Pudsey Market

[Trojan]

sirjohn wrote: doesn't the sign on the ring road for "Pudsey - Historic Market Town" kinda give it away? Well it says the same on the A653 at the turn for Morley. Of course Morley does have a thriving market. I've wondered about the term "historic" does it mean historic in the sense that York is historic, or historic in the sense that there used to be an independent town called Morley (or Pudsey or Otley) but now it's part of Leeds?

[sundowner]

stutterdog wrote: sundowner wrote: Trojan wrote: sundowner wrote: Trojan wrote: I was in Pudsey last night. I noticed that there appeared to be open air market stalls - how long has there been a market in Pudsey? There certainly wasn't one when I went to college there - admittedly a long time since. Hi Trojan i have lived in Pudsey for about thirty five years there has always been a market there.It has been refurbished in the last twelve months but Pudsey market has been on the go for two or three hundred years opens tuesdays fridays saturdays plus a farmers market on the last thursday of the every month.     But it was 1961 when I went to college there. I'm not saying it wasn't there, I'm saying I'd never noticed it until last night. Hi Trojan Pudsey market is like many markets its on the decline its a shame but people dont seem to go to markets like they used to. There is a fruit and veg stall on there great prices and it does not look like it was grown in a mold if you know what i mean.Its not normal for every thing to be the same size the problem lies in the fact that people tend to buy every thing from one place and that is the supermarket they think every thing is cheap from there not so you can get a far better deal from a market stall or fruit shop.Look at me getting on my high horse you can see how i feel about supermarkets they are killing the small trader when they have managed to do this you will see there prices go up and up Here endeth the first lesson. The trouble with the market in Pudsey is ,it's hidden away in that tiny little square.Any visitor to Pudsey would not know it was there! It was better when it was where the car park and bus stops are.Thats where it should be! Look at Otley and Skipton markets .They are on show and on the streets! I agree with you the only reason the market moved to the car park was so they could give the old market place a makeover it would be far better to have it in the small car park. The trouble is there are plans to extend the bus station this would mean takeing over the car park to make way for the new bus station.So we are in a no win situation.

[sirjohn]

From Wikipedia - so probably all made up but it seems to make sense:"Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing them from villages and cities. A town may be correctly described as a market town or as having market rights even if it no longer holds a market, provided the right to do so still exists.The English Monarchy set in place a system of limits whereby a new market town could not be established within a certain traveling distance of an existing market town. This limit was usually a day's worth of traveling to and from the market, and buying or selling goods. If the travel time exceeded this standard, a new market town could be established in that locale. As a result of this limit, market towns often petitioned the Monarch to close down the illegal market of another town. The distances are still law in England today, but other markets can be held provided that they are licensed by the holder of the Royal Charter which tends nowadays to be the local Town Council. Failing that, a licence can be granted by the Monarch."

[Si]

raveydavey wrote: simong wrote: I had a look at the council's market website yesterday to find out about the Merrion Market (it's not operated by the council of course). and as well as Kirkgate, it mentions Pudsey, Yeadon and Otley. Yeadon seems to be down to two or three stalls on a Friday now, so it's seemingly only Otley that flourishes. Don't forget it's not that long ago that there was a successful market at Seacroft, where you could buy literally everything you needed, until it got run into the ground as part of the general abandonment of the shopping centre.From recent reports it seems that Pudsey is going the same way. Clearly the council have little interest in markets - there have been 20 years of apathy towards Kirkgate market and it would have closed if they thought they'd get away with it.I was at Otley the other week though and that does seem to be doing well though. Like Pudsey market and others, even Otley market has shrunk significantly. When I moved to Otley in the late 80s, the stalls spread the length of Kirkgate on both sides of the road. Now it's just one side, and not the full length.