With livelihoods snatched away at their busiest time of the year - market traders in Bury are in limbo
Dozens of traders are still burdened by uncertainty with nowhere to trade more than a week after the sudden closure of Bury’s indoor market. At around 5pm on Thursday, October 26, Bury Council ordered the immediate closure of the building, following surveys which showed the existence of RAAC which had been used in the construction of the building in 1971.
She says working there ‘is all I’ve ever known’. She said: “I’m distraught, I just feel desperate. All the work I’ve put into to my salon to get it going and I’ve had to take it all down because the roof’s unsafe. “It’s touched me the support I’ve had. Many of my clients have said to me ‘don’t worry love – I’m not going anywhere else’. But it’s eight weeks to Christmas, my busiest time and I feel like I’m letting people down. I just want to get back to doing what I love.”
“The rest of my business comes from being part of the indoor market – so that trade is all gone. With the shutters down at the back and people not coming from the indoor market I’m cut off. “I’ve many friends on the stalls who I chat to and it’s heartbreaking not to see them this week and for them to have this disruption. I hope folk in Bury will rally round them. They deserve our support as the market is something to be proud of.”
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