The North West's Best Bookshop?

Earlier this week I was in Morecambe, and came across what I think is one of the best second hand bookshops in Britain.

The Old Pier Bookshop is at 287 Marine Road, between the clock tower and the lifeboat station. A meandering rabbit warren of a place, the shop is crammed with piles of old and not so old books. Whilst there was not as many sports books as I may have liked, its political and military sections were superb, and there was a vast amount of regional titles.

I picked up an old Cienfuegos Press title from the 1970s, "A New World In Our Hearts - The Faces of Spanish Anarchism" edited by Albert Meltzer for just a quid. I know a few bookshops in London that would attempt to charge £10 or £15 for such a title.

Get yourself over to Morecambe is my advice!

Comments

[Duncan Money]

Bloody hell, talk about a co-incidence.

I was down in Morecambe last weekend for the first time, my Mum went in the 1960's and said it was a dump so none of us ever go, and discovered the Old Pier Bookshop. It's a great little place, highly recommended even though I didn't buy anything.

Morecambe's not a bad place either.