{"id":32423,"date":"2022-02-04T18:16:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32423"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:16:11","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-council-doorstep-derelict-stoke-on-trent-market-could-become-international-food-hall-run-by-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32423","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (council) doorstep\u2019: Derelict Stoke-on-Trent market could become international food hall run by refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A derelict Stoke-on-Trent market could become international food hall – run by refugees \u2013 according to plans being drawn up for Burslem’s crumbling 125-year-old indoor market, reports Stoke on Trent Live.<\/em><\/h3>\n
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\nNorth side of Market Place ,
\nDave Bevis Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 asylum seekers and refugees showcasing the foods of their homelands, as well as cultural groups using the space\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n

Stoke on Trent Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Community campaigners are drawing up ambitious plans to transform a derelict indoor market into a thriving international food hall with stalls run by asylum seekers and refugees.<\/p>\n

Talks are taking place between community groups, Stoke-on-Trent City Council and a leading food and market hall operator to bring the crumbling 125-year-old building in\u00a0Burslem<\/a>\u00a0back to life. It was recently included in the Victorian Society’s top 10 most endangered buildings list.<\/p>\n

Proposals currently being discussed would see asylum seekers and refugees showcasing the foods of their homelands, as well as cultural groups using the space for arts, music, exhibitions and performances.<\/p>\n

The project team, which includes the Our Burslem community group, artist Ian Mood and regeneration expert Mike Riddell, are working with Colchester-based Market Asset Management, which helped to\u00a0relaunch Crewe’s market last year<\/a>, to put the plans together.<\/p>\n

The council-owned market, built in 1897, closed its doors in 2003 after a ceiling collapse and has remained empty ever since.<\/p>\n

Volunteer Annette Cartlidge, of the Our Burslem group, nominated the building for the Victorian Society list and is involved in the plans for its redevelopment.<\/p>\n

She said: “I don’t think there\u2019s any shame in living in a town where some buildings need love, attention and kindness. The shame lies in not seeing that potential and doing something about it.<\/p>\n

“The indoor market is one of many buildings we\u2019ve identified and will be doing our positive and level best to regenerate and restore. As a group, we believe buildings are like people – they deserve kindness, they deserve a second chance, they deserve that we look at them and see the potential and that’s what we’re trying to do.<\/p>\n

“There are many of us who see this particular building as being of great social significance, who feel the same about it as I do. Our indoor market is emblematic of our town.<\/p>\n

“Its pointed arches, glorious ironwork and old advertising signage remain, just waiting to be rediscovered. The idea we have is to bring the building back into a commercial use for the benefit of the community, and for it to become a key catalyst in a wider community-driven town centre regeneration plan for Burslem town centre.”<\/p>\n

Market Asset Management worked with Cheshire East Council on the \u00a33 million redevelopment of Crewe’s historic market and now looks after day-to-day operations at the site….<\/p>\n

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Abi Brown, leader of the city council, said: \u201cStoke-on-Trent is a city with a huge amount of potential, and as a city council we are keen to talk to investors interested in bringing Burslem Market back to life, maximising the enthusiasm of our local community and the interest in our heritage….\u201d<\/p>\n

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