“All the months are crude experiments, out of which the perfect September is made.” — Virginia Woolf

Dear Friends,

I can’t believe we only had one month off for the summer – it seems like ages since we last had a market!  August always seems short while it’s happening, but an age in retrospect….I hope you all enjoyed some sort of holiday and are feeling refreshed.

Andrew Riley will be continuing with his excellent Watercolour classes at all our Markets – do come and try it out, Andrew is a great teacher (and yes, I have participated, so I speak from experience, and hope to do the class again if I ever get any respite from my potting addiction!)

We will, as usual, have an excellent variety of food on sale: Lucy will be here with her delicious savouries and soups, Joel and Elca with their famous local Honey, Lanre with his mouth-watering Chilli products and Philip with his home roasted coffee.  Sadly, Louise is not available to sell at the market for a while, but we are delighted to welcome back Vanessa and Marion (Cousins and Crumbs) who will be our regular cake sellers following their debut in July.  I don’t know if it’s going to be too cold for their icecream – I hope not, I had some at the last month and it was really good.!

You’ll be pleased to hear that Jane and her gorgeous silver jewellery will be there, as well as a return from a favourite artist: Jane Young.  Kate Porte and her beautifully curated cards too  -who doesn’t need a spare Birthday Card?  Ruby and Debra will be presenting their cute textiles, knitting and crochet, and Patricia will join with her South American inspired products.  

Jean will present her son’s leather and wooden goods, and Joanna her fragrant candles and diffusers.   And there will be a whole plethora of fun vintage goods this month, from John R, our ‘Outside Man’ to the Eglinton Hill Bird Sanctuary’s wonderfully colourful clothes by way of Sue’s teacups, Priscilla’s books and Anne’s cornucopia of curiosities.  We have two newcomers to welcome to our market: Frankie and Jenny.  I am really looking forward to meeting them and seeing what hand made good they bring to the market.  It’s always nice to know we are growing and more people are discovering us.  Let’s not stop here – do tell your friends about us, and maybe meet them here for a cheeky coffee, cake and a chat.

We welcome back Duncan, who’s bee hotels and bird feeders will be at the front of the hall, and young Shane, with his handmade bits and pieces, and of course Anne Marie will be available for massage from midday, and the multi-talented Bozena will be there for face-painting as well as selling her pretty precious stones jewellery.  I’m really looking forward to the September opportunity for catching up with market friends and visitors

Kirsty (Market Organiser)