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Melksham - new Tuesday Market

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-12-09 17:35:49 - Graham Ellis

A new Tuesday market opened this week in Melksham ... I popped in briefly and took a few pictures. It's good to be able to shop local (and indeed the Chamber of Commerce current has a "shop local" campaign running.


The market include both food and non-food products ... but on this first visit, short on time and hungry, I concentrated on the food.


In the lead up to Christmas, the veggies inevitably included brussels ... but plenty else too


Chicken Sausages, of various flavours. I bought a couple of packs and we enjoyed them last night; I would have also got some of the meats (which looked rather good) but didn't want to overstock as the fridge is fairly full at the moment at home


A wide variety of Cheeses ... purchased, but not yet sampled; report to follow, perhaps!


And a wide variety of Olives, Artichokes, Mushrooms Sun dried tomatoes ... I'm not sure if you would exactly call these local grown. I chatted with the lady on the stall and she was telling me Italy, Spain, Greece ... she was also telling me how friendly she was finding Melksham, but that it was a bit quiet. So please - everyone - go along next week and spend a few of your pounds in Melksham and not in neighboring towns!