The now infamous way for small independent traders to offer their steampunk wares to the cream of steampunk society. We call it...
The Illicit Market
Main Room - 2pm Sunday
This is a combination of
market and role-playing opportunity. It is themed around the
“smuggling of exotica”. People can bring objects to sell but the
"Guild of Privateers, Illicit Entrepreneurs and Scoundrels"*
are on the lookout for “the authorities” and enforcing a nominal
charge.
Sellers are required to pay a single holiday token (£2
coin) for trading. People wishing to sell can enter from 14:55. A
Single Bell will signal the traders to enter.
There will be no
tables or furniture and everything someone brings in must be carried
in by them alone in a single trip and hidden from view! (There may be
commendations from the Piemen for the most imaginative and impressive
ways of hiding your stock.) No trolleys allowed.** if there are two
or more of you selling together you enter as individuals.
Buyers
will be allowed to queue from 2.pm and enter at the sound of 2
bells (Approximately 2:10) We will then have forty minutes of
frantic browsing and buying.
At around 2:50 there will be a single warning Bell that "the authorities are on the way" and buyers should get ready to leave.
NOTE: A whistle may sound during the market to indicate the unexpected approach of “the authorities” and all participants are urged to remain still and quiet until 2 whistle blasts indicate an all clear.
3 Bells signal the buyers have five minutes to leave. Buyers who take five minutes and one second or more (with a countdown) will have to pay a £1 exit fine. (Please have your one pound coins ready since there is no change from the Piemen)
This is the warning time for
sellers. Any seller who has not exited the room by 16:05 will be
saddled with a £1 exit charge too. Anyone trying to exit
after 3:10? This charge rises to £5 (This keeps the excitement and
tension and makes for a swift turnaround for the next feature.)
Everyone wishing to participate in the feature does so on the
understanding that they agree to and accept fully the structure,
terms and conditions.
All sellers must have a £2
coin, a £1 coin and a £5 note on them to pay for their entry and
the possibility of exit fines. All buyers must have a £1 coin
on them in case they have to pay a fine on exit.
This is a very
popular and fun feature. Please enter into it in the correct
spirit. We reserve the right to refuse admission, refuse
permission to trade and require anyone to leave without notice.
Keep it splendid and keep it fun!
* The Guild of
PIES or otherwise known as the "Piemen"
**Potential sellers and buyers with an access related disability may apply for special consideration.
