Welcome to Todmorden: The market town only TWENTY minutes from Manchester

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For today’s video we hopped onto the train to visit Todmorden, a small market town on the border of Yorkshire and Lancashire which is very deserving of a weekend visit.

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00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World and welcome to Tomberden.

00:03Now this little place might be the best place that you've never visited.

00:06It exists just outside of Greater Manchester and is right on the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire

00:10and we're here today because of its market.

00:12Now it can often be overlooked for its more famous neighbour Hebden Bridge

00:16but this place really does have a lot to offer.

00:18Chiefly its amazing desire to have independent businesses here

00:21and the awesome community feel around the whole place.

00:25And also was pretty famous a good couple of years back for having quite a lot of UFO sightings for a small town.

00:30So we'll go have a look at the market and maybe we'll bump into an alien or two.

00:34Now it'd be pretty difficult for me to describe Tomberden's markets by myself

00:37so here it is in the words of those who work here.

00:40My name is Tony Gill. I run a hardware store which sells almost anything.

00:46If you want it I can get it.

00:47I like to serve the public obviously and I've got a big range of stuff.

00:52My grandad started it in the early 20s and my father took it on in the 40s it'll be.

00:5940s, 50s he started working with it and I took it on in 88.

01:03By and large it's just a friendly place and the market all itself is

01:07everybody knows each other and they look after each other sort of thing.

01:12I try and help as many folk as I can.

01:14I like mending stuff. I go out locksmithing and I put curtain tracks up for the older people, the older age pensioners.

01:24The indoor part of it is thriving at the moment.

01:27Friendly, open people who will look after you if you're in trouble.

01:32You know, it's just a friendly place.

01:37Started here when I was 12.

01:38Got to tell you.

01:40It's a bit quirky.

01:41People are normal.

01:44Not natural, you know what I mean?

01:45No airs and graces.

01:46Just normal people.

01:48People go to the supermarket and they'll come here.

01:50You know, do the shopping you need.

01:51Get the groceries in the supermarket.

01:53Tins and things like that.

01:55Get the vegetables outside.

01:56Meat and bread.

01:57We can tell you where it's come from.

01:58You know what I mean?

01:59I mean, my meat comes from six miles away.

02:02Something's never changed.

02:03There's always something different.

02:05Always something to talk about.

02:06I can see.

02:07I think the variation of stuff that you see here is right across the board from modern to antique.

02:15There's jewellery.

02:16To be honest with you, the people of Tom Eden are fabulous as well.

02:20There's such diversity here.

02:22It's like walking to that bar on Star Wars.

02:24It's just, the people are just so various.

02:27I come here because the rarity of this market and the people that come here are from far and wide.

02:34There's always, you know, something to see and something to discover.

02:37So there you have it.

02:38Just a 20-minute train ride away from Manchester.

02:41You have one of the most friendly, welcoming, brilliant market towns that you could possibly hope to find.

02:47The indoor market is full of brilliant food and drink options and traders that have been here for a long, old time.

02:52And the outdoor market has one of the best flea markets.

02:54So get yourself down here, give it a try and follow Manchester World for more.

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