Spotlight On Thetford Market

Carmichael’s Fish Stall

Sharon Carrigan is the second generation to run the fish stall on Thetford market. Her father Neil and his brother John set the stall up around 50 years Sharon serves up the freshest local fish ago. Originally Neil and John used to go round the from her twice weekly stall streets of Thetford in a van with a handheld bell, warm me up.” As time went by, Sharon was joined which they would ring. People would come out of by her younger twin sisters who would take turns their houses with dishes to collect their pints of to work with her to earn some pocket money. “I cockles and whelks and winkles and shrimps and try to buy as much fish as possible from the local crabs. This eventually turned into a permanent boats in Lowestoft and hopefully this will soon be pitch on the market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. a thriving fishing fleet again just like, the soon to Sharon says that she now serves the children and start, crab boats from Cromer, where all my crabs even grandchildren of those very first customers. come from. Once this lockdown is over and all of “Thetford has served my family well and even the regular market stalls are back, the market will though I was born in Norwich I feel I have grown return to a bustling place, in the centre of town”. up in this town. I used to go with my dad on a Saturday to get out of helping my mum with the housework. I can remember my dad standing me Simon Long HP Advert 2018.qxp_Layout 1 13/09/2018 10:01 Page 1 About Thetford magazine is pleased to bring you a new feature each month - shining a in a bucket of hot water, with my wellies on, to spotlight on some of our great local traders

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