{"id":18216,"date":"2017-02-28T17:56:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=18216"},"modified":"2017-02-28T17:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:56:26","slug":"meet-street-traders-challenges-selling-streetside-cardiff-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/28\/meet-street-traders-challenges-selling-streetside-cardiff-city-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the vendors: the challenge of selling on the streets of Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_18222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18222\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18222\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"queenstreet28-02-17\" width=\"434\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18222\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"queenstreet28-02-17\" width=\"434\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/QueenStreet28-02-17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/noscript> A rainy day on Cardiff&#8217;s Queen Street, where stallholders and street vendors ply their trade whatever the weather.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">STREET vendors, Big Issue sellers, charity collectors &#8212; we have all seen them, and probably fobbed them off as we\u2019ve walked past on the streets of Cardiff.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what is it like to be one of them? Divisive though as they can be, the people who trade on the streets of the city are a part of its character, and have their own story to tell about the hard graft of trading outdoors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to compete with the high street shops here on Queen Street sometimes,\u201d said Claire Deakin, 33, who sells sterling silver jewellery from a mobile stall on Queen Street.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cThey are always able to keep changing their stock constantly, but for me it takes time to build up that source of money to invest in new stock.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18219\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18219\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"clairedeakin28-02-17\" width=\"422\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18219\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"clairedeakin28-02-17\" width=\"422\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/ClaireDeakin28-02-17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/noscript> Claire Deakin with her sterling silver jewellery stall as she makes her way down Queen Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Claire added that the conditions of her licence make trading more challenging: \u201cBecause mine is quite an old licence the rules say I have to keep moving unless people are looking or buying.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat\u2019s difficult about this is it can potentially look like I am leaving the high street, but it is a very special licence to be able to trade here on Queen Street.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Claire said her biggest problem is other traders who don\u2019t follow the rules of their licences: \u201cI have been doing this for 13 years, and in some towns they have banned street traders because a few people have not followed the rules.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For other street traders, like Big Issue seller Richard Singh, 50, there are other problems.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe position I am in is hard. Because I am homeless it makes it difficult to get a job,\u201d said Richard.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSelling the Big Issue helps me to get by every day, and it pays for me to stay in accommodation instead of sleeping in a car park.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMost people are friendly but there are some arrogant people too, and how we do usually depends on the weather,\u201d Richard added.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cNormally by three o\u2019clock I have enough money to be out of here, but today I might be here until eight or nine.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18218\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18218\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"martinevans28-02-17\" width=\"488\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18218\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"martinevans28-02-17\" width=\"488\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/MartinEvans28-02-17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/noscript> Martin Evans outside his fruit stall opposite the Capitol Centre, on a rainy day he relies on regular customers to keep up his trade.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For other traders like Martin Evans, 50, who runs the fruit stall at the east end of Queen Street, it&#8217;s all part and parcel of business in the city.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis part of Cardiff is not as busy as most, and I would call it the recession end of the city, but five years ago it wasn\u2019t like this,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere used to be all sorts of shops in the Capitol Centre across the road but now a lot of the shops are empty.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Martin it\u2019s all part of the life of the city, \u201cIt has happened in the past as well.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hayes used to be really busy before St David\u2019s Arcade opened, but now it\u2019s quite quiet. Who\u2019s to say how the city centre will change when the new BBC building goes up?\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For charity collectors like Damien Rowles, 21, from Bristol who works for Guide Dogs for the Blind, Cardiff has always been a difficult place to find people willing to stop.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI have been coming to Cardiff with the charity for four years now, and I have always found it to be one of the most welcoming places in the UK,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe trouble is the moment you put on a charity bib you get treated differently, almost as if you are not human.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut sometimes people surprise you: the other week I was falling into a bad day and a lady stopped to tell me she donates to our charity because of the help our charity gave to her daughter after a car accident.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSometimes it just takes one person to stop and talk and it can completely change your day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STREET vendors, Big Issue sellers, charity collectors &#8212; we have all seen them, and probably fobbed them off as we\u2019ve walked past on the streets of Cardiff. 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