Historic London Market to bring back the art of Banter
Spitalfields, London, UK – 13th July 2010 – In a bid to fight back at the dominance of superstores, the historic Old Spitalfields Market is launching an initiative that will see the industry’s ancient arts of ‘Flash’ and ‘Banter’ be reintroduced at its site near Liverpool Street station, bringing back the very techniques that were born there many hundreds of years ago. ‘Banter’ - essentially a market trader’s light-hearted (and often slightly cheeky) verbal interaction with customers, and ‘Flash’ - the visual presentation of the market stall are both ways in which a trader can make
