18/07/99 French market traders visit the town.
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On a beautiful sunny and warm day on Sunday 19th July, a multitude of French Traders from Le Havre set up their stalls in the Square, for a two day French Market event. By 11.00 a.m., a huge crowd had amassed and was flocking round the stalls to take in the French atmosphere. On offer on the stalls were onions and garlic, a formidable range of French cheeses, sheep and goat sausages, warm sugary coated peanuts and warm French crepes. There were also leather goods, jewellery, dolls, home made jams and biscuits and French fashion for the ladies.
The children were also catered for with a giant Old Mother Hubbard's House to explore.
The open air event, organised jointly by Harborough District Council and the Market Harborough Chamber of Trade, was the first of it's kind this far North of France, and brought a real market atmosphere to the town, and gave us all some idea of what the market on the Square must have been like in years gone by.
Vive la France!

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