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Coronavirus: Instagram move for Ruddington Village Market Coronavirus: Instagram move for Ruddington Village Market
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Villagers missing their monthly market have decided to take it online with live pub tours, bouquet demonstrations and tips on cutting your own hair. Villagers missing their monthly market took it online with live pub tours, bouquet demonstrations and tips on cutting your own hair.
Ruddington Village Market, in Nottinghamshire, will be broadcast live on Instagram this month. Ruddington Village Market, in Nottinghamshire, broadcast live on Instagram earlier.
Organiser Mark Pinks said businesses would have 10-minute slots for demonstrations. Organiser Mark Pinks said the 10-minute slots for demonstrations from nine businesses was a "great success".
Business owner Alex Preston said it would help sellers keep in touch with customers.Business owner Alex Preston said it would help sellers keep in touch with customers.
The market will be hosted by Mr Pinks who will invite traders to join him on Instagram live on Saturday. The market was hosted by Mr Pinks, who invited traders to join him on Instagram live between 12:00 and 14:30 BST.
He said: "We were thinking what can we do to help market stalls and shops struggling with limited trading ability."He said: "We were thinking what can we do to help market stalls and shops struggling with limited trading ability."
Mr Pinks, who is part of the Ruddington Village Centre Partnership which organise the markets, said: "A pub which has moved to takeaway will show us the beer cellar and behind the bar, and a cafe deli will be demonstrating how to make scotch eggs." Mr Pinks, who is part of the Ruddington Village Centre Partnership which organises the markets, said: "A pub which has moved to takeaway showed us the beer cellar and behind the bar, and a cafe deli demonstrated how to make scotch eggs."
He said as well as promoting stall-holders' products, many of which are trading online or over the phone, "it is an interesting way to see how things work". He said as well as promoting stall-holders' products, many of which were trading online or over the phone, "it is an interesting way to see how things work".
And for businesses not able to trade, it is about helping them "keep on the radar". And for businesses not able to trade, it was about helping them "keep on the radar".
He added he hopes to "do it again if the lockdown remain" on 6 June.
Mrs Preston, owner of The Bottle Top in Ruddington which sells food, craft beer and spirits, said: "A lot of people are missing the market, and obviously it is affecting trade.Mrs Preston, owner of The Bottle Top in Ruddington which sells food, craft beer and spirits, said: "A lot of people are missing the market, and obviously it is affecting trade.
"It is about keeping the local economy going, supporting traders, and getting supplies out to local people.""It is about keeping the local economy going, supporting traders, and getting supplies out to local people."
Jen Walker, who runs The Split Screen Coffee Company and brings her coffee van to the market every month, said: "As someone who runs a small business, it is amazing."Jen Walker, who runs The Split Screen Coffee Company and brings her coffee van to the market every month, said: "As someone who runs a small business, it is amazing."
She plans to make coffee and do barista-style art during the virtual market. She demonstrated how to make coffee and did barista-style art during the virtual market.
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