We are looking at what is going on within the Grainger Market this summer as they plan weekly events. We speak to stall holder to see if they think it will help with footfall in the market. So let’s take a trip to the Grainger Market in Newcastle.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Now this is something I did not expect to be doing at the Granger Market, handling a
00:18 stick insect.
00:19 But this year during the summer events are taking place every Wednesday at the Granger
00:24 Market.
00:25 The events have been very popular, the families seem to love it, we've got balloon modelling,
00:30 magic shows, things like that.
00:32 It's been very popular for the families, whether it be in free, things to do in the summer
00:36 holidays because with the weather being quite bad it gives people things to do.
00:41 With a lot of things already going on across the city, the market wanted to start something
00:46 that was accessible to everyone.
00:48 There is a hope that the events will also bring more footfall into the Granger Market
00:52 and stallholders seem to think it will as well.
00:55 Barry has been working in the market for 42 years and started his own fruit and veg stall
01:01 and he now works for another company.
01:03 But he has seen a lot of change in the market over the years and said it has its ups and
01:07 downs.
01:08 Well it did obviously recover, everything was closed in the town centre.
01:13 But it's starting to pick up, it's starting to get a bit vibing again.
01:15 The feeling isn't right yet but it will get there.
01:21 There have also been a lot of new food options added to the Granger Market and one is King
01:25 Baby Bagels.
01:27 The bagel shop is quite a new addition to the market as they arrived about two years
01:31 ago.
01:32 The owners were working full time before they opened King Baby Bagels and Gordon said it's
01:37 going great so far.
01:38 Yeah, I mean, the Granger's like, it's a bit of a funny one.
01:42 It's sort of hard to predict what week to week day to day is going to be like.
01:47 But for the most part it's always a bit busier when the weather's not gruesome, which recently
01:52 it has been.
01:53 But it's still been good, it's still good.
01:56 You kind of notice when the students go away, things like that.
02:00 It's all the standard things really that make things pick up and go down, things like that.
02:05 But overall it's just fairly steady now.
02:07 I feel like a lot more people are aware that the market's actually a lunchtime option.
02:13 So we get a lot of, we have quite a few regulars who work in town.
02:17 So we see, a lot of the time we see the same faces like two, three times a week, which
02:20 is great.
02:21 And both Barry and Gordon seem to think that the events will bring more people to the Granger
02:27 Market.
02:28 Well, the events, I mean it brings people down doesn't it?
02:32 I mean there's these reptiles in and it's brought a lot of kids down with them, parents
02:37 and that.
02:38 So it's always going to help.
02:39 But I think they are going to build a stage in there and things like that next door.
02:44 So it looks good, you know, for the future.
02:46 Oh definitely, I mean it's just sort of about getting the word out that it's actually here.
02:51 I feel like a lot of people just kind of pass by the doors and kind of like look in and
02:55 don't really know what's going on in here.
02:56 But there's loads of fantastic places in here.
02:58 You can get all sorts.
02:59 So yeah, it's just about getting the word out that it's actually here.
03:03 [BLANK_AUDIO]