Perth, Western Australia October 13, 2007 Home News Time Out Letters Write a Letter Classifieds Search Real Estate Trades & Services Submit About Contact Us Advertising Legal	Market lovers prepare to march Young market lover Samantha (14) drew this picture of the Station Street Markets and wrote: "In the olden days people were important." People who love the Station Street Markets in Subiaco are holding a demonstration march to try to save the markets on Saturday, October 20. They have police permission to march between noon and 1pm from the markets, up Rokeby Road to Rankin Gardens, around Subiaco council's offices. They invite anybody interested in the markets to wear something yellow - a shirt, ribbon, headband, hat - and join in. Tina Bassett, of Gloster Street, Subiaco, and Ray Lee, of Duncraig Road, Duncraig, are helping to organise the campaign to save the markets. Tina said Ray got in touch after he saw a letter her husband had written to the POST. She said: "I am not a stallholder. I am a mother of three girls who feels passionate about these markets. "I came here from England because where I was living there were only supermarkets - no small shops, no markets, no character. "I love Australia and I love these markets. "I was there last weekend asking people to sign a petition, and after a few hours I was exhausted from talking about it. "An old lady came up and said her name was Hilda - that she didn't buy anything, but she came to meet her friends and have a cup of tea. "It just got to me. I burst into tears. "This is not about money - this is about people. About making a nice, cheap place for the Hildas and Uncle Harrys and all the other people who use the markets as a safe place to meet friends." Mr Lee said he had distributed 10,000 copies of a petition aimed at getting the Heritage Council to list the markets on the state register, and possibly delay the redevelopment of the site. Owners of the markets have been given approval by the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority to build a four-storey office block on the south side. The developer, Greg Pearce, has said they will keep the markets, but reduce the number of stalls and add a piazza. Subiaco mayor Heather Henderson, and the council, have said constantly that the markets are important to the vitality and social fabric of Subiaco. Demolition of the south side of the markets is due to start next month. Do you have something to say? Write to us and we may publish your letter next week. BACK TO TOP < PREVIOUS - HOME - NEXT> Copyright © 1999 - 2008 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.