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Caption: THE
OLD PIER BOOKSHOP Morecambe
Caption: The Old Pier Book Shop in Morecambe makes Paris’ Shakespeare and Company bookshop look a bit like a Waterstones. Ok, maybe not, but this little bookshop is really quite special.
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Caption: Outside,
the books
spill out
onto the
sidewalk
tempting
you in.
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Caption: Once inside, the delicious
book odour hits you.
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Caption: Somewhere entangled
amongst the
books is the
faint sound of violins filling
the musty air.
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Caption: A series of doorways all framed by books. Books overflowing right up to the ceiling. It's like an illusion – a maze, all leading into each other.
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Caption: 70,000 BOOKS There are no signs or labels to mark the books, although I do sense there is some order from brief observation. No matter though, because the owner claims he knows where everything single book is – all 70,000+ of them! I don’t mind the rummage though, the disorder is actually quite lovely.
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Caption: I spied a very dusty Jungle book with a beautiful pressed foil cover. I burrowed myself into one of the labyrinth like corridors using a book about treasure as my pillow, there I lost myself in a chapter or two.
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Caption: The Old Pier Bookshop opens
10am to 6pm in winter and
10am to 9pm in summer.
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