Derby - Markets And More
w/e 13 December 2015
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
In search of a couple of things we need for Christmas,
we took a ride into Derby and walked through the city centre
taking in both the Indoor Market Hall and the Eagle Market in
the Intu Centre plus one or two more places on the way.
We arrived in the bus station and found a series of silver balls
hanging from the ceiling which I took to be part of the city's
Christmas decorations.
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Making our way to the Market Place we approached the Indoor Market
through the passage under the Guildhall which was tastefully
lit with hundreds of tiny white lights.
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Like many towns and cities the Indoor Market has been hit by
austerity and several stalls stand empty. A seasonal display
though complete with giant Santa figure and Christmas tree should
help to attract shoppers to the market.
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Another attraction in the Indoor Market is a Nativity scene which
occupies one of the market stalls vacated by a trader.
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Despite austerity many traders still continue to operate in the
market as this image shows and all of the stalls have been decorated
with festive lights.
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On leaving the Indoor Market, even a stall once occupied by a
butcher although now standing empty, still had a cheery "Ho
Ho Ho" for everyone using this access.
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In any town or city it's not unusual to see people hanging about
but this character on East Street seemed to be taking it to the
extreme. He was friendly enough though and high-fived me as we
walked past towards the church on St Peter's Street.
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At St Peter's Church a simple but effective conical tree stood
behind a sign on the wall advising that charity Christmas cards
were on sale inside.
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Like the Indoor Market we found some empty stalls in the Eagle
Market but in the middle we also found a much larger tree than
the one at St Peter's standing next to a log cabin.
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The cabin was labelled Santa's Grotto but Santa was not in residence
at the time we were there. Instead several effigies in his place
were scattered among the smaller trees surrounding the cabin
but we didn't need to meet him - we hope we're on his "Good"
list and will eagerly await his visitation on the 25th (fingers
crossed!)
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