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After selling in the Constant Spring Market for more than 45 years, Alberta Palmer is at a loss for words as to what she will do after its demolition.

Palmer told THE STAR that she was given nerves and pressure pills after the relocation announcement earlier this year.

"From mi hear dem seh we need to move mi deh pan pills because me pressure get so high. Dem a tell wi fi move and dem nah tell wi weh fi go," she said.

She said that recommendations were made for the vendors to go to other areas such as the Papine and Coronation markets, however, they said no accommodations have been made for them.

Palmer, who lives with her daughter, sometimes gives a helping hand in raising her grandchildren.

"I have to help out if my daughter doesn't have the money. You have to watch these children and ensure they go to school, especially as girls. We need to ensure that they come out to something," she said.

Palmer told THE STAR that her business has suffered immensely since the vendors were given the eviction notice because her clients were not aware that she was still in the market.

"I supply people from all over and some people don't like to go downtown market. Even the other day people told me to put down their little load and they come for it. But the business get slow because some of my clients don't know that I am still here and they don't know where I will be after," she said.

The 70-year-old said the authorities have not given them any place to relocate to and it is unfair to the persons who have been at Constant Spring Market for a very long time.

"Dem nuh seh nothing to us about where they moving us to. Dem just a tell wi fi move and that's all. Where are we going to go?" she asked.

With tears in her eyes, Palmer is appealing to authorities for answers as to what the vendors should do next.

She said they are uprooting her life and she needs to know what is happening to her soon.