Glebe Markets
Sprawling weekend schoolyard market of vintage clothing, records, crafts and street food since the early nineties.
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This guide to Glebe Markets in Sydney traces its start to a Saturday morning in 1992, when local teacher Judy McCumstie and her husband Bob decided an empty schoolyard across from their coffee shop deserved a market of its own. It follows the market through three decades under their son David and his wife Naomi, past punks, anarchists, and at least one group trying to invent its own religion. Best browsed early, before the trestle tables fill with the Saturday crowd.
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