Talk:Broadway Market
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Not sure about the Broadway Market/Easteneders connection, but I have heard several times that Fassett Square (off Graham Road, E8) was the real-life inspiration for Albert Square. Any takers?
Broadway Market only becomes a pedestrian thoroughfare on Saturdays, when the Farmer's Market is active. The rest of the time traffic can use it.
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[edit] Eastenders
I have seen/heard it mentioned a couple of times. Julia Holland the co-creator lived in the area in the 70s.
Rightly the market is in Haggerston, Dalston is further North.
An art bookshop opened there at the end of 2005 I guess confirming the area as 'the New Hoxton'.
- I've designated it as being in a non-traditional area called London Fields, reason being that the locals north of the canal do not consider that they live in either Dalston and Haggerston, but London Fields. (There is a tendency to use Dalston as a grab-all that should be resisted, I think. Don't mind Haggerston, but I don't think it'll fly.) Like your edits in general, though - I see you have been covering contemporary art too. And I have shots of the occupied cafe on the Commons and other Broadway Market stuff I will put up shortly. Tarquin Binary 15:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, the old fruit/veg market was still pretty busy in the 1970s, hence rewording... Tarquin Binary 15:54, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spirit
Hmmm. I don't think we should be speculating on whether hackney council lost Spirit's cheque or not (anyhoo it would have been Nelson Bakewell, the agents handling the sale)...there are lots of different interpretations of events and, whilst I may hold a fairly strong opinion myself ;o) none are clear or so far proven. I'd leave it at "a campaign has also gained momentum to fight the eviction of local shopkeeper Spirit, whose shop was sold to an overseas developer."
- Well, I understood they said they mislaid the bid (not the cheque). But I accept your rewording, I think I was a little POV there. Tarquin Binary 16:47, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
I wonder whether we shouldn't remove the link to Hackney Independent OR at the very least include the details of other local political parties for balance (Queensbridge is represented by 2 labour and 1 conservative councillor). Is it normal practice to include the details of local political organisations? I also wonder whether we shouldn't remove the libcom link re the occupation of Tony's cafe - it's a little out of date now and the 'official' website re the occupation has much more up-to-date and relevant information - lighterthief.
- Well, I'd favour reducing the number of links rather than bulking them up, and you're right that the official campaign site has most of what people want to know. Furthermore, there is (I think, will make sure), the Independent link is on the Hackney borough page anyway, as are all the other party links so it doesn't really need to be here. Will see to it. Tarquin Binary 14:55, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
- Incidentally, could use a small piece on the Dalston page, expanding on council plans etc. I was going to add a small section on 'old' Dalston, the German Hospital and such, so may do it while I'm there... Tarquin Binary 15:04, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Market / Gentrification, Chicken / Egg?
The second paragraph is a bit misleading
I first stumbled upon Broadway market two to three years before the Saturday market started, and tredification was already well underway. The Dove and Armadillo (already nominated for Time Out Local Restaurant of the Year several times when I first went there, and already very expensive (and very tasty!), the record and arty video shop, and that art gallery "off-broadway" were all doing a fine trade for ages before the market came....
So I would change the end of the second paragraph to something like.
Thanks largely to the number of new restaurants and boutiques which have opened in the area, the makret was revived to great success.
What do you think? User:Dan
[edit] Images
Hi
I moved the Eel & Pie image to the top of the page, and rebalanced the existing images at the bottom - I think Spirit looks smashing in the middle. I added a link to the Guardian article, as I thought it was even handed in it's explanation of events, and had a good description of the market.
I searched for a date of charter, or whatever, but didn't just want to take the material from the official website. This page does need to have some images of the saturday market, existing images give no sense of how vibrant it is.
I hope this is considered neither contraversial, nor vandalism. Kbthompson 13:39, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
I took some photos of the market today (7th Oct 2006) - they're nor particularly fantastic, but people are welcome to use these on Wikipedia if they like (I have no idea how to post pics): http://www.flickr.com/photos/lighterthief/
- Hi, lighterthief (yeah, I know how that can happen!), I've posted one of your pix, that I think looks quite good. If you want to change it, you can now follow the link to the picture page, edit the page, and load the image up under your own name. You can always experiment, and if it doesn't work, go back to the previous version. I tried to record the 'permission you gave' but that got the image quickly marked for deletion. It's currently under my name, but with an attribution to you, and a creative commons licence. I hope that is OK with you. Generally, it looks as if it is better if you can post your own pix! Kbthompson 23:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
