Children attending Happy Bunnies Nursery School in Shepreth, Cambridgeshire caught a train from their small rural village to nearby Cambridge to widen their cultural capital by visiting a variety of market stalls in the city.
‘Our visit to the bustling market was an excellent opportunity for our children to interact with local vendors and experience the vibrant atmosphere of a community gathering,’ says owner and manager Rob Fox, who previously ran a market stall there himself and has kept in touch with many of the stallholders. ‘We are based on the border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire in a very white populated area and I wanted the children to be exposed to people from other countries and cultures. Also, we rely on supermarket deliveries, and children do not often experience going to the shops with their parents and buying things.’
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