Located in the heart of one of Liverpool's most famous parks, the city's newest market in Stanley Park sells a wide range of products.
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00:00Morning. Morning. You're all right. Good customers who are on me.
00:06Located in the heart of one of the city's most famous and beautiful parks,
00:11the city's newest market in Stanley Park sells a wide range of products.
00:15We're going to go around today and take a look.
00:18I love markets. I love the market vibe. I love to be in outdoors.
00:22I love the sense of community.
00:24I love the fact that traders, in theory, are all in competition with each other.
00:29But we absolutely support each other.
00:31Have a little look around. These people are all out, having a nice day out,
00:36walking around, getting a couple of bargains and having a little laugh with the traders and you too.
00:42Operating on Wednesdays between late March and December,
00:46the weekly market hosts up to 100 stalls.
00:49Visitors can expect a local feel with a big welcome for all.
00:53They almost appear in the morning, disappear at the end of the day.
00:57But I think it's just that the sense of community, it brings people together.
01:02And they're very old. It's a very old way of dealing with things.
01:05There's nothing fancy.
01:09Everyone's sort of make-do and end and putting things together.
01:12People are just trying to get by.
01:14If you're wondering exactly where it is, the market's located at the top end of the large Stanley Park car park,
01:20next to the Anfield Roadstand of Anfield Stadium, the home, of course, of Liverpool Football Club.
01:26Due to its proximity to the home of the Reds and the Blues,
01:29it's important to mention the market does not operate when Liverpool Football Club or Everton Football Club has a match scheduled that night.
01:36What's not to enjoy? We're outside. It's sunny. It's a glorious day.
01:41We've got loads of people walking around. We've got the two football grounds here.
01:45This should be on the tourist information boards, absolutely.
01:49This may be the city's nearest market, but a lot of the stallholders here have been working at markets around the city for decades.
01:57So my granddad started it about 60 years ago, and then my dad recently retired, so then I'm doing it now.
02:05Always selling rugs as well, so yeah, it's been a long time.
02:09If this turns out to be like Race Home Street, it'll be well good, because Race Home Street is not only a marvellous,
02:17it's a place where people come, and it's a social environment.
02:21I think a market like this is important because they're all small businesses, you know, supporting local people.
02:28I think the majority of the traders are all, you know, from Liverpool or surrounding areas, so I think that's super important.
02:35Liverpool's early development as a major port city in the 18th and 19th centuries was closely linked to its market culture.
02:41Markets were the central hub where goods arriving at the docks were sold and distributed,
02:45and as a multicultural city, markets serve as a cultural bridges between communities.
02:51And it's great, it's great, and it's a great leveller as well.
02:55You know, don't come with your ears and graces, because no one's interested, you're on a market, mate.
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