Stalls are still available.
Press release follows:
For immediate release 21/08/12
Wiltshire
Farmers' Markets Association
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The first Farmers
& Artisan Market in Bradford on Avon promises to be a good one
The
first Farmers & Artisan Market in Bradford on Avon on Sunday 26th
August will run from 10.30 to 2.30pm and is shaping up nicely. The redeveloped
Lamb Yard is a striking location that feels like a continental piazza when
busy. Most of the retail and café units are now open and the wonderful range of
fresh, local food and drink at the market will swell the offering. The talented
locals, whose quality arts and crafts are sold through the Made in Bradford on
Avon shop, were the inspiration for the combined market with additional
artisans taking stalls.
“Putting the market
together has been a bit like setting up a shop” says Sue Thomson, Wiltshire
Farmers’ Markets Administrator, “an opportunity to search out some additional
products to compliment the already extensive ranges offered by our established producers,
some of whom haven’t had the chance to come to BoA before. It’s also been an
opportunity to invite some old favourites back such Fonthill Glebe Wines,
English and fruit wine producer.”
So, what else will we have
at the market? The tastiest, freshly picked vegetables including organic; strawberries;
local honey; apple juice and zingy ginger beer; delicious deep-fill meat pies;
crab, fresh fish, pates and pies – direct from the fisherman, fishing
permitting; cheeses; preserves; locally marinated olives; two bread stalls, both
baking the traditional way, one only uses flour from Shipton Mill in Tetbury; seasonal
plants; cakes, including gluten free, bakes and biscuits; chillies, spicy preserves
and mild to hot sauces. A very local producer, Woolley Park, will be bringing
their free range poultry, meat, pies, crumbles and seasonal vegetables.
Bridging between food and
artisan our local beekeeper offers honey based cosmetics, candles and beeswax to
care for your furniture alongside a herbalist offering died herbs and creams. There
will be stunning pottery to be found on the market and at Made in Bradford on
Avon which also has jewellery, paintings, photography, fascinators, handmade
stationery and stained glass. At the market you will also find handmade hand
and shoulder bags and shabby chic mirrors from probably the market’s most local
producer. Depending on the number of
stalls, the Artisan part of the market will extend through to the riverside
with its beautiful outlook across the Avon. Due to holidays some of the
artisans aren’t able to be at the market until September, so more to look
forward to.
Coffee etc, in Lamb Yard,
has tables outside so that customers can linger and soak up the atmosphere, there
will be a barbecue for meat eaters and the Cottage Co-operative Café offers
delicious vegetarian food with a peaceful garden alongside the market and an
upstairs lounge. To add to the destination feeling of the town many of the
other shops and cafés will also be open, so plenty to do and see.
Now all we need is good
weather - we’ll be there, bar tempest, but it may be a bring-your-own-sunshine day
and we’ll make sure we bring ours. We
will be running a Hamper Draw and you will be able to vote for the most
attractive stall, if it’s wet we may change that to the cheeriest stallholder.
Lamb Yard Farmers' &
Artisan Market, Bradford on Avon - last Sunday monthly from 26th
August 2012, 10.30 – 2.30 pm, initially for three months trial.
For more details contact:
WFMA, 07541 762497
Ends
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Hamper
Draw at 2.00pm
Wiltshire
Farmers' Markets is a not-for-profit Association and has been running market
throughout the county for over thirteen years.
There
is an organising committee of six producers who give their time voluntarily to
decision making for the benefit of all the markets and other producers they
serve.
Sue
Thomson is the part-time administrator and main point of contact
Made
in Bradford on Avon offers beautiful artisan products made by people from BoA
and surrounding towns.
