Quote Originally Posted by Ron Ham View Post
I hope I may be forgiven for digressing a little here, but as a 12yr old I would go into the city & brouse in all the older parts of the city ,exploring back alleys etc. & I always made a point at week ends of visiting an bookshop in Bold St about half way along on the right hand side , this was during the war , it was manned by a very old man in a long black coat & scarf & the place had been collecting dust for years ,with second hand books & magazines back to Victorian times stacked to the ceiling ,a veritable paradise to me & he only charged me pennies for the old periodicals & one item I got was a portfolio of all the worlds ocean& wind currents for everymonth of the year , especially for sailing ship officers , which he let me have for nothing ! does anyone else remember that far back . Ron
Do you remember the bookshop in Upper Dawson Street next to the Playhouse, just before the open air pet market.
When you walked inside the floor was flagged just like the outside pavement.
Also the secondhand bookshop in Newington on the side by Lewis's. It was pulled down when they built the paint shop on the corner.