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🗣️“It was everything to me… I just want to get back to serving the public of Kingston”After a ‘devastating’ fire tore through Kingston’s 800-year-old market, fishmonger Tim Meads, known affectionately as ‘Tim the Fish’ was “absolutely wiped out” after the blaze cost him around £27,000 in loss and damages.But thanks to the Kingston Upon Thames community, Tim has raised more than £14,000 on GoFundMe to rebuild his stall, saying: “It shows there is love in this town.”

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00:00This was our livelihood. It was everything to me. You know, I've been here for 42 years.
00:05I'm 62 now. I've been here since I was 18. It's a long time. It's the hub of Kingston.
00:10It's the heart of Kingston. It's the market. It's wiped me out. Absolutely wiped me out.
00:14The stock, the waste of the stock, all my cabinets. It's cost me over 27,000.
00:19That's what the damage is and lots of earnings as well.
00:24I just want to be back, hurry up and get back serving my public. You know, bless them. They've
00:28raised money for me on the GoFundMe page, which is all going to help. Over 14,000 pounds,
00:33which has been good in two weeks, not even two weeks. So, yeah. So, I feel very grateful,
00:39very blessed. Yeah, everyone's generosity has been fantastic. It says a lot because it proves
00:45that that is love in this town. I mean, I've seen so many changes in this town. You know,
00:50unfortunately, online shopping has made a big effect on it. All the delivery fast-through
00:55stalls for delivery services, making people very lazy. It has changed a lot, but hopefully it'll come
01:02back. It will come back. Oh, yeah. And so will the fish. The fish stall will be back to him,
01:07the fish.

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