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ANTIQUE TRADERS EVICTED

Renowned market in crisis as 40 traders thrown out

WORLD famous antique market Camden Passage at the Angel was in crisis this week with up to 40 traders – including a popular farmers’ market – about to be evicted.
The dealers have been told to vacate the ornate two story Georgian Village arcade and forecourt by the end of the month because the arcade is being sold to developers.
The move is regarded as the biggest ever set back for the cobbled tourist
thoroughfare since it was launched in the late 1950s.
“We’ve survived the Sars outbreak, foot-and-mouth, 9/11 and 7/7 – but you can’t fight young men in sharp suits with lots of money,” said Graham Thurnston, a silverware trader for 23 years who is one of those being evicted.
Furious dealers say that they have been given just six weeks’ notice to move out. The sale is being handled by solicitors A Oldschool and Co of Islington High Street, representing the landlord.
Stephen Oldschool, a partner in the firm, was unavailable this week despite a visit by this reporter to his office and many telephone calls.
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