MAY I ask, on behalf of the market traders of St Helens, for the people to support their local market?

The average rate the council require is £350 per week. If the customers do not come in, how can the stallholders possibly meet this demand?

There has always been a market in St Helens, as there is in every country, city, town and village throughout the world. It would be a very sorry state if it had to close down.

So come on St Heleners, your local market needs you badly. As the saying goes, 'use it, or lose it.'

Joan Hall, Ellis Road, Billinge.

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