Messy Jessy (1)
(Home Décor Cushions, Throws, Glassware and Gifts) – Jessica Smith
WEBSITE www.homeaccessores.com
FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/messyjessyhomeaccessories/
PHONE 01270-766496
EMAIL [email protected]
(See IM13)
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IM19 (Thurs) Kitchen Corner (2)
Kitchen Goods - Stephen Kidwell - Kitchen / Mugs etc.
01782-856685
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM19 (Sat) Egg Stall (George’s Eggs) run by George Smith
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IM20 (Thurs / Sat) WJS Collectibles (2) – Julie Shannon
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM21(Thurs) Vitamins – Run by Phil and Mary
01270-767154
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IM21 (Sat) WJS Collectibles (2b) – Julie Shannon
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM22 (Thurs) Silver Stitchers
Wool and Hand Made Handicraft – Sylvia Deione
01270-381131
E MAIL [email protected] (NEW)
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IM22 (Sat) Bags of Sunshine (Week 1 of 2)
(Hand Made gifts including Quilts, Cutlery Rolls, Fabric Bags,
Bunting, Garlands and Cushions)
Run by Wendy Brawn
E MAIL [email protected]
FACEBOOK www.facebook/bagsofsunshine19
PHONE 07713-308399
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Lavender Home Crafts (Week 2 of 2)
(Home Made gifts / products for your pets)
First traded on the indoor market 12 Aug 2017.
Run by Clare Hardman
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IM23 (Thurs / Sat) Hightown Menswear (3) (Clothes Shop for Men)
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IM24 (Thurs / Sat) Wool Baby Cloths Scarfs etc.
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IM25 (Thurs / Sat) WJS Collectibles (3) – Julie Shannon
07500927227 (2017)
E MAIL [email protected]
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IM26 (Thurs) EMPTY
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IM26 (Sat) EMPTY / WJS Collectables
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IM27 (Thurs) EMPTY
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IM27 (Sat) Cake Stall
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IM28 (Thurs / Sat) Hightown Menswear (2) (Clothes Shop for Men) Inside Town Hall
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IM29 (Thurs / Sat) Ace of Cards (3) – Run by John Brade
01606-892344
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EXTRA Catlyn Italian Gifts
E MAIL [email protected]
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EXTRA Marina is Red (Scarves etc) 2019
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2. Outdoor Market
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TOWN HALL ENTRANCE
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TH1 C and J Cooper (Cheese Shop)
01606-594347 / 07983-992434 Under Arches
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TH2 Phil’s - The Sweet Shop
07756- 932972 Under Arches
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TH3 Will’s Butchers (opened 1977 in Sandbach)
01270-762015 Under Arches
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TH4 Living Aids Direct – Gaynor and Pauline 01270- 760179
E MAIL [email protected]
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CAR PARK STALLS 2019
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M01 Pillows and Lino By Wise Chemists
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M02 Ladies Clothes = Gareth Monk “Brand Fashions” By Bus Stop
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M03 Men’s Clothing / Underwear (Poss Gareth Monk) By Bus Stop
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M04 Fish Van = Ocean Wave 07788-767677
WEBSITE www.oceanwavefreshfish.co.uk
By Bus Stop
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M05 Ladies Clothes (Possibly Sultan Fashions 07921-998772) Middle
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M06 Firtree Nurseries - Pot Plants / Flowers
07774- 192563
(Was on Scotch Common) Middle
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M07 Eric’s Bags
By McColls Newsagents
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M08 Pot Plants – Alan Ansell Plants 07885-406434
E MAIL [email protected]
By Bus Stop
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M09 AJ and SM Household Toiletries and goods.
E MAIL [email protected]
Also trading as “Market Lines” with Toiletries / Cheap goods £1
WEBSITE www.marketlines.co.uk
Was on Scotch Common / Moved to outside Town hall and then in
Jan 2017 to Small Common near Congleton Road. Small Car Park
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M10 EMPTY Small Car Park
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M11 EMPTY Small Car Park
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M12 Sheets / Cloths / Towels – Penkridge Bedding
07951-426709 Small Car Park
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M13 Ladies Clothes
By Crossing outside Town Hall
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M14 EMPTY Outside Town Hall Back Doors
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M15 Grocers – Fruit and Veg Stall
Outside Town Hall Back Doors
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EXTRA
? Cafe The Brunch Box (see M29 Sat) 07584-56968
E MAIL [email protected]
Outside Town Hall
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High Street STALLS 2017
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Sa1 (Sat) Grocery Fruit and Veg Stall Outside Town Hall
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M16 EMPTY Outside Town Hall
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M17 Clothes (Possibly Amin Fashions 07900-266177) Outside Town Hall
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M18 (Thurs) Phone Cases Under Arches
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M18 (Sat) Flowers (Arrangements) Leon van Berkel Under Arches
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M19 Grocery / Fruit and Veg = Tinsley Fruit and Veg
E MAIL [email protected] (Facebook Page)
Outside Town Hall
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Sa2 (Sat) Cheshire Pie Company (Pork Pies made in Sandbach) Outside Town Hall
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M20 (Thurs) Cheshire Pie Company (Pork Pies made in Sandbach) High Street
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M21 EMPTY High Street
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M22 EMPTY High Street
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M23 Shoes = Classy Shoes 07885-526323
E Mail [email protected]
High Street
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M24 Egg Stall run by Lloyds Eggs (Lloyds of Leadgate)
01829-781396
By Black Bear
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M25 Just Plants - Pot Plants
07932-911868
E MAIL [email protected]
By Black Bear
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M26 Ladies Clothes = Thorn Enterprises 07531-504616
E MAIL [email protected]
Market Square
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TOWN HALL ENTRANCE
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TH1 C and J Cooper (Cheese Shop)
01606-594347 / 07983-992434 Under Arches
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TH2 Phil’s - The Sweet Shop
07756- 932972 Under Arches
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TH3 Will’s Butchers (opened 1977 in Sandbach)
01270-762015 Under Arches
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TH4 Living Aids Direct – Gaynor and Pauline 01270- 760179
E MAIL [email protected]
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CAR PARK STALLS 2019
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M01 Pillows and Lino By Wise Chemists
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M02 Ladies Clothes = Gareth Monk “Brand Fashions” By Bus Stop
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M03 Men’s Clothing / Underwear (Poss Gareth Monk) By Bus Stop
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M04 Fish Van = Ocean Wave 07788-767677
WEBSITE www.oceanwavefreshfish.co.uk
By Bus Stop
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M05 Ladies Clothes (Possibly Sultan Fashions 07921-998772) Middle
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M06 Firtree Nurseries - Pot Plants / Flowers
07774- 192563
(Was on Scotch Common) Middle
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M07 Eric’s Bags
By McColls Newsagents
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M08 Pot Plants – Alan Ansell Plants 07885-406434
E MAIL [email protected]
By Bus Stop
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M09 AJ and SM Household Toiletries and goods.
E MAIL [email protected]
Also trading as “Market Lines” with Toiletries / Cheap goods £1
WEBSITE www.marketlines.co.uk
Was on Scotch Common / Moved to outside Town hall and then in
Jan 2017 to Small Common near Congleton Road. Small Car Park
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M10 EMPTY Small Car Park
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M11 EMPTY Small Car Park
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M12 Sheets / Cloths / Towels – Penkridge Bedding
07951-426709 Small Car Park
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M13 Ladies Clothes
By Crossing outside Town Hall
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M14 EMPTY Outside Town Hall Back Doors
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M15 Grocers – Fruit and Veg Stall
Outside Town Hall Back Doors
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EXTRA
? Cafe The Brunch Box (see M29 Sat) 07584-56968
E MAIL [email protected]
Outside Town Hall
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High Street STALLS 2017
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Sa1 (Sat) Grocery Fruit and Veg Stall Outside Town Hall
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M16 EMPTY Outside Town Hall
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M17 Clothes (Possibly Amin Fashions 07900-266177) Outside Town Hall
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M18 (Thurs) Phone Cases Under Arches
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M18 (Sat) Flowers (Arrangements) Leon van Berkel Under Arches
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M19 Grocery / Fruit and Veg = Tinsley Fruit and Veg
E MAIL [email protected] (Facebook Page)
Outside Town Hall
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Sa2 (Sat) Cheshire Pie Company (Pork Pies made in Sandbach) Outside Town Hall
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M20 (Thurs) Cheshire Pie Company (Pork Pies made in Sandbach) High Street
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M21 EMPTY High Street
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M22 EMPTY High Street
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M23 Shoes = Classy Shoes 07885-526323
E Mail [email protected]
High Street
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M24 Egg Stall run by Lloyds Eggs (Lloyds of Leadgate)
01829-781396
By Black Bear
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M25 Just Plants - Pot Plants
07932-911868
E MAIL [email protected]
By Black Bear
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M26 Ladies Clothes = Thorn Enterprises 07531-504616
E MAIL [email protected]
Market Square
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3. Sandbach Market History
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© Stewart Green 2017 (2018 update).
There has been a Market in the town since it was granted a Royal Charter in 1579 by Queen Elizabeth 1st.
A charter granted by Queen Elizabeth 1st to the town a market in 1578 on application by Sir John Radcliffe, of Ordsell, in Lancashire. It would come into force in 1579.
On the 4th May 1579 Sir John Radcliffe of Ordsall (In Lancashire) applied to hold “Fairs and Markets” in Sandbach from Queen Elizabeth 1st. The charter was granted and so the market would be held on Thursday with two fairs each year being held.
The Market Charter allows for Two Fairs to be held on the Thursday and Friday before the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (8 September) with the other Fair of the 1579 Charter to held on the Tuesday and Wednesday in Easter week.
In 1879 the market moved from the Market Square to the Common when the Rt. Hon. Hungerford, Lord Crewe gave the land to the town along with the perpetual rights to all market tolls. He also gave the site for the Town Hall at the same time.
On the 15 March 1882, Annie Hill was sentenced to 3 months hard labour after being convicted of Pick Pocketing at Sandbach Market.
However pictures from 1888 show that the market had moved back to the Market Square and in 1890 the new Town Hall and Market Hall was opened in the centre of the town.
In 1889, the Rt Hon. Hungerford, Lord Crewe of Crewe Hall donated the land for the new building of a Town Hall and Market Hall, along with the right to all Market tolls.
The foundation stone was laid on the 2 July 1889 and was designed by the architect Thomas Bower of Nantwich who was in charge of overseeing the project and who used locally built bricks made at the Ancient Britain yard in Congleton Road with construction of the building by John Stringer.
(Some books say that Sir George Gilbert Scott designed building but it is more likely that he was the architect of the 1888 -1891 building -2nd Town Hall)
The cost of the Market Hall and Town Hall was £5,000.
Mrs Jane Court of Wheelock House presented the Main Clock, with Gas illuminations in memory of her relatives the Peover family who owned the house that had been below the tower.
When the hall was completed Lord Crewe erected at his own expense the two statues either side of the main entrance (Above the doors). One is named "Bigot", he was the first Norman who held the manor of Sandbach, under Hugh Lupus, the Earl of Chester and the nephew of William the Conqueror.
The Second statue is that of Sir Randulph Crewe, Sergeant-at-law, an ancestor of Lord Crewe who lived in the reign of King James 1 (Accession 1603 - 1625). He bought the manor of Sandbach from John Radcliffe and became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He built Crewe Hall about 1620.
In October 1890 the Town Hall and Market Hall was officially opened.
By 1890, in the book “History of Sandbach Co. Chester” by J.P. Earwaker” (Only 250 copies printed with 100 to be given away as Presentation copies) the fairs were held on the Tuesday of Easter Week and the first Thursday after the 12 September and on the 28th of December each year.
Both of these dates have long since been abandoned with the Wakes week being held on the first Thursday after the 12th of September. This date has again largely had been replaced with a fair on the Friday to Wednesday of a week in September and by the 21st Century had been moved again to a Friday to the following Tuesday in Wakes Week (September).
The traditional market at this time continued from 1578 with one being held every Thursday on the Market Square (Where the Saxon Crosses now stand).
On the 1st of December 1890 under the “Seal of the Sandbach Local Board of Health” a list of Tolls was published and still hangs at the back entrance to the Market Hall.
SANDBACH MARKET
TABLE OF TOLLS LEVIABLE
IN THE MARKET BELONGING TO THE SANDBACH LOCAL BOARD, ACTING AS THE URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.
POULTRY AND PIGS
For any number of fowles or pigs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket not exceeding 17 inches in length and 14 inches in width, the sum of 1d.
For any number of fowles or pigs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket or hamper not exceeding 2 feet 6 inches in length and 2 feet in width, the sum of 2d.
For any number of fowles or pigs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket or hamper exceeding 2 feet 6 inches in length and 2 feet in width, the sum of 3d.
For every turkey, goose, or pig brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale otherwise than in a basket, hamper, or other similar receptacle the sum of 1d.
For every fowl brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale otherwise than in a basket, hamper, or other similar receptacle the sum of ½d.
EGGS AND BUTTER
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket not exceeding 17 inches in length and 14 inches in width, the sum of 1d.
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket not exceeding 2 feet 6 inches in length and 2 feet in width, the sum of 2d.
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a box exceeding 2 feet and not exceeding 3 feet in length, the sum of 4d.
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a box exceeding 4 feet and not exceeding 5 feet in length, the sum of 6d.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
For any quantity of fruit or vegetables brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket, bag, hamper, pannier, cask or box not exceeding 17 inches in length and 14 inches in width, the sum of 1d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by two horses, the sum of 9d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by one horse, the sum of 6d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by one ass or mule, the sum of 4d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by two asses or mules, the sum of 6d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a waggon, the sum of 1s.
For every score of live turkeys or geese brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 6d.
For every score of live ducks brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 3d.
For every calf, sheep, lamb or goat brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of ½d.
For every gig, carriage, cart, or other vehicle brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 6d.
For every horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 4d.
For every cow, bull, ox, or heifer brought into the market or sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 2d.
For every ass or mule brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 1d.
(d= Pence / s = Shilling)
1890 Prices
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By 1893, Sandbach has a Waggonette coming into the town on a Thursday at 1pm and returning from the Wheat sheaf at 5.30pm especially for people to visit the Market.
In 1902 the Town and Market Hall was looked after by John Wood (Keeper) and by 1914 Jessie Wood was “Hallkeeper”.
In 1908, at the Petty Sessions in Sandbach on the 29 July 1908 Sarah Basford of Goostry was fined 2 shillings (2/-) for cruelty to fowls after six were discovered in a confined small basket with their legs tied together when they were taken to Sandbach Market.
In recent times by 1914 (Kelly’s directory) a Saturday Market has been added to the inside of the Town Hall along with stalls for Thursday (Not in the original Charter).
In the local newspaper of the 15 June 1916 they announced that the price of potatoes had raised from 10/- per cwt to 12/- per cwt. But by the 6 July 1916, the price had increased so high that the paper reported that there was a big drop in the price to 20/- per cwt.
At this time the market was on the Market Square by the Saxon Crosses where it stayed until 1920 when it moved to Scotch Common with a wholesale market replacing it on the Market Square.
The Tamworth Herald announced in its 14 October 1922 edition that Lord Crewe had donated the historic lands in Sandbach to the town including Scotch Common and the Market Tolls which was worth about £1,000 a year. He had owned the land around Scotch Common and Tolls for the outside Market had been paid to Lord Crewe. In 1889, the Rt Hon. Hungerford, Lord Crewe of Crewe Hall had donated the land for the new Town Hall and Market Hall with the tolls from the hall being paid to the town but now the rights to the outdoor market were also given to the town. Between the 4-7 September 1917, Lord Crewe sold off most of his land and buildings in Sandbach to pay off debts and is a possible reason for his generosity to not pay as much tax on his earnings.
In 1955 the Wholesale Market finished on the Market Square leaving only the general market on Scotch Common.
When Cyril Massey wrote his book “History of Sandbach and District” in 1958 he describes the market thus – “The Market proved a great success and hundreds of people attended from the Potteries, Crewe and the surrounding countryside. The Market was formally held on the Market Square, where the Crosses stand, but today there are the Market Hall, Market Ground and Scotch Common. The Market Square is the scene of the wholesale market of farm produce”.
By the 1960’s the Market had grown to cover the whole area including the smaller car park.
When the Borough of Congleton produced a booklet in the late 1970’s the market was shown to be back to being a single market on a Thursday.
This was also a time when Casual Traders would wait by the Bus Shelters to see if any of the regular traders failed to turn up at which point a first come first served system came into operation with allocating a stall for that week.
On the 11 August 1977, the BBC filmed a feature on Sandbach Market.
The Market also celebrated the Queen’s Silver Jubilee with a special Market with stall holders dressing up for the occasion with a snake charmer, female American Indian fire eater and other entertainment.
With the 400th anniversary of the original charter for the market the traders under the Town Council’s initiative held a Tudor Market on the 3 to the 5 May 1979. This soon became an annual event with traders dressing up in Tudor or Elizabethan costumes and events were staged with entertainers joining in the spirit of the event. BBC Radio Stoke and Signal Radio broadcast at various times from the Market with presenters also joining in with costumes.
In 1984, the Elizabethan Market also included a selection of Morris Dancers who danced on the market square and paraded through the high street.
On the 6 May 1985, the renamed “Elizabethan Market” was the subject of a Children’s Saturday Morning programme called the “Saturday Picture Show” with presenters Maggie Philbin and Mark Curry (Later Blue Peter Presenter) filming features with local traders, artists and even a snake.
The 1986 Elizabethan Market also included the appearance of a real brown bear, a magician and the Morris dancers who were by now performing in the new Penda Way Precinct behind the Crown Public House. The area by the Masonic Hall was also made available for a Kiddies Bike Ride area with small motorbikes.
Times were changing and so were the traders who felt reluctant to join in the spirit of the Elizabethan Market with token items on their stalls relating to the events and as for the costumes they became less and less visible until only one trader dressed up for a Thursday Market and by lunchtime he had changed back into his normal clothes.
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In 1984, a list of Stall Holders was published in a promotion leaflet for Sandbach and shows some of the stalls that attended the town’s Market at this time.
Marion Mitchell (Green Grocer / Fruit and Veg)
INSIDE TOWN HALL
B Bate (1984) (Readymade and Crushed Velvet Curtains)
Mrs T Strickland (1984) (British and Oriental Crafts and Clothes)
R and M Legg (1984) (Salad, flowers and pot plants)
The Banner Stall (Men’s Shirts, Children’s wear)
The Card Stall (1984) (Cards for all occasions, Jewellery and Key Cutting)
Joans Printing (1984) (Individual Printed T Shirts)
Josies (1984) the MARKET HALL CAFÉ (Hot and Cold Meals)
Leese Bros (1984) (Top Quality Butcher)
D and H Lainton (1984) (Cheese and Dairy requirements)
The Candy Stall (1984) (Sweets and Novelty Chocolates)
W Richardson (1984) (Lobster, Crab, Prawns and all fresh fish)
R F and V Walker (1984) (Quality meats and bacon)
G B Pet Care (1984) (Pet goods and food)
OUTSIDE MARKET STALLS
Mr and Mrs A T Capey (1984) (Men’s and Children’s Wear and Blazers)
Mr and Mrs Jones (1984) (Foam Products, Oil, Cloth and Chamois)
Dennis Pemberton (1984) (General Everything)
Eric Clark (1984) (China, Pottery and Stone wear)
Hart Brothers (1984) (Bulbs, Plants and Flowers)
Michael Faust (1984) (Ladies coats, raincoats and casual wear)
Carol Faust (1984) (High Class ladies suits, dresses, skirts and blouses)
George and Joan (1984) (Top quality dress fabric)
G Wood (1984) (Curtain and upholstery velvets)
Michaels (1984) (Children’s Ladies and Gents wear)
James Dixon Carpets Limited (Est 37 years in 1984) (Carpets, Rugs, Kitchen Vinyl and Table Felts)
Mellors (1984) (All Types of Covers, Seat Covers, Cushions and loose covers)
Barry Allen (1984) (Top quality velvets, velvet curtains, screen prints and dralons)
Bill Johnson (1984) (Lamps and lampshades with all cotton curtains to match)
R Bostock (1984) (Vacuum and washer spares)
Poniznik (1984) (Mail order surplus and clearance lines)
J and M Nield (1984) (Stretch covers, zipped cushion covers and foam)
Michael Harris (1984) (Wallpaper requirements)
Frank Bellstone (1984) (Children’s wear and hosiery)
Taylor International Tools (1984) (Hand and Garden Tools)
Monty (1984) (Chain Store seconds for all the family)
Tinsleys (1984) (Best quality Fresh Fruit and vegetables)
Nixons (1984) (Ladies and Gents underwear and thermal)
Eddy Kay (1984) (Sheepskins, Fur, Leather and Lambskin Coats)
Lees (1984) (Ladies and Gent’s underwear, nightwear and hosiery)
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By the 1990’s it had again expanded to a two-day market with a smaller market being held on a Saturday with mainly stalls inside the Town Hall on a regular basis.
On the 12 June 2010, a Farmer’s Market was added to the Market Square on the Second Saturday of the month with a “Saxon” or Artisan Style market being added for the 4th Saturday from the 27 Apr 2013.
In 2011, Cheshire East asked local Town Councils to take over some of the assets in their area including the Town Hall’s and Markets. Sandbach decided that taking on the Market on a permanent basis would be a good idea and started to promote and improve the facility.
On the 2 December 2012, Cllr Carolyn Lowe started a “Christmas Street Market and Late-Night Shopping” event starting at 4.30pm to encourage more people to come to the town and to see the facilities Sandbach Market has as well as bringing in speciality stalls to make Christmas a special occasion in the town with an event that compliments the Light Switch on held on another night.
Choirs singing around the Christmas Tree, Bell Ringers, a Brass Band, Best Dressed Festive Character competition (Judged by the Mayor) and Santa in his Grotto were some of the attractions with stalls in the Town Hall Market, Down the Main Street and at the Market Square this was a successful event which was duplicated on the 30 November 2012 with the addition of a Best Dressed Trader and the results of the “Best Dressed Shop Window Display” Competition which the Town Council had taken over from the STAR organisation who between 2010 and 2011 had reintroduced the competition.
In 2014, the Artisan Market was closed and amalgamated into the Farmers Market and on the 11 April 2015 instead of the Town Council running the market a new company called “Makers Market” were brought in to organise the stalls and publicity for the monthly Saturday market.
Makers Market also run stalls at Middlewich (Last Saturday of the Month which stopped in 2017), Cheadle (1st Saturday), Knutsford (1st Sunday of the Month) and Didsbury (Last Sunday of the Month).
On the 4 December 2015, the annual Christmas Market took place with a special guest “Tears for Fears”, original drummer Manny Elias and his actress wife Deborah Bouchard (Coronation Street extra 2007, Emmerdale extra) who sold “Bongo’s Chilli”.
By March 2016, Sandbach Town Council had proposed a redevelopment of the Market Hall with the instillation of a second floor which would house the offices of the Council that would move from the Literary Institute. The plans involved spending vast sums of money to alter the fabric of the GRADE 2 listed building with the closure of the area for a number of months while building work took place.
Sandbach Town Council had given four options which the people of the town had to choose between in a questionnaire which was sent out to houses on the 21 March 2016 with a stand at the Makers Market on the 9 April 2016 for Councillors to explain the proposals in more detail. However, the option to leave the building alone and improve the facilities and publicity for the indoor market seems to have been left off the list in the leaflet. Rightly the stall holders were not pleased with the ideas and expressed their opinions at a meeting on the 17 March 2016 about the future of the Town Hall building and started putting together a petition to oppose the plans and keep the Market open. Customers on the Saturday following the meeting were also outraged at the proposals to change the indoor market and when news of the changes hit Facebook the town exploded in a wave of opposition to the waste of money. On the 13 May 2016, the results of the questionnaire were released despite its bias towards the Council’s plans and was immediately condemned by all the members of the public who attended the meeting.
Various heated meetings then followed between public, traders and Council and eventually the Sandbach Town Council decided that it would not be worth the aggravation to implement the changes and they were dropped. A further meeting on the 6 June 2016, between the Council, public and traders was held to put forward proposals to save the Market and by late 2017 plans had been drawn up to improve the facilities within the hall and to redesign the stalls to make them into a more attractive area.
Plans were put forward for the improved look to the market in October 2017 by architects David Trowler Associates with work starting on the outside of the building during the beginning of May with Scaffolding being placed inside the Market Hall on the 20 May 2018 allowing work to start painting the ceiling and altering the electrics above the stalls.
Repairs to the tiled flooring took place from the 16 – 18 May 2018, with Baby Changing facilities and Toilet improvements being made outside the main hall with alterations to the Market continuing from the 7 May 2018 to the 5 July 2018 (44 Days) with the instillation of new glass canopies on top of the side stalls from the 16th June to the 5th July 2018, New signage added from the 2nd to the 4th July 2018 and the lobbies next to the doors being improved between the 4th to the 29th June 2018 with new picture shutters being added to the side stalls that will include scenes of old Sandbach supplied by local historians.
Work was completed with a hand over between the 6 – 7 July 2018 and then a new era will begin for this historic building.
On Thursday the 26 July 2018, Sandbach Town Council held the official opening of the renovated Market Hall at 2pm with various events taking place on the following Thursdays to help promote the new building improvements.
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3. Sandbach Market History
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© Stewart Green 2017 (2018 update).
There has been a Market in the town since it was granted a Royal Charter in 1579 by Queen Elizabeth 1st.
A charter granted by Queen Elizabeth 1st to the town a market in 1578 on application by Sir John Radcliffe, of Ordsell, in Lancashire. It would come into force in 1579.
On the 4th May 1579 Sir John Radcliffe of Ordsall (In Lancashire) applied to hold “Fairs and Markets” in Sandbach from Queen Elizabeth 1st. The charter was granted and so the market would be held on Thursday with two fairs each year being held.
The Market Charter allows for Two Fairs to be held on the Thursday and Friday before the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (8 September) with the other Fair of the 1579 Charter to held on the Tuesday and Wednesday in Easter week.
In 1879 the market moved from the Market Square to the Common when the Rt. Hon. Hungerford, Lord Crewe gave the land to the town along with the perpetual rights to all market tolls. He also gave the site for the Town Hall at the same time.
On the 15 March 1882, Annie Hill was sentenced to 3 months hard labour after being convicted of Pick Pocketing at Sandbach Market.
However pictures from 1888 show that the market had moved back to the Market Square and in 1890 the new Town Hall and Market Hall was opened in the centre of the town.
In 1889, the Rt Hon. Hungerford, Lord Crewe of Crewe Hall donated the land for the new building of a Town Hall and Market Hall, along with the right to all Market tolls.
The foundation stone was laid on the 2 July 1889 and was designed by the architect Thomas Bower of Nantwich who was in charge of overseeing the project and who used locally built bricks made at the Ancient Britain yard in Congleton Road with construction of the building by John Stringer.
(Some books say that Sir George Gilbert Scott designed building but it is more likely that he was the architect of the 1888 -1891 building -2nd Town Hall)
The cost of the Market Hall and Town Hall was £5,000.
Mrs Jane Court of Wheelock House presented the Main Clock, with Gas illuminations in memory of her relatives the Peover family who owned the house that had been below the tower.
When the hall was completed Lord Crewe erected at his own expense the two statues either side of the main entrance (Above the doors). One is named "Bigot", he was the first Norman who held the manor of Sandbach, under Hugh Lupus, the Earl of Chester and the nephew of William the Conqueror.
The Second statue is that of Sir Randulph Crewe, Sergeant-at-law, an ancestor of Lord Crewe who lived in the reign of King James 1 (Accession 1603 - 1625). He bought the manor of Sandbach from John Radcliffe and became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He built Crewe Hall about 1620.
In October 1890 the Town Hall and Market Hall was officially opened.
By 1890, in the book “History of Sandbach Co. Chester” by J.P. Earwaker” (Only 250 copies printed with 100 to be given away as Presentation copies) the fairs were held on the Tuesday of Easter Week and the first Thursday after the 12 September and on the 28th of December each year.
Both of these dates have long since been abandoned with the Wakes week being held on the first Thursday after the 12th of September. This date has again largely had been replaced with a fair on the Friday to Wednesday of a week in September and by the 21st Century had been moved again to a Friday to the following Tuesday in Wakes Week (September).
The traditional market at this time continued from 1578 with one being held every Thursday on the Market Square (Where the Saxon Crosses now stand).
On the 1st of December 1890 under the “Seal of the Sandbach Local Board of Health” a list of Tolls was published and still hangs at the back entrance to the Market Hall.
SANDBACH MARKET
TABLE OF TOLLS LEVIABLE
IN THE MARKET BELONGING TO THE SANDBACH LOCAL BOARD, ACTING AS THE URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.
POULTRY AND PIGS
For any number of fowles or pigs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket not exceeding 17 inches in length and 14 inches in width, the sum of 1d.
For any number of fowles or pigs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket or hamper not exceeding 2 feet 6 inches in length and 2 feet in width, the sum of 2d.
For any number of fowles or pigs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket or hamper exceeding 2 feet 6 inches in length and 2 feet in width, the sum of 3d.
For every turkey, goose, or pig brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale otherwise than in a basket, hamper, or other similar receptacle the sum of 1d.
For every fowl brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale otherwise than in a basket, hamper, or other similar receptacle the sum of ½d.
EGGS AND BUTTER
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket not exceeding 17 inches in length and 14 inches in width, the sum of 1d.
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket not exceeding 2 feet 6 inches in length and 2 feet in width, the sum of 2d.
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a box exceeding 2 feet and not exceeding 3 feet in length, the sum of 4d.
For any quantity of butter or for any number of eggs brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a box exceeding 4 feet and not exceeding 5 feet in length, the sum of 6d.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
For any quantity of fruit or vegetables brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a basket, bag, hamper, pannier, cask or box not exceeding 17 inches in length and 14 inches in width, the sum of 1d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by two horses, the sum of 9d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by one horse, the sum of 6d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by one ass or mule, the sum of 4d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a cart drawn by two asses or mules, the sum of 6d.
For any quantity of vegetables, fruit, or agricultural produce brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, in a waggon, the sum of 1s.
For every score of live turkeys or geese brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 6d.
For every score of live ducks brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 3d.
For every calf, sheep, lamb or goat brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of ½d.
For every gig, carriage, cart, or other vehicle brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 6d.
For every horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 4d.
For every cow, bull, ox, or heifer brought into the market or sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 2d.
For every ass or mule brought into the market for sale or exposure for sale, the sum of 1d.
(d= Pence / s = Shilling)
1890 Prices
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By 1893, Sandbach has a Waggonette coming into the town on a Thursday at 1pm and returning from the Wheat sheaf at 5.30pm especially for people to visit the Market.
In 1902 the Town and Market Hall was looked after by John Wood (Keeper) and by 1914 Jessie Wood was “Hallkeeper”.
In 1908, at the Petty Sessions in Sandbach on the 29 July 1908 Sarah Basford of Goostry was fined 2 shillings (2/-) for cruelty to fowls after six were discovered in a confined small basket with their legs tied together when they were taken to Sandbach Market.
In recent times by 1914 (Kelly’s directory) a Saturday Market has been added to the inside of the Town Hall along with stalls for Thursday (Not in the original Charter).
In the local newspaper of the 15 June 1916 they announced that the price of potatoes had raised from 10/- per cwt to 12/- per cwt. But by the 6 July 1916, the price had increased so high that the paper reported that there was a big drop in the price to 20/- per cwt.
At this time the market was on the Market Square by the Saxon Crosses where it stayed until 1920 when it moved to Scotch Common with a wholesale market replacing it on the Market Square.
The Tamworth Herald announced in its 14 October 1922 edition that Lord Crewe had donated the historic lands in Sandbach to the town including Scotch Common and the Market Tolls which was worth about £1,000 a year. He had owned the land around Scotch Common and Tolls for the outside Market had been paid to Lord Crewe. In 1889, the Rt Hon. Hungerford, Lord Crewe of Crewe Hall had donated the land for the new Town Hall and Market Hall with the tolls from the hall being paid to the town but now the rights to the outdoor market were also given to the town. Between the 4-7 September 1917, Lord Crewe sold off most of his land and buildings in Sandbach to pay off debts and is a possible reason for his generosity to not pay as much tax on his earnings.
In 1955 the Wholesale Market finished on the Market Square leaving only the general market on Scotch Common.
When Cyril Massey wrote his book “History of Sandbach and District” in 1958 he describes the market thus – “The Market proved a great success and hundreds of people attended from the Potteries, Crewe and the surrounding countryside. The Market was formally held on the Market Square, where the Crosses stand, but today there are the Market Hall, Market Ground and Scotch Common. The Market Square is the scene of the wholesale market of farm produce”.
By the 1960’s the Market had grown to cover the whole area including the smaller car park.
When the Borough of Congleton produced a booklet in the late 1970’s the market was shown to be back to being a single market on a Thursday.
This was also a time when Casual Traders would wait by the Bus Shelters to see if any of the regular traders failed to turn up at which point a first come first served system came into operation with allocating a stall for that week.
On the 11 August 1977, the BBC filmed a feature on Sandbach Market.
The Market also celebrated the Queen’s Silver Jubilee with a special Market with stall holders dressing up for the occasion with a snake charmer, female American Indian fire eater and other entertainment.
With the 400th anniversary of the original charter for the market the traders under the Town Council’s initiative held a Tudor Market on the 3 to the 5 May 1979. This soon became an annual event with traders dressing up in Tudor or Elizabethan costumes and events were staged with entertainers joining in the spirit of the event. BBC Radio Stoke and Signal Radio broadcast at various times from the Market with presenters also joining in with costumes.
In 1984, the Elizabethan Market also included a selection of Morris Dancers who danced on the market square and paraded through the high street.
On the 6 May 1985, the renamed “Elizabethan Market” was the subject of a Children’s Saturday Morning programme called the “Saturday Picture Show” with presenters Maggie Philbin and Mark Curry (Later Blue Peter Presenter) filming features with local traders, artists and even a snake.
The 1986 Elizabethan Market also included the appearance of a real brown bear, a magician and the Morris dancers who were by now performing in the new Penda Way Precinct behind the Crown Public House. The area by the Masonic Hall was also made available for a Kiddies Bike Ride area with small motorbikes.
Times were changing and so were the traders who felt reluctant to join in the spirit of the Elizabethan Market with token items on their stalls relating to the events and as for the costumes they became less and less visible until only one trader dressed up for a Thursday Market and by lunchtime he had changed back into his normal clothes.
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In 1984, a list of Stall Holders was published in a promotion leaflet for Sandbach and shows some of the stalls that attended the town’s Market at this time.
Marion Mitchell (Green Grocer / Fruit and Veg)
INSIDE TOWN HALL
B Bate (1984) (Readymade and Crushed Velvet Curtains)
Mrs T Strickland (1984) (British and Oriental Crafts and Clothes)
R and M Legg (1984) (Salad, flowers and pot plants)
The Banner Stall (Men’s Shirts, Children’s wear)
The Card Stall (1984) (Cards for all occasions, Jewellery and Key Cutting)
Joans Printing (1984) (Individual Printed T Shirts)
Josies (1984) the MARKET HALL CAFÉ (Hot and Cold Meals)
Leese Bros (1984) (Top Quality Butcher)
D and H Lainton (1984) (Cheese and Dairy requirements)
The Candy Stall (1984) (Sweets and Novelty Chocolates)
W Richardson (1984) (Lobster, Crab, Prawns and all fresh fish)
R F and V Walker (1984) (Quality meats and bacon)
G B Pet Care (1984) (Pet goods and food)
OUTSIDE MARKET STALLS
Mr and Mrs A T Capey (1984) (Men’s and Children’s Wear and Blazers)
Mr and Mrs Jones (1984) (Foam Products, Oil, Cloth and Chamois)
Dennis Pemberton (1984) (General Everything)
Eric Clark (1984) (China, Pottery and Stone wear)
Hart Brothers (1984) (Bulbs, Plants and Flowers)
Michael Faust (1984) (Ladies coats, raincoats and casual wear)
Carol Faust (1984) (High Class ladies suits, dresses, skirts and blouses)
George and Joan (1984) (Top quality dress fabric)
G Wood (1984) (Curtain and upholstery velvets)
Michaels (1984) (Children’s Ladies and Gents wear)
James Dixon Carpets Limited (Est 37 years in 1984) (Carpets, Rugs, Kitchen Vinyl and Table Felts)
Mellors (1984) (All Types of Covers, Seat Covers, Cushions and loose covers)
Barry Allen (1984) (Top quality velvets, velvet curtains, screen prints and dralons)
Bill Johnson (1984) (Lamps and lampshades with all cotton curtains to match)
R Bostock (1984) (Vacuum and washer spares)
Poniznik (1984) (Mail order surplus and clearance lines)
J and M Nield (1984) (Stretch covers, zipped cushion covers and foam)
Michael Harris (1984) (Wallpaper requirements)
Frank Bellstone (1984) (Children’s wear and hosiery)
Taylor International Tools (1984) (Hand and Garden Tools)
Monty (1984) (Chain Store seconds for all the family)
Tinsleys (1984) (Best quality Fresh Fruit and vegetables)
Nixons (1984) (Ladies and Gents underwear and thermal)
Eddy Kay (1984) (Sheepskins, Fur, Leather and Lambskin Coats)
Lees (1984) (Ladies and Gent’s underwear, nightwear and hosiery)
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By the 1990’s it had again expanded to a two-day market with a smaller market being held on a Saturday with mainly stalls inside the Town Hall on a regular basis.
On the 12 June 2010, a Farmer’s Market was added to the Market Square on the Second Saturday of the month with a “Saxon” or Artisan Style market being added for the 4th Saturday from the 27 Apr 2013.
In 2011, Cheshire East asked local Town Councils to take over some of the assets in their area including the Town Hall’s and Markets. Sandbach decided that taking on the Market on a permanent basis would be a good idea and started to promote and improve the facility.
On the 2 December 2012, Cllr Carolyn Lowe started a “Christmas Street Market and Late-Night Shopping” event starting at 4.30pm to encourage more people to come to the town and to see the facilities Sandbach Market has as well as bringing in speciality stalls to make Christmas a special occasion in the town with an event that compliments the Light Switch on held on another night.
Choirs singing around the Christmas Tree, Bell Ringers, a Brass Band, Best Dressed Festive Character competition (Judged by the Mayor) and Santa in his Grotto were some of the attractions with stalls in the Town Hall Market, Down the Main Street and at the Market Square this was a successful event which was duplicated on the 30 November 2012 with the addition of a Best Dressed Trader and the results of the “Best Dressed Shop Window Display” Competition which the Town Council had taken over from the STAR organisation who between 2010 and 2011 had reintroduced the competition.
In 2014, the Artisan Market was closed and amalgamated into the Farmers Market and on the 11 April 2015 instead of the Town Council running the market a new company called “Makers Market” were brought in to organise the stalls and publicity for the monthly Saturday market.
Makers Market also run stalls at Middlewich (Last Saturday of the Month which stopped in 2017), Cheadle (1st Saturday), Knutsford (1st Sunday of the Month) and Didsbury (Last Sunday of the Month).
On the 4 December 2015, the annual Christmas Market took place with a special guest “Tears for Fears”, original drummer Manny Elias and his actress wife Deborah Bouchard (Coronation Street extra 2007, Emmerdale extra) who sold “Bongo’s Chilli”.
By March 2016, Sandbach Town Council had proposed a redevelopment of the Market Hall with the instillation of a second floor which would house the offices of the Council that would move from the Literary Institute. The plans involved spending vast sums of money to alter the fabric of the GRADE 2 listed building with the closure of the area for a number of months while building work took place.
Sandbach Town Council had given four options which the people of the town had to choose between in a questionnaire which was sent out to houses on the 21 March 2016 with a stand at the Makers Market on the 9 April 2016 for Councillors to explain the proposals in more detail. However, the option to leave the building alone and improve the facilities and publicity for the indoor market seems to have been left off the list in the leaflet. Rightly the stall holders were not pleased with the ideas and expressed their opinions at a meeting on the 17 March 2016 about the future of the Town Hall building and started putting together a petition to oppose the plans and keep the Market open. Customers on the Saturday following the meeting were also outraged at the proposals to change the indoor market and when news of the changes hit Facebook the town exploded in a wave of opposition to the waste of money. On the 13 May 2016, the results of the questionnaire were released despite its bias towards the Council’s plans and was immediately condemned by all the members of the public who attended the meeting.
Various heated meetings then followed between public, traders and Council and eventually the Sandbach Town Council decided that it would not be worth the aggravation to implement the changes and they were dropped. A further meeting on the 6 June 2016, between the Council, public and traders was held to put forward proposals to save the Market and by late 2017 plans had been drawn up to improve the facilities within the hall and to redesign the stalls to make them into a more attractive area.
Plans were put forward for the improved look to the market in October 2017 by architects David Trowler Associates with work starting on the outside of the building during the beginning of May with Scaffolding being placed inside the Market Hall on the 20 May 2018 allowing work to start painting the ceiling and altering the electrics above the stalls.
Repairs to the tiled flooring took place from the 16 – 18 May 2018, with Baby Changing facilities and Toilet improvements being made outside the main hall with alterations to the Market continuing from the 7 May 2018 to the 5 July 2018 (44 Days) with the instillation of new glass canopies on top of the side stalls from the 16th June to the 5th July 2018, New signage added from the 2nd to the 4th July 2018 and the lobbies next to the doors being improved between the 4th to the 29th June 2018 with new picture shutters being added to the side stalls that will include scenes of old Sandbach supplied by local historians.
Work was completed with a hand over between the 6 – 7 July 2018 and then a new era will begin for this historic building.
On Thursday the 26 July 2018, Sandbach Town Council held the official opening of the renovated Market Hall at 2pm with various events taking place on the following Thursdays to help promote the new building improvements.
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5. REGULAR EVENTS
Alternate 1st Sunday in the month = RECORD FAIR and MEMORABILIA at Sandbach Indoor Market, Town Hall.
Organised by Backtrax music (Saturday Indoor Market)
TIME 10am to 4pm
TICKETS Free
CONTACT 07535710821
Alternate 1st Sunday in the month = GIFT AND CRAFT FAIR at Sandbach Market Hall
TIME 10am to 3pm
TICKETS Free
CONTACT Helen 07788491394
EMAIL [email protected]
3rd Wednesday in Month = ANTIQUES MARKET AT SANDBACH MARKET HALL
TIME 9am to 3pm
TICKETS Free
CONTACT Elephant Promotions 07947271947 (Bookings)
/ 07305932373 (Enquiries)
WEBSITE www.elephant_promotions.com
Alternate 1st Sunday in the month = RECORD FAIR and MEMORABILIA at Sandbach Indoor Market, Town Hall.
Organised by Backtrax music (Saturday Indoor Market)
TIME 10am to 4pm
TICKETS Free
CONTACT 07535710821
Alternate 1st Sunday in the month = GIFT AND CRAFT FAIR at Sandbach Market Hall
TIME 10am to 3pm
TICKETS Free
CONTACT Helen 07788491394
EMAIL [email protected]
3rd Wednesday in Month = ANTIQUES MARKET AT SANDBACH MARKET HALL
TIME 9am to 3pm
TICKETS Free
CONTACT Elephant Promotions 07947271947 (Bookings)
/ 07305932373 (Enquiries)
WEBSITE www.elephant_promotions.com