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Description: | Song written in celebration of the erection of the Grainger Market.Between 1824 and 1860 Richard Grainger embarked on an extensive scheme of town planning. The construction of 'Grainger Town' involved the demolition of most of the old markets, which centred around what was to become Mosley Street. The Flesh Market, vegetable market and the corn market were all demolished. In the face of numerous protests at their removal Grainger overbore the opposition by offering to build both a new butcher and vegetable market. This saw the centralisation of Newcastle's food shops into the world's largest indoor market and crowds were drawn from miles around to purchase meat and veg.This is one of a number of songs written on the erection of the market. Not all songs, however, were printed in celebration of the Grainger market and there are a number of songs such as 'The sorrowful lament of the green and potatoe wives' that were written in protest of the markets removal from their traditional site.This song is part of the John Bell Collection. ; A collection of broadsheets on various subjects, with manuscript notes in the hand of John Bell. | Publisher: | unknown | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | urban growth & shopping and trade shops & markets & construction | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0400502 | Go to resource |
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