Weekly Whitchurch car boot sale is back
A weekly car boot sale will be held once again in Whitchurch after an absence of more than a year.
The event had been running at Hengrove Park every Saturday since 1986, attracting some 300 traders and 2,000 customers from as far afield as Cardiff, Gloucester and Swindon.
But the city council called a halt late in 2007 claiming they had caught rogue traders selling illegally copied DVDs there.
Now, after months of negotiations, organiser Steve Edwards, of Westerleigh, has been granted a licence to restart the car boot sale. The first will be held this Saturday and there will also be sales on Easter Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Mr Edwards said: "I've been given the go ahead finally.
"I've had lots of phone calls all through the winter from people asking if the car boot sale is on or not.
"It's great to be back."
New parking and traffic control systems will be in force. Entry and parking is free.
6 Comments
by sarah, bath
Tuesday, March 30 2010, 10:36AM
“hoping this bootsale is on 2010, the council always take so long in deciding if we can have the car bootsale. steve does a very good job in running the car boot sale. it would make things so much easier if the council would give him their answer before the start of the car boot sale season. everybody enjoys whitchurch car boot sale. so come on council please make your decision.”
by Lisi, bristol
Thursday, March 25 2010, 9:02AM
“It's not actually £25 per stall but in fact £10 for a car, slightly more for a van. Only £25 if you pay for the advantage of being there hours early to set up and get the initial custom (optional) I hope Paul got his facts right before contacting the council and trying to ruin things for everyone else.”
by Paul, Bristol
Saturday, June 27 2009, 7:17PM
“The car boot sale is great, but the organizer Steve? Is a total disgrace
£25.00 to set up a stall, he owns the poor quality burger van and insists on no other food on the site I.e. if you had a box of crisp for sale he would shout at you and threaten to throw you out.
Today about 200 stalls at £25 each plus his burger van way over £5000
For one day.
I will contact the council and the tax man”
by Miss T, Whitchurch, Bristol
Wednesday, May 13 2009, 6:31PM
“I was just wondering what time this boot sale started? And what time do traders need to get there? Thanks”
by Jo, weston-super-mare
Tuesday, April 14 2009, 3:36PM
“Great - but where exactly is it, what time can you come to set up, how much is it please?
Details like this are very much needed! Also a contact phone number would be useful. Thanks”
by Kath Pyne, Bristol
Tuesday, April 07 2009, 8:25PM
“This is great news.
Please can youy tell me:
What time it is on?
What is the fee for sellers?
Is it in the old field it used to be in (on the grass)?
Can you give me a postcode for my Sat Nav.
Thanks
Kath”