MARKET days, particularly those selling goods from local farms, are popular in a number of towns and cities, with the public being asked to help keep local traders in business.
But outdoor markets have not always been as popular.
Back in September 1974 there was a major rammy over an English firm that set up stalls on waste ground in Elmvale Street, Springburn.
That immediately sparked protests from the local 
shopkeepers, who pointed out they had to pay rates, taxes 
and put in toilets and other facilities for customers while the market did not.
Grocery shop owner Mrs Anne Aitken, pictured centre making her point, said: “They should not be allowed to be here. They are just squatters.”
A police inspector and several constables were sent to the scene in case  of trouble, but were not called into action.
The local authority had no power to ban the open-air event because a loophole meant such markets could 
be held 28 days a year 
without permission having 
to be sought.
Such confrontations are now a thing of the past as markets are welcomed on city streets.

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The children are oblivious to the photographer taking this picture as they enjoy a travelling Punch and Judy show on the cobbles of Rose Street, Garnethill, but the woman on the left is ovbiously curious ...