MARKET SHOWDOWN: Town councillors pay £185 for skip to clear market
Cambs Times *UPDATE BELOW*
Wisbech Market. Jackie Hammond.
AN offer by the Wisbech Standard to hire a ‘man and van’ to clear Wisbech market place was dramatically not needed as three councillors authorised the late hire of a skip.
Editor John Elworthy walked round the market on Saturday and- as the rubbish built up and with no arrangements in hand for its removal- offered to pay for it to be cleared away. However his offer was rebuffed after councillors came up with a temporary – but at £185 not necessarily a cheap- respite by arranging for the skip. It came as the row simmered over who was responsible for clearing trade waste from the twice weekly markets.
Town clerk Erbie Murat had insisted that following the market’s acquisition by Wisbech Town Council from Fenland Council that traders must pay but angry stall holders insisted their rent included payment for rubbish to be removed.
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*UPDATE* August 8th via Wisbech Standard
Town clerk threatens to sue for defamation
A TOWN clerk today threatened to sue fruit and veg stallholder Lee Martin who had accused him of having “no knowledge of market traders” and of not understanding the fundamentals of the business.
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