Tommyfield Market traders have shared their views ahead of the market’s closure on Monday, September 19.
In May, traders said they were "disgusted" by the Jubilee Bank Holiday closure at Tommyfield Market.
With nearby Bury Market remaining open, traders were concerned about missing out in thousands of lost revenue.
However, traders are supportive of the closure ahead of the Queen’s funeral.
Ray Aslam, Chairman of the Tommyfield Market Trade Association, said traders had voted in full support of the closure ahead of the Queen’s funeral, which has been declared a Bank Holiday.
The market will remain open as usual this week until Sunday, when the car boot sale will be closed.
On Monday, Tommyfield will be fully closed to mark the state funeral.
A & Y Brierley & Sons shoe shop owner Justin Brierley said: “We should close, it’s respect to the Queen. We’ll never have another.
"I’m one for closing, I think it’s a sign of respect.
“Sadly I’ve never met any of the royal family, but that doesn’t matter.
“She’s always been there right from me being born, she’s always been an ever-present, so she should be respected.”
Working at Stitch Express for nine years, stall operator Carol, aged 57, said: “I was pretty upset when I heard she had died.
“Listening to the news all day I sort of expected it because of what was being said, but to find out she had actually died – it was touching.
“She’s been my Queen since I was born, I never thought I’d see a King in my time, but obviously we would have done – it’s just sad that it’s happened the way it has.”
Jayne’s Delly owner Jayne Kelly shared the sombre mood, and said she would be watching the funeral on Monday.
Jayne said: “It’s sad, she’s somebody’s mum and grandma, it’s sad.”
Stall worker Tina Wood added: “We won’t see another Queen.”
In July, trader Abdulhamid Ajmid, who kept a picture of the Queen in his house and supported the market’s closure for the Jubilee weekend, died at his Stationery Corner market stall.
Tommyfield Market is set to be relocated to TJ Hughes’ former home on Parliament Square, with the former location becoming a new public park, named Jubilee Park in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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