Lancaster Tattoo?

We hadn't been to Lancaster for, we guessed, well over a decade.

She thought we were going to find an outlet for Totally Wicked© Vaping tackle, I thought I was taking her for a look around a place we hadn't been for a while.
It appears we were both right. In St Nicholas Arcade a noise stuck up ... investigation unearthed this lot, apparently it's "Armed Forces Day".

After finding the outlet ... Market next stop ...WRONG

"LANCASTER MARKET
IS NOW CLOSED
Due to circumstances beyond our
control a decision was taken on
Saturday 2 September to close
Lancaster Market
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience
this may have caused."

A quick canter across the web told of another effect of the recession.
"Q. So the council has decided to close Lancaster Market. Why?
A. The simple truth is that the indoor Lancaster Market is currently running at a huge loss.
Each year the difference between what we receive in income and have to pay out in rent and service charges is in the region of more than £400,000.
To put that into perspective, to raise this sort of money then we would have to put Council Tax up by more than an additional 6%.
In the current economic circumstances, the council considers it should not subsidise the market to such a level, given the range of other services that are so important to our citizens."

Set against that the outdoor aspect of market stalls seems to be fairly booming.