Who "owns" this market? Is it a random group of traders, not affiliated to Forest Hill, who have borrowed/rented the space from the Horniman and who are probably thrilled at their success?

Or is it the Horniman themselves, who are also likely to be chuffed at the extra footfall - more visitors in general, more visitors to the charged-for exhibition, more visitors stuffing the odd extra fiver in the collection box, more visitors in the cafe/shop on damp/cold days?

Maybe I'm just a cynic, but I can't help feeling that the only people who want this to change are the Dartmouth Road shopkeepers. Maybe Forest Hill is some utopian socialist paradise where everybody wants to work to the common good, so the organisers/Horniman are willing to give up some of their raging success (the result of, I'm sure, lots of hard work and no small risk) to benefit the random selection of craft shops and cafes on Dartmouth Road.

But somehow, personally, I doubt it. And I wouldn't blame them one little bit. Business, money making, capitalism, whatever you want to call it, rarely has room for playing nicely, and competition is a fact of life.