A WELCOME RETURN FOR SHIREHAMPTON'S HIGH STREET MARKET

The High Street Market opened its doors to 2023 on Thursday 2nd February. Many customers said it was good to have the High Street Market open again after a short break.

For a winter's day that constantly threatened rain, this did not the deter the local communities making their visit to this monthly event.

The next High Street Market on Thursday 2nd March at the Tithe Barn will see some additional stalls added to the range they already have with an expansion outdoors. Shirehampton Markets is always keen to support small local business where they can and open to new stall ideas too that will give a wider range of items for the local shopper to choose from.

There will be the Easter Market to look forward to on Thursday 7th April where arts and crafts, garden games, D.I.Y face painting, along with colouring pictures, crosswords, sudoku and word searches will be available to all ages, yes including adults too. And there will be the Easter Character Hunt throughout the High Street. Many of the local shops and businesses will be taking part and all you have to do is find the character names and where they are. You can then return to the Market with completed form to collect your bag of sweets.

On the Saturday 29th April there will be a special event taking place at the Public Hall, Station Road, Shirehampton, BS11 9TU.

"King Charles III Coronation Celebration" will be taking place between 10am until 3pm. There will be plenty of stalls and activities taking place that day and it will be a great family day out for all ages. Like both our venues they are also disability friendly. There will be an environmental/nature/royal celebration character hunt throughout the High Street too.

"Having this special community event the weekend before King Charles III Coronation means our local communities can get into celebration mood a little early especially as many will choose to see the coronation live on TV and then go to their own street parties afterwards" said Ash Bearman, Community Development Officer for SCAF

Volunteers are still needed to join Shirehampton Markets in particular for the Saturday Community Fayres and special events they run to secure their future. As with many local activities volunteers form an important role within the community.

The High Street Markets take place at the Tithe Barn, High Street, Shirehampton, Bristol, BS11 0DE the first Thursday of every month from 10am until 3pm.

If you want to become a volunteer you can call: 0117 9829963 and leave a message or email: shirehamptonmarkets@outlook.com or leave a message via their Facebook page: www.facebook. com/shirehamptonmarkets