On the weekend while driving through Milnerton I stumbled onto the Milnerton Market. I’ve heard about this market before and decided to stop and see what was on offer.
You can buy the strangest things at this market. From old books, tools, plants, boerewors rolls, coins, videos, antiques, artwork and many more useless and useful goods.
Rowan is one of the many vendors at the market. I walked past his store and did not pay much attention to the Parow Renaissance artwork on display. What caught my eye was him sitting relaxed next to his bakkie almost as to show off the broken door and taking pride in his stall.
I asked Rowan if I could take a picture of him and his broken down bakkie. He was the friendliest guy and asked me just as many questions about my camera as I asked him about his bakkie and the market.
Rowan told me that he had all the tools behind the seat and the necessary skill to fix his bakkie, but chose not to fix it as this would mean his bakkie would look good and criminals would want to steal it. The broken door also acts as a dustbin and only gets emptied when he goes to the dumb. Rowan is a handy man and has been coming to this market for many years.
There are some real bargains to be found at this market. By the time I left most of the stalls started to pack up their goods. The seagulls started to hover over us as they were the next lot of bargain hunters to move in.
