Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers give us their take on Victoria Centre Market, Light Night and Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol Exhibition
He’s the chap who said everyone was famous for fifteen minutes, isn’t he? Ooh we’ll have to go and see that. He did the Queen with the sash on in four different colours didn’t he? They’re worth a mint! It’s great to see Nottingham getting exhibitions like that. Many years ago we took our father to an exhibition at Highfields of the 1947 Nottingham floods. He was fascinated by it and knew all the streets and everything!
Victoria Centre Market
Has it closed down yet? It’s never really been the same since the days of the old King Edward Street market to us. If you go to Newark or Cambridge their markets are still thriving, but it’s a hard job to keep these things going, particularly the outdoor ones. To run a successful market you’ve got to be really good, get your prices just right and have a certain amount of character. We used to work at Arnold Market selling eggs and had a smashing time. But we wouldn’t fancy it these days, it’s cold enough working inside our store.
Light Night
Yes, we went last year and might well pay another visit this year. We’ve been before and it’s particularly lovely to go to St Mary’s Church and see it all lit up. The turnover of people who came into the church was amazing, there were thousands of people going in and out. Anything that gets families out in town like that is to be encouraged. Although we’d like to see more attention paid to lighting up the city at other times too. We have some amazing buildings which would definitely benefit from more uplighting.
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