For Barbadians, Good Friday means fish and hot cross buns, a tradition as deeply rooted as the holiday itself. But yesterday, the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex told a quieter story than usual, with only a trickle of shoppers passing through and vendors pointing to shifting habits and weeks of rough weather as culprits.
Fish vendor Wendy Popo said the hustle of years gone by was a faint memory.
“One time, you would have real ’nuff people in here buying fish. We wouldn’t even see our own selves inside the stall,” she said.
Today, she said, foot traffic has dwindled as customers increasingly favour fish houses, citing outlets in Swan Street and City Centre Mall as drawing her former clientele away from the market.
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