AUGUST 17, 10 AM to 1PM, behind the Cinque Port Arms Pub
After a well-earned holiday break, we welcome the Wednesday Farmers’ Market back wiith Darren of Sussex Smokers and his two children who manage the family baking business, Nana’s Bakes. Darren offers a superb varieties of meats, game, sausages, chickens, smoked fish, cheeses, pate and vegetables.
Sam is the expert cake baker and his sister enthusiastically sells her mum’s pies. Tried and tested family recipes are being passed on through three generations in this thriving family baking business which first began during the Covid lockdowns.
This coming week the Wednesday Market welcomes a new plantsman. Alan, who lives near Battle, grows 80% of his plants at home. He has been developing his love for plants for many years and it’s great news to have a plantsman back in this market. We look forward to seeing Alan every other week from now on.
The French Deli man is well known to local people in Rye for his weekly offerings of superb seasonal French cheeses, a delicious assortment of olives, saucisson and other exotic French delicacies.
Mo, who brings her home-made jams and marmalades packed with flavour to the Wednesday Market once a fortnight, also sells family-sized pots of Raw Wildflower Sussex Honey, sourced from her fellow stall holder at Sussex Smokers.
The friendly atmosphere and reasonably priced locally produced food offer holiday makers in Rye and regulars a pleasant opportunity to relax (at picnic tables provided by the Cinque Port Pub) with a cool glass of something refreshing while you do your mid-week shopping this summer.
Image Credits: Susan Benn .
Such good news….Rye so appreciates these artisan marketers.
It is lovely to know they are back and we very much appreciate them but whose daft idea was it to relocate them behind a pub where they cannot be seen instead of the very good location they had before on the Strand Quay where they could easily attract passing buyers.
Just what I was thinking, Chris. Presumably there must be a reason but I’d be interested to know what it is.
Chris , have a word with Eric ( French deli) who is in charge of the farmers market .
He will fill you in why they were able to relocate to the Pub…after the Strand position.
They have been there for quiet a few years now…but stall owners have come and gone for various reasons…Retirement or Starting up their own shop instead of market trading .others concentrate on line sales…..
But nice to hear their have a plant stall back trading.
The pub venue does mean people can sit and socialise and have a drink..may be that side could be promoted so more locals as well as visitors know about it…to increase foot fall.
People should be grateful that the landlord of the cinque ports pub offered his outside car park,for the popular farmers market to continue,after they had to relocate from strand Quay.not knock it.
One of the reasons for leaving Strand Quay was the weather. Inadequate cover on a wet and windy day made life very difficult for the stall holders; Jeremy & Ruth have given them shelter. Maybe rather more dynamic signage would encourage footfall.
Which part of my comment led you to believe that I was in any way criticising the Cinque Port pub for stepping up and giving them a new location John? I am only worried that not enough people know they are there. The comment about the weather made complete sense and I agree with having more signage.
hi everyone, two reasons why we moved the market :
– Weather conditions, we had to cancel many markets before because of the weather
– old people were not feeling safe to cross the busy road to go to the Quay Strand.
Ruth and Jeremy have been very kind to let us using their car par to run the market. Without them, we won’t be there anymore, and you can have a drink while shopping.
Eric
Thanks you for your explanation, Eric. I knew there had to be a reason. Just didn’t know what it was. I’m not a Rye resident but have holidayed there nearly every year for the past 30 years. Am excited at coming the end of September for the first time in 3 years (the only 2 years we’ve missed since 1990) and am looking forward to visiting the Farmers Market at the back of Cinque Ports pub.