Tuesday 17 April 2018

ALTRINCHAM MARKET HALL


ALTRINCHAM MARKET HALL

Altrincham Market Hall
Now has a Wall of Shame
Their negative reviews from
TripAdvisor or somesuch
Posted near to an exit
Which prove enlightening
A list of regrets for the loss
Of the ghosts of markets past

Altrincham Market Hall
Where people could once find
Big pants and sweatshirts
Tracksuits and sausages
Old books, reading lamps
Assorted sweeties and nick-nacks
Wool and thread, buttons and bows
The simple poetry of birthday cards

Altrincham Market Hall
Now containing a food space
Selling exotic foodstuffs
Full of long trestle tables
Hipsters and families mingle
Forced to sit with strangers
With democratic cutlery pots
Still water sitting in carafes

Altrincham Market Hall
This recent gentrification
Has led to a boiling schism
Between the fans of the old
And those embracing the new
In a four-weekly Sunday cycle
Design - food - vintage - crafts
A community displacing another

Altrincham Market Hall
Now so "controversial”
It’s get out with the old
Swing in with the modern
Not so many tracksuits
More artisan bread bakers
Vegan pizza options replacing
Sizzling onions in a burger van

MAWH, April 2018

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