Seven-year-olds hit hard by credit crunch

For the past two days there has been a temporary market stall at the end of my road. This would perhaps be normal in a busier street but I live on a solely residential road where there is only a small chance of catching someone walking by. It's a bold move in harsh times to start-up a new business. I thought I'd go along to support this new local venture and see what was on sale.

A couple of seven-year-olds have caught the entrepreneurial bug and set-up a stall by which they can sell their wares. Possibly the CBBC version of Alan Sugars yawn-fest of a TV show. The first two series were ok but now it's just the same problems/arguments, just different dicks involved. Move along there's nothing to see here.

Anyways....

Mainly toy based, most of which appear to be broken, the boys are aiming at the 5-10year-old demographic. Of course they've picked a good time for selling, Easter Holidays. Plenty of extra money flying around the market seeing as Granny has come to stay for two weeks. She's able to inject some money at a time of recession that the under tens haven't seen before, mainly because they're under ten.

The brothers have seen fit to invest that money in a commercial venture that could see them double or treble their outlay. We are talking in the region of ten to fifteen pounds. With the recent explosion of mind-blowing figures that we've seen in the news lately these projections probably won't shock you. It's big money for the boys.

They are certainly putting in the hours. They have been out there all day shouting "roll-up, roll-up". Only a short break was taken when their Mum called them in for lunch. Jam sandwiches and milk, I suspect. As any market stall holder will tell you, that is the lunch of kings when you're trying to flog crap all day.

Having not seen any He-Man related figures or old-style Transformers, I wasn't able to make a purchase. The prices they were offering for the "latest", they claim, Power-Ranger was out of my price bracket. I am of course stunned, that Power-Rangers are still going.

I suspect their business may fold by the end of the week. Particularly after Granny pulls the plug on their funding.

HDM