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FARMERS' MARKETS
in NORTH EAST
ENGLAND |
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May 2008
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Friday 2nd
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NEWCASTLE |
Grey's Monument |
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Saturday 3rd
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BARNARD CASTLE |
Market Place 10am-3pm |
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Saturday 3rd
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BELLINGHAM |
Town Hall 10am-3pm
*now running monthly' |
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Sunday 4th
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MORPETH
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Morpeth Market Place
& Town Hall
- all morning from 9am
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Tuesday 6th
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CHESTER-le-STREET
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Market Place |
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10th |
GUISBOROUGH |
Westgate |
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10th |
HARTLEPOOL |
Museum Quay
9am-3pm |
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10th |
HEXHAM
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Market
Place
9am - 1.30pm
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Sunday 11th |
SEDGEFIELD |
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Sunday 11th |
GREENHEAD
'Hadrian's Wall Market' |
from 10am |
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Thursday 15th |
DURHAM
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Market Place
9am-3.30pm |
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Friday 16th |
DARLINGTON
new location |
West Row
(heart of
pedestrianised town centre)
9am-5pm |
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Saturday 17th |
GIBSIDE CHAPEL
new market |
10am-2pm
National Trust
Farmers' Market |
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Saturday 17th |
TYNEMOUTH |
Metro
Station |
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Saturday 24th |
HEXHAM
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Market
Place
9am - 1.30pm
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Saturday 24th |
PONTELAND
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Memorial Hall,
Darras
Road
9am-12noon
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Saturday 24th |
STANHOPE
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Durham Dales Centre
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Sunday 25th |
BERWICK
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The Maltings
10am - 1.30pm |
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Sunday 25th |
MIDDLESBROUGH
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Nature's World, Acklam
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Sunday 25th |
MIDDLETON-in-TEESDALE
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Friday 30th |
ALNWICK
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Market
Place
9am - 3pm
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Northumberland in May...
Early spring rather than winter is the low point for local
produce in Northumberland, but in May things are beginning to pick up again.....
Watch out for
the very short Northumberland asparagus
season (blink and you'll
miss it) - which (depending on the weather) is sometime this month, or maybe
very early June
The new lambs are in the fields - there's some January
lowland lamb for eating but the Northumbrian Hill lamb won't be ready till
August or September
The end of the winter veg - most of the veg producers are
selling bedding plants, but you'll find the first of the new season vegetables –
early salad leaves and herbs grown in polytunnels and under glass
The hens and ducks are laying well, though - there are
plenty of eggs to be had, perhaps even some goose eggs!
And of course - there are always the great Northumbrian
cheeses, ham, bacon, sausages - not to mention conserves and chutneys.