Southampton bookshop enlists human chain to move to new store

More than 2,000 books carried by volunteers to October Books’ new premises

About 250 people formed a human chain to help a community bookshop in Southampton move to a new store after a rent increase left them unable to afford their old premises.

Volunteers gathered on Sunday to carry more than 2,000 books the 150 metres to the new location, a former bank building that October Books managed to buy with funds raised from donations and loans, where the stock will be kept in the old vault.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2qfl60U