Newbury Market Commemorative Plaque Options

[Simon Kirby]

Newbury Town Council is this week to unveil a commemorative plaque to the Town Market.

[Turin Machine]

Newbury Town Council is this week to unveil a commemorative plaque to the Town Market.

Ahh, the lone voice!

[On the edge]

Ahh, the lone voice!

Which, the customer or the stall holder?

I have to say, it's rather a weird - laying down a memorial stone. Normally, that's only done when the subject is dead! It suggests to me that NTC have given up on the market, after all in reality it represents Newbury's market town status about as well as the Museum represents it's history.

Nonetheless, a strange thing to do, didn't see any mention in manifestos or press releases. I haven't heard any campaigning for such a thing either. These things don't come cheap, so presumably the age of austerity and cuts is well over.

Perhaps we could have another stone immediately in front of the town hall 'Here sat the Town Council - dead, but it won't lie down'.

[CrackerJack]

Cllr Dave Goff, Leader of the Town Council, said: “The Market is an integral part of
Newbury. You can always find something a little bit different and it’s a much more personal
way to shop. I would encourage everyone to rediscover their local Market and see what’s on
offer.”

Knock-off cheap t-shirts, a meat van, a couple of fruit & veg stalls and somebody willing to unlock your stolen phone... yes it's remarkably different from many other markets around the country.... Well worth preserving. The plaque presumably comes with the "Here lieth Newbury Charter Market. Born 1596" Will it also show the year of it's demise and a nice 'RIP'?