The Metropolis

Borough film set in turmoil as extras evicted

Mike Pollitt | Monday 20 June, 2011 10:14

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Traders have been chucked off Borough market, and Peter Wilkinson, the Chairman of the trust which runs it, finds himself in a spot of bother. Se1 has a long interview with him which gets to the nitty gritty

“Whilst it’s arguably had five to ten years riding a wave, that wave has crashed on the shore…Just while we are going through this period of change, inevitably there is going to be some disquiet. The edges of that disquiet are at times unpleasant.”

The Guardian reports the disgruntled traders’ view

“Wilkinson talks a lot about having a relationship with the traders, but it’s by diktat,” said one trader. “Borough Market is being chopped and moulded to suit one person’s idea of what it should be. But it’s not consensual and he’s not experienced enough.”

One to watch.

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