Friends book stall
Our stall was a fine tent in a good spot conveniently near the cafe (handy for tea breaks). Stock comprised boxes and boxes of used books donated by various people. Most had been collected in advanced but some people came along on the day to give bags of unwanted reading material. As in previous years, our merchandise proved a fascinating, if not eclectic mix: fiction, non-fiction, classical literature, popular bestsellers, childrens books, books on cookery, travel (lots of Lonely Planets), gardening, art, sport and more.
We set up shop at around 10am. Bargain hunters started to arrive at about 11am. It got progressively busier throughout the day and we served our last customers at 5.30pm. People were undetered by the rain, although it felt as though our lovely tent might blow away in the heavy gusts at times!
Anna, Sally-Ann and Judy (Friends Committee members)
To keep kiddies entertained while their parents browsed the stall, we had a “paint your own picture” table, where much fun was had with crayons, glitter and glue. And much mess was made!
Some people were looking for particular books and others happy to browse the lucky dip. Last year we had lots of requests for sports books and this year poetry. The must be a poetry renaissance going on!
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What a great day after a very inauspiscous start in the pouring rain ! Buyers found bargains galore and we had lots of interesting talks about books and sundry other topics ! The tent remained firmly fixed in the ground courtesy of Ollie’s placing of tent pegs and guy ropes. Quite a few stalls were blown away in the really gustly wind. Thank you to all who brought books and thank you to all the buyers ……… we will be back next year ! Judy
The book stall gets better every year! Well done to the organisers.