'Every trader along this High Street will be devastated'

Claire Tierney, of Rochester City Centre Forum, talks about the cancellation of this weekend's Christmas market

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00:00Every trader along this high street will be devastated. We look forward to it all year. We

00:05plan for it from the spring and this year was going to probably be our best year ever.

00:11We've collaborated with the events team throughout the summer and we're looking to

00:16deliver a much more comprehensive package across the whole of the high street. The entertainment

00:21in the high street, the performers, the attention to detail. We have new Christmas lights in the

00:27east gate quarter which are absolutely gorgeous and we've worked really hard towards those as

00:32well this year. So we were looking forward to celebrating all of that and more and encouraging

00:39everybody to come and have a lovely time all over the over the weekend both up in the castle

00:43and in the high street.