Altrincham Market

Altrincham Blinds Trevor Saunders Tel: 07832 108 543 Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 103 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	With experience as a blind fitter 3 years ago Trevor decided to take the leap into self employment. Opting for a market stall enables Trevor to sell a quality product without the expensive overheads of a shop. Trevor can supply and fit all types of window blinds including; vertical, venetian, roller, roman, pleated, perfect fit, wooden and roof blinds.
Aura Fancy Dress Sharon Wright Tel: 0161 928 9103 Mob: 07737837200 E: aurafancydress@yahoo.co.uk Web: www.aurafancydress.co.uk Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 89-91 Trading days: Tue & Sat, Fri 10-4pm	Sharon is a trained costume designer and previously worked at the Library Theatre in Manchester. Some of the extensive collection of fancy dress costumes you will find on the stall have been hand made by Sharon. Sharon, a market trader for 20 years, has built her fancy dress collection up over the last 10 years. The most popular costumes are probably the 70’s costumes and popstars. An Iguana is the strangest costume every requested! With costumes for hire or purchase whatever your fancy dress needs Aura Fancy Dress has a bit of everything from the cheapest masks to original Venetian masks and period costume.
Bedi's Pictures, Frames and Mirrors 'Raj' Bedi Mob: 0770 403 2220 Location: Lower Market Stall Number(s): 116-117 Trading Days: Tue	Raj Bedi started trading on the market 8 years ago as a way to move into self employment. It was his interest in painting – when he has time he likes to paint watercolours – that influenced his product line which includes mirrors, framed prints and printed canvases with the occasional original by Raj himself. Raj also offers a picture framing service for any size of artwork and home delivery is also available.
Brown's Haberdashery Grahame Brown Tel: 07796 464079 Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 92, 107 Trading days: Tue, Fri & Sat	Brown's could be the longest established trading stall on Altrincham Market as it's been around for 48 years. Previously run by his father and brother and now by Grahame who has been here since 1975. Brown’s sells everything from soft furnishings, to card craft and jewellery making goods. There’s even horse hair canvas and a self-threading needle for sewing! Grahaeme says "Every customer is different because of the range of goods we sell, it certainly never gets boring!"
Chadwick's - Nightwear & Underwear Mr L Chadwick Tel: 07940 580734 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 80-82 Trading Days: Tue, Fri & Sat	Established over 100 years ago, Chadwick's is the oldest stall on Altrincham Market still to be run by the same family. Stall is a misnomer in fact as stock levels mean Chadwick’s operate a number of stalls stocking a range of traditional underwear and nightware that can be difficult to find elsewhere. You can also buy men’s socks, gloves, hats and housework tabards. If you’re going on holiday and need cotton nighties in the summer or in the winter thermal underwear this is the place to come.
The Cheese Emporium Janet Dean Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 84-85 Trading Days: Tue, Sat & Producers Market (1st Fri of the month)	Janet started working on the market as a Saturday girl at 14 and has now been trading for over 25 years. Her friendly staff are very knowledgeable and tastings are encouraged to help you make your selection. Come and sample some of the finest regional British Cheeses from Blacksticks Blue to classic farmhouse ‘Tasty Toaster’. Janet also stock a great selection of pate, jams, chutney’s, yoghurts and great local pies.
Continental Breads Tracey Tabiner Tel: 07932 745552 Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): Fri, Tue/Sat 108 Trading Days: Tue, Fri & Sat	Tracey has been on Altrincham Market for 4 years and retails bread baked at the famous Barbakan in nearby Chorlton. Alternatives for IBS & Coeliac sufferers are also available along with fresh pasta, pesto, hummus & olives and a variety of cakes. Click here for more info >>>
D&P Pet Supplies D Davies Location: Lower Market Stall Number(s): 111, 112 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	Having bred many types of birds and dogs over the years the Davies have built up a good knowledge of animals and animal behaviour. They initially started off their business 20 years ago at car boot sales and moved onto the market 15 years ago. The range of products includes pet food and wild bird food and a large range of dog beds and blankets.
Dave's Cards Dave Newman Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 22 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	Dave started his card stall on Altrincham Market 25 years ago after being made redundant. Dave stocks an extensive range of cards start at just 25p, wriapping paper, gift bags & bows are also on sale. Dave is always happy to help you with your selection whether you need the cards describing or by helping to pull a selection together for you to choose from.
Dave's Sweets Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s) 98,99 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	In addition to a pic ‘n’ mix of all the usual favourites, Dave also stocks traditional sweets like Coltsfoots Rock, Uncle Joe’s mint balls and Sweet Peanuts whilst flying saucers and palma violets evoke memories of childhood. A range of cake decorating items are also on sale including round and square, drum and flat cake boards.
Discount Direct Nigel Hobday Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 59-60 Trading Days: Sat	Nigel was a manager for Allsports for a number of years before deciding he wanted to be his own boss. He loves dealing one to one with the customers and has regulars who he’s gotten to know really well over the years. As well as selling Toy BB Guns which are very popular he stocks “As seen on TV” goods, sunglasses and reading glasses.
Dot Lomas: Ladies Underwear & Nightwear Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 39-40 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	Dot started her working life in sales and advertising, it was being made redundant that kicked off her change in career. Nearly 40 years ago in partnership with a friend, Dot started selling towels on Salford Market then expanded into house parties where the product base gradually expanded to include lingerie. Dot has now been selling ladies underwear and nightwear on Altrincham Market for around 38 years and has adapted her product range to the client base on the market. Dot enjoys the fresh air, meeting people and the great camaraderie between the stall holders. Popular lines include "Doreen" bras which are very competitively priced, as well as Sloggi briefs. Complemented by an extensive range of nightwear and thermal underwear.
Fashion Rack Fran & Gary Walker Location: Upper Market Stall Number(s): 71-78 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	Run by husband and wife team Fran and Gary Walker, Fashion Rack stocks women’s fashion wear with a broad range from simple cotton sundresses and on trend items to comfortable and flattering clothes for the more mature woman. Fashion Rack also stock a small range of clothes in sizes 16-28. Scarves and Pashminas are also available.
Flourish Florists Les Cox Tel: 07950 029443 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 7-8 Trading Days: Tue, Fri & Sa	Les first ran a greengrocers stall at Altrincham before a retiring florist asked him if he wanted to take over his stall. So for a while Les ran both greengrocers & florists, but with the floristry business booming he gave up the greengrocers to concentrate on the floristy. Business has gone from strength to strength and Les has now brought his son in to help him expand and has opened branches in Wilmslow & Macclesfield. Le's top tip for potential new traders is to invest in a pair of good quality boots. In addition to flowers Les also sells bedding plants, pot plants, tubs & baskets.
Fredericks Jewellery Stall Location: Upper Market Stall Number(s): 74 Trading Days: Tue
Grace White Cakes Tel: 0800 028 7334 E: info@gracewhitecakes.com Web: www.gracewhitecakes.com Location: Market Hall Trading Days: Tue & Sat	Grace White has been designing, and creating delicious cakes for over thirty years. Her experience, and talent mean that everyone at your function will not only remember how amazing your cake looked, but more importantly, how incredible it tasted. Using the finest ingredients, Grace and the team create cakes in various flavours, and for various dietary needs. Our most popular flavours are traditional fruit, rich dark chocolate, and lemon sponge, but we offer an extensive range of cake flavours, and fillings. We are also renowned for our sugarcraft, and specialise in flowers. However, we happily work with you to create the cake of your dreams which can include elaborate sugar flowers, or not.
Handbags & Gladrags Malcolm Lamb Tel: 0778 427 8672 Location: Lower Market Stall Number(s): 114-115 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	Handbags & Gladrags stock a large range of top celebrity designer look alike bags in a range of the very best Italian leathers and latest fashion colours as well as some of the top brands in actual designer bags including LYDC. A more traditional range is also available, sourced from Scotland this line offers customers the very best quality leather handbags for ever day use, business and travel with a 12 month guarantee (terms & conditions apply).
J Sykes (Pet Foods) Tel: 0161 976 2522 Mob: 07796 175582 Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 93 Trading days: Tue, Fri & Sat	John grew up around animals, His mum was a Crufts judge and they had 20 dogs. When you visit the stall you will meet Quincy – an ex guide dog for the blind who is John’s faithful companion. John has 40 years trading experience and in addition to pet food sells a range of pet products including toys and beds and can usually offer advice where need even if it means you don’t end up buying something!
Leon Van Berkel Flowers Tel: 07714 095251 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): Tue 12, Fri 35 Trading Days: Tue & Fri	As you might guess from his name Leon is Dutch. His parents live in Holland and are growers who specialise in Gladioli and Chin chins and whose blooms you will find on the stall. Other flowers include more traditional flowers such as roses, tulips & daffodills as well as exotics including amaryllis, orchids and stems like dogswood and pussy willow for drama and impact. Karen has worked for Leon for 11 years and is a trained florist who creates the highly regarded flower displays for a wide range of events including weddings, funerals and birthdays. The quality of the flowers is outstanding which is reflected in the number of demonstrators who choose to buy their plants from this stall.
Margaret's Cards Margaret Marriott Mob: 07944 552898 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 45-46 Trading Days: Tue, Fri & Sat	Margaret decided to start working for herself when her children were young. A market stall offered the flexibility of working just a few days a week with minimum outlay. Margaret chose cards for thier year round appeal. With no previous retail experience Margaret and her sister first sourced their cards by walking around the wholesale district of Manchester, buying the cards with her sister who ran a stall on Stockport market allowed them better bulk savings. Margaret has now been on the market 20 years and has many regulars who have seen her family grow up and stop for a chat. In addition to greeting cards Margaret sells wrapping paper, balloons banners and notelets, personalised Christmas Cards and is always happy to help you track down other items for any celebration you might be planning.
Market Café (DSC0095) Jane Flannery Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 95, 96, 97 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	Jane loves to cook and the market café offered her the perfect small part time business opportunity. The café is decorated with images of the market in years gone by. In addition to the “Full English Breakfast” which is available all day light lunches are also available with soup, jackets & sandwiches on offer. Drinks are very reasonably priced. Home made scones served with strawberry jam and clotted cream are a regular treat!
Me, Mum & Betty - The Plant Stall Louise Campbell Tel: 01270 761 844 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 62 Trading Days: Tue, Sat & 1st Fri of the month	Louise’s love of plants and gardening led to her taking a stall at Altrincham Market to grow her own business. Louise offers a wide range of good quality perennials, shrubs, bedding and seasonal plants, hanging baskets and tubs with some lovely gift options. A range of Willow objects including Oblelisks and bird feeders are sourced from a North West Charity supporting people with additional needs.
Merlin Art Paul Billington Mob: 07767 057537 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 43,44 Trading Days: Sat	Paul started trading as a casual trader with the intention of staying just a couple of months. Ten years later Paul is still here selling ready made frames and prints and offering a picture framing service.
Ox Eye Daisy Louise Campbell Tel: 01606 352 935 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 61 Trading Days: Tue, Sat & Fri Producer’s Market (1st Fri of the Month)	Run by a mother and daughter team a market stall was the perfect way for daughter Louise to make the transition from making gifts as a hobby to turning it into a profitable business. Personalisation is the name of the game whether its’ for a birthday or retirement, wedding or christening. Gifts include photo albums, memory boxes, tea cosies, photo frames, door plaques and wedding boxes.
The Past Perfect E: debbiewillatt@yahoo.co.uk Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 58 Trading Days: Sat	Debbie Willatt and her three daughters have a passion for vintage items but found it difficult to find affordable ones. It was a quest to find these things that turned a hobby into a trendy, green and unique business a couple of years ago. Debbie now specialises in Vintage compacts, jewellery, scarves, faux furs and postcards.
Peakes Cheese Carl Brookes Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 15 Trading Days: Tue, Fri & Sat	Carl is just the latest generation of his family to be a Cheesemonger. Peakes sold cheese in nearby Hale for many years before expanding to the market when refrigeration was introduced. His grandmother used to push the cheeses from the shop in Hale to the market in a pram earning here the nick name of Prammy.
B Reubens Costume Jewellery Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 105 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	The Reubens have had a presence at Altrincham Market since the 1950s when Brenda’s father first set up stall and Brenda always wanted to carry on in the family tradition. The stall has a very loyal following with customers who have become firm friends and Brenda has watched their children grow up and start buying their own costume jewellery from the stall. Brenda enjoys choosing jewellery for the stall that will appeal to her customers and looks forward to serving old and new customers for many more years to come.
Scents from Heaven Wendy & Chris Poole Mob: 07966 295533 Web: www.scents-from-heaven.co.uk Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 53/54 Trading Days: Tues/Fri/Saturday	Low overheads for a start up business are behind Wendy & Chris’s appearance at Altrincham Market. They’ve now been trading for a few years and are steadily growing their business selling handmade scented candles and wax melts, incense sticks, burners, lanterns, baskets and planters, plus general gardening equipmentsp and candle holders.
Smart Card Earl Martin Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 101,102,104 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	With 31 years under his belt Earl is one of the longest standing traders on Altrincham Market. Leaving school without a job the market offered an opportunity to start his own business. He chose greeting cards and gift wrap as it’s something people want every day and he has never regretted it. His favourite time of year - Christmas!
Southfield Nursery Keith Somerville Tel: 0161 980 5568 Location: Lower Market Stall Number(s): 116-117 Trading Days: Fri	Keith's dad owned a nursery and ran a stall on Altrincham and Ashton Market in the 40s and 50s so Keith grew up living and breathing plants. Sadly when Keith’s dad died the family nursery which was sold, however Keith kept his hand in growing plants and started to sell them at Altrincham Market in the mid 90s. In 1996 Keith set up his own nursery which you can find just down the road on Clay Lane in Timperley but still comes to trade on the market once a week. Keith stocks hardy shrubs, herbaceous perennials, alpines, trees, bedding plants, hedging plants, specimen shrubs, topiary box and herbs. If pushed Keith might admit to being partial to an alpine!
The Spanish Lace Company Michael Armstrong Tel: 0161 969 8498 Mob: 07968809448 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 41-42 Trading Days: Tue & Sat.	Michael had a brief stint at the market 18 years ago to test a product range prior to starting a wholesale company which supplied independent department stores like Hoopers in Wilmslow. Michael returned to Altrincham Market as a trader a couple of years ago as part of a wind down towards retirement. The Spanish Lace Company stocks items which are becoming increasingly elusive including tablecloths, chair backs, table covers and handkerchiefs to name but a few.
The Strap Shack Alan Goldstone Mob: 07736 869 789 Location: Market Hall Stall Number(s): 88,106 Trading Days: Tue & Sat	With a wry sense of humour Alan sells watches, straps, batteries, jewellery and small fancy goods items. Watch repairs are also available and if your battery is dead Alan stocks over 186 different types and fits them at a very competitive price.
Taylor's Fish Stall Emerson Taylor Mob: 07801 979390 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 13-14 Trading Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday	Emerson’s grandfather started the fish stall at Altrincham Market 65 years ago and it has been run by the Taylor family's ever since. Emerson started out work in the families fishmongers in Atherton and built up his knowledge of the trade on the job. He started working in Altrincham full time about 18 years ago. His favourite part of working on the market is the relationship that is built up with clients, He was whilst we were talking to Emerson was serving customers whose orders he could anticipate before they’d even spoken! Taylor’s are also able to supply fish to order. The stall stocks an extensive range of fish, in addition to the usual cod and plaice you will usually find mackerel, lemon sole, hake sea bream, monkfish, seabass, Arbroath smokies, manx kippers, whiting, rainbow trout, salmon (whole & fillets), tuna, mussels and oysters.
W & E Greene Bags Winnie & Eric Greene Mob: 07776 134116 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 1-6 Trading Days: Tue, Fri & Sat	Winnie Greene has been trading on Altrincham Market for more than 30 years. When Winnie decided to take a stall at Altrincham she was courting her husband who already traded bags having chosen bags as it was the only wholesaler he knew. Winnie & Eric now work on the stall together and stock hundreds of bags of all types offering an amazing choice at great prices. All this choice however means a 4.30 am alarm call for this couple to allow them to set up stall for a 9am start! The range of handbags has something to appeal to all ages, the most fashionable bags of the moment are those by the LYDC (London Young Design Company). Other well known brands include; Adidas, Cat, Head, Jeep, Nike with luggage brands Aerolite and Waypoint. You can also get your hands on; bum bags, holdalls, shopping trolleys, briefcases, back packs, school bags, suit carriers and luggage straps. This is one of few stalls to accept debit & credit cards.
Weston's Kitchen & Home Wares Maureen Weston Mob: 078042 210242 Location: Main Market Stall Number(s): 67-68 Trading Days: Tues & Sat	We started off as a traditional clothing retailer in store. When we decided to try kitchenware we trialled it using several different markets and were busy straight away. We have now been trading on Altrincham Market for 16 years and stock a good selection of pans including very good quality Paella and frying pans.
Whites Fruit & Veg Mark White Mob: 07963 794755 Web: www.whitesfruitandveg.com Location: Lower Market Stall Number(s): 126, 127,118 Trading Days: Tue, Fri & Sat	Mark has been working since he was 14 spending a number of years as a butcher with a supermarket. Although he enjoyed the job he was frustrated by the managerial hierarchy which got in the way. Eventually he decided it was time for a change, and opted for the market where he has the freedom to do what he wants and work in the open air.

TRADITIONAL MARKET - Tuesday, Friday (half market), Saturday 8AM-4PM
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ANTIQUE & BRIC-A-BRAC & TAYLOR'S FISH STALL - Thursday 8AM-4PM
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FARMERS’ MARKET - First Friday of every month 8AM–2PM
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FOOD PRODUCERS’ VINTAGE & CRAFT MARKETS - Third Sunday of every month 11AM–3.30PM