Comments on: Public meeting: time for a new Chatsworth market?

By: Barbara Baskerville

Barbara Baskerville — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:17:22 +0000

I was brought up in Powerscroft Road.. I am now seventy and live in Wales. I have assumed that the Chatsworth Road market I kne was still in existence. When did it cease?

By: Nicky

Nicky — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:16:20 +0000

I live in E5 and have my business in E8, personally I like broadway market, it provides artisan food that you cannot get locally, it does not detract from local businesses it helps them. I agree the market should be inclusive but lets not exclude local folk who appreciate specialist suppliers of products/food that cannot be found on Chatsworth Road. So many of the general stores sell identical products and junk food is available on every corner. It would be fantastic to have more diversity especially ethical food or an organic offering. I would definitely support a market that endeavored to have some specialized exciting offerings whilst still remaining accessible. The comments I have noted from local businesses is that markets will increase passing trade so lets be realistic if you don’t offer something special why will people come? Please don’t reject completely what has been a resounding and indisputable success in E8.

By: Teddie Sawyer

Teddie Sawyer — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:35:15 +0000

I lived near Broadway Market from 1980 to 1996 and saw the changes. At that time the street was like many other historic market streets in London. When you walked through the street you would be standing on beautiful granite set stones. Hackney council has stripped those stones out from almost everywhere in the Borough and you will find them on sale in garden centres for over £1 each. Later the leases on many premises were sold into the hands of a speculator.
Hackney Council is constantly in a state of crisis management and is unable to see that some of the crises have been caused by their own past policies and management practice. There is no point in demonising the Council as there is no point in poisoning the past by describing an area inhabited and used by Hackney citizens as a ‘crack alley’. In fact the drug trade in the London Fields area has become increasingly lucrative as the area has become busier and wealthier. Last year there was a gunfight by the children’s playground on London Fields between the gangs that are competing for this trade. This should serve as a warning about the nature of the broken society we are going to expect our children to manage.
Broadway market has evolved into a little bit of Fulham or Camden. It is not unique. It is attractive and useful but I have a sense of danger and edginess there like i experience in few other places in Hackney.

At the other end of Chatsworth Rd. we are in danger of being walled in by High Rise buildings that will cut the Lea VAlley in half. There is scope to turn this at Essex Wharf that could be transformed into a mixed riverside development and market not unlike CAMDEN LOCK.

ON THE SUBJECT OF MOTOR TRAFFIC.
I suggest that on a market day, movement in and out of the area be improved by the opening of the gates, for one day only, at Rushmore Rd. access Powerscroft. and Daubeney Rd. access Homerton Rd.

By: nikki wilkins

nikki wilkins — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:27:28 +0000

a market will be brilliant for our area. even if there are a few ponsy cheese stalls, so what??? look at how broadway market has transformed in such a short time from a crack alley to a vibrant street of cafes and restaurants worth visiting. i won’t be complaining if chatsworth road becomes the next london fields.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:47:55 +0000

A post office would help. Also restaurant(s) – it was amazing how many people ate at Thang Long even when the food was deteriorating just because there’s nothing else local. Good Turkish/Vietnamese/ outpost of Il Bacio would be appreciated! How can they be encouraged to open??

By: P. Teddie Sawyer

P. Teddie Sawyer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:56:24 +0000

I miss the market on Chatsworth Rd. very much. In the 70’s it seemed to be a model of how black and white people could bump along happily together. Chats Palace, also, was an amazingly productive factory of community art and good vibes in the area until it was killed through ‘rate-capping’ and the destruction of The Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority. There are people around who have persevered and deliberately worked, unpaid and often unrecognised, to sustain this spirit. New efforts to revive ‘community spirit’ are precious. Let’s work together cooperatively and consciously to keep alive a sense of local identity and well-being. The Round Chapel, (Clapton Park URC) through the ‘Round Here’ newsletter and The Community Meal has been working in a supportive way for these ideals. I regret to note that you have chosen a date for your Public Meeting which coincides with that of the Community Meal; unnecessarily forcing some of us to make a choice between two local community events.

By: Donald Fishbone

Donald Fishbone — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:53:38 +0000

Hear hear!

Broadway is full of cheese that only royalty can afford.

Bring back markets that sell broken biscuits and misshapen chocolate – that’s what residents want

By: Latifa

Latifa — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:42:27 +0000

It’s a good idea as long as it doesn’t turn out to be another ” Broadway market”, where people parade up and down and only a very few can afford be buy a measly piece of cheese.
The parking for residents and visitors should also be reviewed as it has become quite congested on the side streets where it still possible to park for free.

By: Donna Lightbown

Donna Lightbown — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:53:27 +0000

I absolutely support the development of a street market for Chatsworth Road.

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