This story has everything. Loved the photos. The map was brilliant. Even though I'm a book reader, I haven't been into a bookstore in a long time. I have visited a couple of thrift stores with a huge haul of books. Didn't find anything to buy. I had been looking for something specific.
Liked the cardboard sign for the bookshop. A very unique way of announcing it.
Ah, lovely Southwold. (I think...) my sister in law got married there. It was great. The whole wedding party stayed nearby in a giant mansion of a place.
The bookstore looks delightful. Reminds me of one I visited in Tasmania that had a similar air of eccentricity
A lovely visit. But please do visit the tea shop next time. I can’t believe you’ve never tried it. But then... Yeah, definitely more my scene I suspect, despite recent posts. I had a couple of glorious Devonshires with huge pots of tasty leaf tea on my recent travels. Real highlights of my trip. Thanks so much for sharing your bookshops with us though. Always a pleasure.
I was born and brought up in Lowestoft, a few miles along the coast from Southwold. At the time I saw Lowestoft as a desperate shit hole and would dream of escape. Southwold was way to posh for the likes of us. In my older years I see things differently and have quite a fondness for the area. Heck, I might even move back there one day. I think Lowestoft has so much potential to be regenerated, such a lovely coastline, I used to imagine myself as a successful billionaire who would one day return to the area to inject some much needed investment, but sadly that dream has not been realised.
Delightful, thank you Terry! So much to like here, but the standouts for me are your map "not drawn to scale" "open 2-4 or longer", and the offer of a towel to ensure "no drips!"
I'[d much rather an old bookshop too, I relax when holding second-hand books and love to discover the clues of their previous lives.
I rather enjoy a bookshop like that. Rarely do I walk into a shop knowing exactly what I’d like to read, so having to dig about a bit would add to the idea of a treasure hunt for the perfect book.
I enjoyed this so much, Terry. Thank you for taking me along through the book shops. Spending time in used books stores always feels like a holiday for me. I get lost for hours in whole "other worlds." Some of my happiest memories are of three days spent in south Scotland in Wigtown (Book Town.) A separate plane of existence! Loved your photos of Barnabees. Delightful!
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Such a great start to the week, Terry - thank you for taking us along to Southwold with you in this post! What a great couple of bookshop visits - and I love the sound of your haul. I had the privilege of knowing Anthony Buckeridge - his wife Eileen taught me English Literature at school, and once she'd retired gave me one-to-one tuition for A-level. I loved his 'Jennings' books - Jennings and Darbishire and their exclamations of 'Fossilised fishhooks!' and the like always made me laugh. They dubbed their favourite teacher, Mr Carter, 'Retsim Retrac' during a phase of reversing everybody's names, and their nemesis, Mr Wilkins, was the less-pronounceable 'Retsim Snikliw'! My friend Jo and I went through a corresponding phase of referring to one of our teachers as 'Rotcod Pohsib' as soon as we'd read that! You've taken me back to such happy times, Terry - thank you!
Your photograph of Southwold beach is utterly gorgeous. 🌞
This story has everything. Loved the photos. The map was brilliant. Even though I'm a book reader, I haven't been into a bookstore in a long time. I have visited a couple of thrift stores with a huge haul of books. Didn't find anything to buy. I had been looking for something specific.
Liked the cardboard sign for the bookshop. A very unique way of announcing it.
Enjoyed reading this whole story.
Ah, lovely Southwold. (I think...) my sister in law got married there. It was great. The whole wedding party stayed nearby in a giant mansion of a place.
The bookstore looks delightful. Reminds me of one I visited in Tasmania that had a similar air of eccentricity
Enjoyed reading that. Thanks
A lovely visit. But please do visit the tea shop next time. I can’t believe you’ve never tried it. But then... Yeah, definitely more my scene I suspect, despite recent posts. I had a couple of glorious Devonshires with huge pots of tasty leaf tea on my recent travels. Real highlights of my trip. Thanks so much for sharing your bookshops with us though. Always a pleasure.
I was born and brought up in Lowestoft, a few miles along the coast from Southwold. At the time I saw Lowestoft as a desperate shit hole and would dream of escape. Southwold was way to posh for the likes of us. In my older years I see things differently and have quite a fondness for the area. Heck, I might even move back there one day. I think Lowestoft has so much potential to be regenerated, such a lovely coastline, I used to imagine myself as a successful billionaire who would one day return to the area to inject some much needed investment, but sadly that dream has not been realised.
I quite enjoyed this one. The photos (and your writing) really brought the post to life.
Delightful, thank you Terry! So much to like here, but the standouts for me are your map "not drawn to scale" "open 2-4 or longer", and the offer of a towel to ensure "no drips!"
I'[d much rather an old bookshop too, I relax when holding second-hand books and love to discover the clues of their previous lives.
Love these book stores. I could practically smell the binder glue and dust from your photos.
I rather enjoy a bookshop like that. Rarely do I walk into a shop knowing exactly what I’d like to read, so having to dig about a bit would add to the idea of a treasure hunt for the perfect book.
I enjoyed this so much, Terry. Thank you for taking me along through the book shops. Spending time in used books stores always feels like a holiday for me. I get lost for hours in whole "other worlds." Some of my happiest memories are of three days spent in south Scotland in Wigtown (Book Town.) A separate plane of existence! Loved your photos of Barnabees. Delightful!
Such a great start to the week, Terry - thank you for taking us along to Southwold with you in this post! What a great couple of bookshop visits - and I love the sound of your haul. I had the privilege of knowing Anthony Buckeridge - his wife Eileen taught me English Literature at school, and once she'd retired gave me one-to-one tuition for A-level. I loved his 'Jennings' books - Jennings and Darbishire and their exclamations of 'Fossilised fishhooks!' and the like always made me laugh. They dubbed their favourite teacher, Mr Carter, 'Retsim Retrac' during a phase of reversing everybody's names, and their nemesis, Mr Wilkins, was the less-pronounceable 'Retsim Snikliw'! My friend Jo and I went through a corresponding phase of referring to one of our teachers as 'Rotcod Pohsib' as soon as we'd read that! You've taken me back to such happy times, Terry - thank you!
Your photograph of Southwold beach is utterly gorgeous. 🌞