Click Historical Background or Market Stalls today---------Link to London Road shopping area in pictures.
Market - Index
- 1: The History of the Open Market in Brighton
- 1890s: Barrow boys - moved from Bond Street and Gardner Street to Upper Gardner Street
- 1890s: Barrow boys - stall holders with regular sites and fly-pitchers
- 1919-1921: Barrow boys (many ex-service men) congregate in Oxford Street: post World War I
- 1921-1926: The Battle of Oxford Street: stalls & barrows moved to the Level
- 1926: The barrows gain a permanent site on the cobble frontages of the cottages in Marshalls Row
- 2: The stalls in today's Open Market - South facing towards the sea
- Jim's Tools
- The Cheap Shop
- Amsterdammers
- Organic Shamanic - vegetables, fruit, flour, grain, pychedelic potions, clothes and music
- Pickles Cafe and Snack Bar
- The Big Cheese
- Funky Thai - UK designer T-shirts, pyjamas, toys, silk scarves
- Pulse - scoop + weigh Organic Wholefoods & Health products: you can now shop online!
- Pulse - organic fruit and veg and ECOVER refill service: you can now shop online!
- Craft Works - clay, plastic, modelling materials, candle making and much more
- Brighton Stained Glass
- 3: The stalls in today's Open Market - West facing towards the London Road Shopping Centre
- haberdashery - products at low prices; also Ra Ra skirts
- haberdashery - wool a speciality (aran, yarn and normal)
- shrubs, potted plants, trees & fertilizer
- The market flower shop
- The Egg Shop
- Pagan spirit the occult
- 4: The stalls (& toilets) in today's Open Market - on Marshalls Row between the west gate and London Road
- The West gate
- C.H. Mears, Retail & Wholesale Fruiterers and Caterer
- Thai Siam Food Market now moved to 32 Baker Street, Brighton BN1 4JN
- 5: The stalls in today's Open Market - North facing towards London
- Bric a Bric
- Mobile Phones: repairs, accessories, buy, sell, sim cards, top up, international cards and charging
- Lady Jacquelina - Goth & Gothic clothing, especially for ladies
- Pet's Pantry - food, equipment and toys for domestic animals - (now under new ownership)
- The Open Market Cafe - soup & roll, salads, filled rolls, burgers (veggie, chicken, egg, bacon) & chips
- Grandad's Bike Shop: bicycles & components for sale, repairs &/or service
- Aaron's Bike Shop
- C.H.Mears & sons (high quality, low prices, traditional service)
- 6: The stalls in today's Open Market - in the central covered corridor
- Le Petit Fromager - French and Continent cheeses
- Dave Ovett's stall specializing in high quality bacon, fresh eggs and free range eggs at low prices
- Sid's fresh fish - prawns, shrimps and some frozen products e.g. sword fish
- London Road Seafood - extension to Sid's fish
- 7: The stalls in today's Open Market - East facing towards the Level
- C.H. Mears Retail & Wholesale Fruiterers and Caterer - several sites
- Lady Jacquelina is in the process of moving to the former electrical stall
- Jim's Tools - used carpentry tools
Newsflash: open market trader, Pulse Organic Wholefood Store now offers online shopping option (wholefoods delivered free within Brighton & Hove £25 min order, otherwise £5 delivery). You can stock up with Baby & Children's Food and Baby, Bread, Rice Cakes and Crackers, Breakfast Cereal, Chilled items, Condiments, Salt & Misc Foods, Convenience Foods, Drinks, Flours, Fruit Spreads & Jams, Herbs & Spices, Honey & Sweetners, Japanese Products, Non Food Items, Nut & Savoury Spreads, Oils, Olives, Pickles and Preserved Veg, Organic Fruit & Veg, Organic Fruit & Veg Boxes, Pasta, Pre-packs of nuts/seeds/etc, Sauces, Fruit & Vegtable Product, Scoop "n" Weigh Range, Super Foods, Sweet Snacks, Vegetable Pates. Other stallholders: please let me know if you are offering online ordering & delivery.
Stalls in Brighton's Open Market are let by the owner: Brighton and Hove City Council.
In 2006, Brighton and Hove City Council produced a snapshot report on who uses the open market, what they buy, how much they spend and where they come from (by Brighton postcode). An accompanying map indicates that 16% of custom comes from the "BN2 3 _ _" postcode area.
Other web sites by Ted Power: Brighton Local History and English language learning and teaching.