October Treacle

Lovely crisp sunny autumnal day a Treacle yesterday.

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Chilly Treacle!

Bitterly cold winds, rain, sleet snow. Brave shoppers shopped and the resourceful stallholders bivouacked! Treacle Market, Macclesfield is the best market in the North West and is held on the last Sunday in the month.

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Morris the Mobo

 

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Loving our rather lovely new industrial vintage slipper trolley!

 

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Clonette Dolls

 

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Snug as a bug in a rug!

Snug as a bug in a rug!

 

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Fairtrade kilim rugs and runners

 

Bivouacking!

Bivouacking!


Last Treacle of 2014

Photos from the last Treacle of the year. There was a lovely festive atmosphere. Merry Christmas one and all! IMG_4107   IMG_4113   IMG_4114   IMG_4115   IMG_4116   IMG_4120   IMG_4123   IMG_4132


Treacle Market February 2014

First Treacle of the year for Bonker*s, first ever for Beanie and  it was so blustery we had to tether ourselves to the trees in market square. A new and very enterprising venture “Teen Treacle” took place in the churchyard. Our girl’s made numerous sales on their own and we picked up some treasures ourselves which I just had to share! There really is something for everyone and some gems to be found!

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Team Bonker*s manning our stall

Team Bonker*s manning our stall

We have tins galore

We have tins galore

Fairtrade rugs

Fairtrade rugs

Cards and toys

Cards and toys

Mabel Lakie terrier

Mabel Lakie terrier

Reggie wft went home with big Reggie

Reggie wft went home with big Reggie

Our School Shields proved very popular

Our School Shields proved very popular

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Papier mache zoo doggie bears

Papier mache zoo doggie bears

Stumbled upon these wonderful bowls by Tampico Tiles £3.50 each!

Stumbled upon these wonderful bowls by Tampico Tiles £3.50 each!

We bought these lovely wool bobble hats £7 each!

We bought these lovely wool bobble hats £7 each!

I couldn't resist this scrummy cigar box 50p

I couldn’t resist this scrummy cigar box 50p

Gigantic kilim  rug £20

Gigantic kilim rug £20

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Sign £1 and suitcase £8

Sign £1 and suitcase £8


First market of the year

Had a wonderful, sunny, cold, blustery day Treacling at Macclesfield this weekend…. ok I admit we were slightly snugger in the old Butter Market  with the sun streaming in and church bells ringing. Great atmosphere as always, friendly faces and lots of new things to see. Treated ourselves to some great finds from stalls and great boutique shops. Mightily impressed by the teenagers from All Hallows Catholic College who’d baked cakes, made candles, chillie oils, chutneys, fabulous nesting boxes and scrummy dog biscuits which our dog Coco Merrtyale heartily endorses! Big thank you to the lovely ladies@ Smashing Times who gave us some wonderful scalloped petit fours tins to make retablos from…..so thoughtful! We love Treacle!



Last Market of the year and what a great day it was at Treacle!

Great turn out at Treacle today for our last market of 2012. Not sure what the collective name is for market traders but what an amazing gathering of great folk with fabulous products, all set in the wonderful market town of Macclesfield. Furthermore what a fabby following of loyal supporters Treacle has each and every month without fail, rain or shine….. Thank you! Huge thanks also, to market creator and manager Jane Munroe and foodie manager Debbie Quinn for inviting us back each month. 


Treacle’s First Home Produce Show 2012 – Macclesfield

We had a great day selling at Treacle market yesterday and enjoyed taking part in it’s first ever traditional home produce show. The market was bustling as always with a great atmosphere – live music, award winning food, drink, plants, vintage, furniture, prints, china and community stalls and against all forecasts the rain held off until late afternoon. 

The Home Produce show took place in the church. There were some great classes including home grown veg, home grown flowers and homemade preserves and cakes and tarts made with treacle! Our girls contributed a potato bunny and an articulated carrot unicorn, called Lucille, in the create a creature out of vegetables category and came 1st and 2nd respectively! They won a free passport to Macclesfield museums for a year and some yummy chillie cupcakes which blew our socks off!

Treacle Market shortlisted for the Best Food Market in the BBC Food and Drink Awards.    

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Treacle Market and Barnaby Festival 2012, Macclesfield

We had a superb time on our stall at Treacle Market this Sunday as always, but this Sunday was particularly special as it was also the 4th day of the Barnaby Festival, so lots of events, performers, and exhibitions to see. The sun came out, the rain stayed away  and Chestergate was festooned in the most wonderful gigantic bunting.

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The street performers were great, including a contortionist and a crazy man with a suitcase (speaker) who was herding chickens into shops, ducking from overhead helicopters and running from gunfire amongst other things. We saw Teresa Wilson’s wonderful “The Ecchoing Green” sculpture installation in the beautiful King Edward Chapel, which was dark and filled with trees and the sound of crows cawing. Very eerie but equally beautiful, the girls loved it!


Treacle Market – Macclesfield

Superb day at Treacle market, Macclesfield on Sunday (every last Sunday of the month). Glorious sunshine all day and the numbers who turned out to shop were tremendous as always. Lots of great stalls with top quality food, beverages, vintage and handmade products and quirky goods. The owl man was there with his enormous eagle owl and there was morris dancing. We were very impresses by a group of enterprising youngsters (aged approx 9) who’d made macrame bracelets in red white and blue and were giving 25% of their proceeds to charity. We got to meet our lovely fb friend Hilary Cottier and her infamous wire fox terrier Tabitha who arrived in her carriage!

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