STALLHOLDERS at Wonderland claim the closure of the historic Cleethorpes market will toll the "death knell" for the far end of the resort.
After receiving just a week's notice that Sunday would be their last day of trading, sellers are "furious" that they will not be able to benefit from the Easter boost in trade.
Town & Country Markets, which has owned the site for about ten years, issued all traders with a letter stating: "We are now in a position where we have accepted an offer from a purchaser for the freehold of the site.
"This offer is for the land and the building which houses the market, but does not include the market as a going concern."
The site had failed to sell at auction, but the mystery buyer later made an offer of £302,500, which Town & Country accepted.
Michael Miller, from Cleethorpes, is the son-in-law of former Wonderland owner Dudley Bowers and has three stalls on the market.
He said: "My father-in-law would be very upset by what is happening.
"People won't come down this end of the promenade once the market has gone and it will spell the death knell for other businesses down here.
"It would be OK if the new company had another tenant, but they don't, it is just going to stand empty."
Diane Brown fears she could lose her home when the market closes.
"I've been selling here for 19 years and I am absolutely gutted we're being forced out with so little notice," she said.
"I'm worried I could lose my home without this money coming in.
"The worse part is that we haven't even got Easter Bank Holiday to sell because they're forcing us out straight away."
John Malik, who has had a stall there for 30 years, added: "We've stuck around through the bad weather and the poor winter months and we were hoping to recuperate some our losses over Easter, but now we've got no chance to do that."
Marie Padstow, who has had the Bits And Bobs stall for five years, added: "We've stuck by the market through an awful winter with no customers and now they're kicking us out before Easter, which is one of our busiest weekends.
"We're hoping that the council will find us somewhere else to operate from next weekend, but there isn't much time left."
Sweet shop stallholder Lee Sammut added: "It seems totally ridiculous that they're forcing us out when they haven't got any other use for the place yet."
Shopper Roger Roe has been visiting Wonderland since he was a little boy and takes his wife and daughters on Sundays.
He said: "It's sad because it's the end of an era. Places like this are dying out and it is going to be another tradition that's lost."
Wendy Fisher, head of assets at NELC, said: "We're currently looking at an alternative site where they might be able to set up on Easter Sunday and Monday."
