Everyone’s a winner with the Cultural Crafts Bazaar
Date published: 22 November 2011

Craft Cottage
Customers who attended the first ever Cultural Craft Bazaar in Rochdale have chosen their favourite stall. Almost 100 people voted in an online poll and the eventual winner was ‘Craft Cottage.’
Everyone who participated in the poll had the chance to win a £50 voucher for Rochdale Exchange and the Markets. The lucky winner was Joanne McMinn Brierley.
The free prize draw form winner has also been selected and Pearl Wensley was the lucky receiver of the second £50 voucher.
The Cultural Crafts Bazaar was launched from a partnership between Rochdale Exchange and the Community Voluntary Sector to breathe a new lease of life into the Rochdale Markets. On the launch of the Bazaar; footfall was up over 12 per cent on the Sunday before.
More than ten new stalls have already booked for the next Bazaar, on Sunday 4 December, making over 55 unique stalls that customers can visit.
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