“Many years ago, my grandfather had one of the couple of grocery stores in Newcastle, right on the square. And, in those days, he also had to have horses, so that he could deliver the groceries.” – Leslie Dickson

There was only two. And back then you only needed the two. Seriously, it was slow. – Linda Peters

I get all the doors unlocked, the lights turned on to allow the vendors inside to do their thing. Get set up. And after that I put up the barricades, all the trash receptacles, and stuff. – Dwayne

Our market’s been run for over going on 64 years now. So there are a lot of stories of vendors who have passed on and aren’t with us anymore. And if you go in and talk to some of the other vendors there’s funny little stories. – Leslie Merrel

…a friend of mine and myself, we started coming here with vegetables. When about 25 years ago now, his grandfather had a vegetable stand and that’s when we started selling stuff. – Nathan Scott