Thanks for your post Red67. I don't think anyone involved thought local shops would suffer from the market, but sadly they are. Dartmouth Road has almost no footfall until around 2pm on Saturday's now which means shops are taking half of what they used to on the busiest day of the week, and some may have to let staff go, me included. I really hope everything balances out between the two as I think the market is great for the area, but hope locals remember the shops too. I like to be honest on here and hope I don't upset anyone with this reply.