White Rock Theatre - Business fair, Sunday May 17th

[moonjiver]

Business, trade, craft and community fair, from 10am until 4pm. This is an eclectic, exciting mix of business, people, trade and community, from large to small, from big names to sole traders, individuals, community and charity groups. Including talks and workshops relevant for our time. Come along and see or take part (free entry). Stalls still available from £50 Business, £25 Sole Trader, £20 Community or Charity Group. Info from: June/Dawn on 07486 313437 (june.knight@btinternet.com).

[Richard]

Is this a' One off' - If so when (& time of day) is it held - or is it a regular event?

I don't want to phone June/Dawn to find out - they may well bite!!

[moonjiver]

Apologies. I copied the info from my friend (organiser of the event) without realising that date and time were quoted elsewhere! I have now edited the post.

My friend June doesn't bite, lovely person who organised a similar event in February (Azur Pavilion). It was very sussessful and she plans more of these in the future.

[moonjiver]

Thank you, Richard, for your polite response to my stupid omission! You would have been within your rights to be a bit ruder ..

I hope the edited post now gives people the basic info they need. The idea behind this event is to depart from being just the ordinary job fair, with the usual employers trying to recruit and only conventional routes back into employment offered. Some jobless and disabled people find this intimidating and instead the event aims to be more friendly and sympathetic to the community and also to encourage small entrepreneurs and others wanting to try out ideas of their own - doing selling, healing, whatever.

I will be there next Sunday doing a bit of trading, if anyone has nothing better to do that day (or wants to knock my head off maybe .. ). I'd like to see more decent quality fairs and markets around, indoors and outdoors. There are of course all the boot sales etc. and also occasional street markets (in Hastings centre and recently in Kings Road, St Leonards). but I gather that the street market rents are high and certainly the prices of the goods are high. Fine for Tunbridge Wells maybe but misjudged for poor old Hastings! Hence these street markets seem to be rather poorly attended ..

In London there is an array of terrific street markets (even in the poorest areas) which have been going for many years and where both rents and retail prices are very affordable to ordinary people. Can Hastings not learn things from this?

Moonjiver (aka Tony)