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A-Z of Farmers Markets

Oval Farmers Market, St Mark’s Church, Kennington, SE11 4PW Every Saturday 10.00am until 3pm, In a perverse sort of way, I could argue that the arrival of Tesco in Kennington has been very good for The Oval Farmers’ Market. Make a beeline for this vibrant, exciting Saturday market, and go early, because there is currently [...]

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Who Needs BOGOF When There’s Cakehole?

by Alison Jane Reid on February 28, 2011

Can you resist a sign that offers ‘Three for £3′ when it is attached to a stack of artisan giant jammy dodgers the size of saucers? – I thought not. This is the situation your correspondent found himself in when despatched to the Oval Farmers’ Market with the polite suggestion in the form of a firmly [...]

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The Apple of My Eye

by Alison Jane Reid on October 27, 2010

The moment I set eyes on you, I had to buy you, and savour the taste of an English autumn. I am talking about the  most amazing, beautiful, biodynamic apple from Perry Court Farm in Kent. They have a weekly stall at my local farmers’ market in the Oval, every Saturday. It’s the kind of [...]

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Maltby Street’s Saturday Market is a little-known oasis, tucked away in converted railway arches in a side street off the Tower Bridge Road, surrounded by warehouses, once littered with antique treasures, and now destined to become homes in this booming area of London. It’s small – housed on the pavement under the awnings of The [...]

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