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November 16th 09, 05:27 PM
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BBC - Soho shops make way for Crossrail
On Nov 15, 1:13*pm, zzzz wrote:
Fear not. *Motor Books is a long way from the Crossrail work, down by St Martins Lane. Those specialist shops are becoming a dying breed.... On Nov 15, 5:47*pm, allanbonnetracy wrote: [snip] I hope my gentleman’s special interest shop is not on that list. It’s called Motor Books and I can confirm you’re always guaranteed to get a good sorting out there. Sad to hear CX Road is not what it once was. In my youth it was a haven for music and book shops. |
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November 17th 09, 08:41 AM
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BBC - Soho shops make way for Crossrail
"E27002" wrote in message ... On Nov 15, 1:13 pm, zzzz wrote: Fear not. Motor Books is a long way from the Crossrail work, down by St Martins Lane. Those specialist shops are becoming a dying breed.... On Nov 15, 5:47 pm, allanbonnetracy wrote: [snip] I hope my gentleman’s special interest shop is not on that list. It’s called Motor Books and I can confirm you’re always guaranteed to get a good sorting out there. Sad to hear CX Road is not what it once was. In my youth it was a haven for music and book shops. ***** It still is. Maybe not as much as you recall but the 20+ bookshops I passed last week seemed to be doing quite well and I saw a few music and instrument shops down the sidestreets. |
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November 17th 09, 09:09 AM
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BBC - Soho shops make way for Crossrail
"Nick P" wrote in message
... It still is. Maybe not as much as you recall but the 20+ bookshops I passed last week seemed to be doing quite well and I saw a few music and instrument shops down the sidestreets. The music shops are mainly in Denmark Street - the British 'Tin Pan Alley' to the older ones among us! ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_Street Ian |
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November 19th 09, 10:19 PM
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BBC - Soho shops make way for Crossrail
"Ian F." wrote in message ... "Nick P" wrote in message ... It still is. Maybe not as much as you recall but the 20+ bookshops I passed last week seemed to be doing quite well and I saw a few music and instrument shops down the sidestreets. The music shops are mainly in Denmark Street - the British 'Tin Pan Alley' to the older ones among us! ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_Street Ian That would be the place I was thinking of. FWIW, I overestimated the number of bookshops along CCR as there are only 12 with a few more in Cecil Court and St Martins Court. |
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