 | By Laura Jane Stacey Last week we celebrated the 3rd year of Small Business Saturday, a great initiative launched in 2013 to encourage people to shop local, and support small businesses in our communities. The traders of Crystal Palace celebrated this years campaign by ‘buddying up’, with many businesses offering treats to customers who had spent money at other local shops... |
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 The market team display an advanced growing technique It is an exciting week for Crystal Palace Food Market with the BBC Food & Farming awards ceremony on Thursday 30th. Organisers of the market, Karen and Laura, will be at the ceremony in Bristol to find out which Food Market will come home with first prize, but whatever the outcome, being placed in the top three food markets in the country is pretty exciting news!
The Food Market’s story began at the first CPTT AGM in 2012 and I discovered the market a few months after it opened in 2013 when I was walking along Westow Street and bumped into two obviously daft men dressed as giant carrots holding arrows pointing down Haynes Lane.  Well summer appears to have been and gone and tomorrow looks to be another grey day. For those of your not sure what to do with your time now that the sun has gone back into hiding, how about checking out Handmade Palace's Spring Craft Market? After the huge success of last years Christmas Market, this is another chance to meet and buy all sorts of goods from local makers.  By Laura Jane Stacey
Find your Christmas presents locally on Small Business Saturday We all know that one of the special things about Crystal Palace is its excellent selection of independent shops, restaurants and businesses. From Bookseller Crow to Bambino's, the Triangle has plenty to offer customers looking for something a bit different. Well, Saturday 6 December is the day to celebrate just that...  By Laura Jane Stacey
It's getting to that time of year: the days are getting shorter and colder, heating systems across the country are whirring back into action and it's hard to avoid falling downstairs without flicking the lights on at 4pm. So, other than switching everything off and wrapping up in woolly jumpers to read the latest from Bookseller Crow by candlelight, how can we reduce our energy usage at home? Here are some techniques you can try throughout the day. I would love to hear what everyone else’s tips are too, so please comment at the bottom. |
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