Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Discovering Adelaide 2 - The Adelaide Central Market


One of my favourite places to shop - or even just to visit - is the Central Market, just off Victoria Square, right in the centre of Adelaide. It is so full of life and colour, so vibrant and busy. I love taking visitors there - it is a real tourist attraction, perhaps not advertised enough.





As a child, I can remember going to the market with my parents and brother nearly every Friday evening. We would catch the Glenelg tram from where we lived at Glandore and the tram would take us into Victoria Square which was then the end of the line.

Hanging on very tightly to either Mum or Dad, we would savour the excitement of the market, stocking up on fruit, vegetables, meat, smallgoods, fish  etc for the coming week. We were allowed to buy a small bag of sweets each from a marvellous lolly stall - now sadly gone. My favourite were the little brown fish, tasting of cinnamon from memory.  Dad would always by a stick of mettwurst from "Pauls" stall while Mum delighted in the freshly roasted peanuts from Ditters - oh that smell!







 


I can remember one night, going home in the tram laden with bags of food, including a dozen farm fresh eggs. As the tram crossed South Road, we were hit by a truck inches from where we were sitting along the long bench in the front of the tram. We finished in a heap in the front section behind the driver - quite unharmed except for a small cut on my dad's head. All Mum could think about were her unbroken eggs.



















Liz Needle - linking with "Our World Tuesday"  and  "Ruby Tuesday Too".






9 comments:

  1. Interesting market ... it's good to see what goes on in other cities.
    Lovely photos....thanks for sharing!

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  2. I love markets such as this...and I love that you have all these great memories of your childhood at the market. Thanks so much for coming by....:)

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  3. always love exploring local markets - it is such a wonderful glimpse into life.
    love the photo of the lamps...

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  4. Looks like a pleasant place for a walk and shopping !

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  5. Childhood memories are like revisiting an old movie … an interesting detail about your mum and those unbroken eggs after a crash.

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  6. Wonderful shots from the central market. Very colourful.

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  7. This looks like a great place to shop and congregate.

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  8. I want to visit these markets, I'd also like to visit the markets you went to with your parents please :-)

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  9. A lovely collection of market pics - it's all so vibrant and colourful.
    Wow, that tram memory was something, had a little chuckle about your Mum's unbroken eggs!

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