On Friday, June 24, Whitehaven Town Council organised an antiques market in St Nicholas' Gardens. 

Many people turned out to browse the items and support the antiques dealers who were selling their goods. 

The market seemed to be a great success and there was an array of fascinating historic items, many of which related to Whitehaven. 

It is expected that around a few hundred people turned out to look at and buy the goods on offer. The markets ran from 10am until 4pm. 

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Marlene Jewell, Clerk of Whitehaven Town Council said: "This is about developing and enhancing things for the community and that's what we're all about at Whitehaven Town Council."

Businessman Gerard Richardson also helped with putting the markets together. He said: "It's the second Cumbrian antiques market organised by Whitehaven Town Council. We had the annual science show the day before so we thought that we'd make the most out of the marquee. 

"It has worked out very well and there's a nice steady stream of people going round. It also gives the antiques dealers the chance to show their goods free of charge. 

"It's nice do something like this in the town centre and it really adds some atmosphere as lots of people come in out of curiosity."

We spoke to one of the dealer's Dave Telford to find out what he thought about the event. 

He said: "It's an antiques and collectors fair with a number of people from west Cumbria who have came down to sell their goods. 

"It's all going very good and we did something similar last year, the weather seems a lot better this time around so we're hoping for an even better turnout.

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Also in attendance was Grassroots Garden Centre who offer support for people with disabilities, they have a centre in Hensingham and had a stall just outside of the main marquee. 

Nicola Wilkinson of the garden centre added: "We're selling some plants here from our garden centre and we've managed to get quite a few sales today."