I can only say as one trader why Monday is my closing day. I open Tues-Sun so Monday is my only day off as I am always at the shop regardless if I have staff in or not, If I am on my own which is weekdays until 3.15pm I do put a back in 5 sign in the window (and I'm never more than 5 mins) when I pop out to get lunch etc. I tend to do my paperwork daily so that I'm able to do what I need to at home on Monday's along with other thing's I get involved in, and as a few posters previous have said Monday tend's to be the quietest day.
Springcat thank you for taking the time to visit Dartmouth Road It's very much appreciated, and sorry that a lot of us were closed, but hopefully you got an idea what's on offer.
As many have commented on how Dartmouth Road looks I'd just like to say that we try and do what we can as local traders, quite a lot of FH traders have just bought matching xmas tree's for shop fronts to try and make the streets look more christmassy for our customers.
As others have previously said when going off topic The Horniman Farmer's Market is a great addition to FH.