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Dumfries Town Centre market
Dumfries Town Centre Market is currently run by Town Dynamics Limited (TDL).
We are a local company set up to assist the regeneration of Dumfries Town Centre
by organising various events and activities which will contribute to making Dumfries
one of the best places to live, and do business, in the UK.
John Dowson was a councillor for 11 years and retired from local politics in 1999. He served as Dumfries Town Centre Manager for 18 months during the millennium period. During that period Dumfries won the Scotland in Bloom competition and was voted one of the best places to live in Britain. John now works for a local charity (Coalition of Disabled People) and is Vice Chairman of Loreburn Community Council which covers the town centre area.
Sitki Nalci has also lived in the town for over 25 years. He was originally born in Turkey but has run various businesses in Dumfries and is now the Chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Multicultural Association.
DUMFRIES TOWN CENTRE MARKET
Directors: John Dowson & Sitki Naki
John Dowson: Mobile: 07523315548
Anthony Jones: Mobile: 07872333883
Email: johndowson@hotmail.co.uk
John Dowson was a councillor for 11 years and retired from local politics in 1999. He served as Dumfries Town Centre Manager for 18 months during the millennium period. During that period Dumfries won the Scotland in Bloom competition and was voted one of the best places to live in Britain. John now works for a local charity (Coalition of Disabled People) and is Vice Chairman of Loreburn Community Council which covers the town centre area.
Sitki Nalci has also lived in the town for over 25 years. He was originally born in Turkey but has run various businesses in Dumfries and is now the Chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Multicultural Association.
How to Contact us
DUMFRIES TOWN CENTRE MARKETDirectors: John Dowson & Sitki Naki
John Dowson: Mobile: 07523315548
Anthony Jones: Mobile: 07872333883
Email: johndowson@hotmail.co.uk
Market History
The Cross, traditional symbol of a Burgh’s right to hold an open air market, stood in Queensberry Square, Dumfries, for hundreds of years. The town was probably granted the right to hold a market when it became a Royal Burgh around 1188. Early in the 19th century the whole town centre was awash with stalls on market day.
The practice fell out of fashion in later years but was revived in 1999. Dumfries Town Centre Market follows a long established tradition, operating out of Queensberry Square and an area of the High Street adjacent to prominent retail outlets such as Marks & Spencer, Boots, Burtons and W H Smith.
Held every Saturday, the market offers a wide variety of goods ranging from the traditional butcher and fruit and vegetable stalls to antiques and collectibles, clothing, bags and gifts, which sit alongside local businesses working in arts and crafts and offering local produce.
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