Yesterday saw us take a stall at our third Portobello Market in Brighton Park. Whilst the weather and various other events conspired to keep the number of visitors down, we nonetheless sold almost all of our fresh, loose, seasonal produce. More importantly to us though, we were delighted that everyone we spoke to was very supportive of what we’re trying to do, namely, open a community-owned Greengrocers on the High Street.
We have a problem though. Portobello’s High Street is full! The Steering Group are certain that, to be successful, our shop should be somewhere between Windsor Place and Figgate Street; ideally, we think it should be between Bath Street and Beach Lane. But the last shop to fall vacant in that stretch was the last greengrocers, Banana Republic, and that has now re-opened as a Gents Salon.
But are we right? In recent weeks, and again at yesterdays market, people, clearly eager for us to open, have suggested that we could look further afield. Units past Windsor Place (heading east, obviously) have been suggested, but are they too far away from the established shops? Would you be a regular visitor to our greengrocers if it were to open closer to Joppa? Let us know in the comments, get on to the Social Medias (we’re on them all!) or drop us a message at hello@portobellocg.org.uk.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support. Let’s hope we can move this project on to its next stage in 2019!
