After more than a decade, the Romsey Market run by the Lancefield Romsey Lions Club is making a comeback, and coordinator Angela Heywood is delighted.
Launching on Sunday, February 12, and then to run every second Sunday of the month from 9am to 1pm, the event at Romsey Skate Park will boast all the goodies a great local market has to offer.
“The Romsey community is growing very quickly and apart from a few markets around various suburbs, there’s been nothing much going on here in Romsey, not community-wise anyway,” Ms Heywood said.
Ms Heywood, who is also club vice president, said she believes the market will show off the best the people of Romsey have to offer.
“I’ve been surprised myself as to the amount of talent and creativity there is here, and not only that, the market will assist the Lions Club with funding, so we can help the community when needed,” she said.
“There’s going to be a variety of stalls, handmade jewellery, candles, various handcrafts such as woodwork ,there’s going to be a bit of produce such as jams, eggs, preserves, that sort of thing.”
She said the club and the local stallholders were “really excited” for the launch because it meant they wouldn’t have to travel to other markets.
“[There has also been] notices on Facebook and other community pages, there’s been a great response from the community, they’re happy and love the idea of having a market here,” she said.
“[It’s all about] community gathering, neighbours and community spirit.”
Elsie Lange
