Honor Oak Street residents will come together to turn local street into market
On Sunday, 19th April, Garthorne Road residents are coming together to turn their front gardens into a boot-sale-style market, in a bid to bring the community together and sell their wares.
It’s a sticker sale, meaning everything is priced simply with different colour stickers representing a range of bargain set prices.
With 16 houses involved so far, more are signing up every day, meaning visitors can expect to buy anything from clothes, including vintage cashmere, to household items and art, vinyl, and kids’ things. camping gear, garden tools and much more.
Garthorne Road – which is adjacent to Honor Oak station and Honor Oak Park Road (the high street) – has about 90 houses, so there’s plenty of scope for more to sign up.
The main organiser and resident says, “We wanted to do a bit of a spring clear-out and there are a few things that people might be interested in buying – framed paintings, vintage clothing, houseplant babies in nice pots. I chatted to a couple of neighbours who were keen, and they each had different things to sell – terracotta pots for the garden, all sorts.
“It seemed to be something to bring the street together. There are now at least 16 houses taking part. I think it’ll be a little bit of a village fete vibe with homemade cakes and lemonade on sale too. It’s also on statistically the day it’s least likely to rain this April, so see you there.”
It’s a cash sale, but some houses will be able to take card payments too.