The 100-year-old Friday market reopened on Pallavaram street after a Covid-induced break of six months. A person can buy here from rabbits to used furniture. “There used to be a time when traders used to come from as far as Andhra Pradesh to sell cattle at the Friday shandy,” said N Kesavan, a trader at the market. According to K Krishnamoorthy, a superintendent with the Cantonment board, Friday’s weekly market saw only 50% of the usual crowd. “There used to be 200-300 shops set up every Friday. Our assessment was that there were only half the number of vendors and the crowd too was less than usual," said Krishnamoorthy.