The market may be a common sight but last week the stalls fell under the shadow of a 60m high wheel. That is they could have been in the shadow had the sun been shining. The wheel has not met with a universally positive response according to some of the comments by readers of a local newspaper who have several worries about the cost to the City Council. A similar wheel in the neighbouring city of Nottingham seems to have been a success though and it is hoped that the wheel in Derby will attract shoppers to the city too. Wheel or not, the farmers will be back next month with another array of mouthwatering produce and their market is always an attraction. The wheel will also be a bonus as the city celebrates on the 22nd September - the day designated each year as Derbyshire Day.
Farmers only worry during the growing season, but towns people worry all the time. - Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937)
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