some photos from the Celebrations of the Anniversary of the Restoration of St Georges Market, Belfast the
MARKET MEMORIES WEEKEND History Tours, collection of MARKET MEMORIES (an archive of trader and customer memories) , choirs through the ages from throughout Belfast, music, dancing, street-theatre, Traditional Skills presentations, Speeches from the balcony and traders and customers dressed as Belfast Victorian folks. A celebration of our own Heritage gem in the heart of Belfast ! full
schedule of Market Memories events |
here is a picture of the lady and gentleman who generally raised the tone of the weekend and I think won the hamper from St Georges Bar and Grill for the best dressed Victorian Couple -
The Weekend started off on Friday with a choir from St Malachy's Primary on the balcony
details of the Market Memories days |
Saturday and Sunday - the first ever Official Sunday Market
at St Georges , were packed with Events , with Music and Craft
Demonstrations and Paddy Scully's very entertaining Historical Tours and
were generally wonderful
so these pictures mostly werent taken until people were packing up so they
are mainly of the folks who stayed to the very end - still - I hope you like
them !
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The
Market History Tour - click on any picture for a larger version and to start the slideshow
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