Simon
Flying Squad
Dum de-dum dumty da-da....
After long and careful consideration, I have decided to "take the plunge" and the Titfield Thunderbolt Bookshop will be operating from retail premises in Bath from November this year.
If all goes according to plan, (which is my expectation) I should take possession on the 1st November and kick off with a "bit of a do" on the 13th of November.
I have asked a number of people down for the 13th and Neil Rushby has very generously volunteered to attend with Shell Island and make an exhibition of himself on the day, so if you come down you will at least get to see Shell Island and its creator in the flesh.
I will be there with Lesley (my wife) and Harry and Charlie (the boys), and refreshments will be laid on.
Having said that I have asked a number of people it is basically open house and everyone is invited, so if you are anywhere near and fancy coming along then we would be delighted to see you.
I will flesh out the day and what will be on offer shop-wise in more detail over the coming weeks, but in the meantime (and with Cynric's permission) here is a link to a page I have just put up to my website that gives the salient details as they currently are:
http://www.titfield.co.uk/newshop.htm
I would just like to say a few things more about this:
Although I am a bookseller who sells books, and I have and will from time to time (or even more frequently if you're really unlucky) mention or flag up various books or magazines that I might be selling or be aware of on Western Thunder, I have absolutely no expectation that anyone here will as a consequence buy a book from me or feel that I think that they ought to buy a book from me.
Nor will I get grumpy if anyone goes off and buys any book(s), aforementioned or not by myself, from anywhere or anyone else, even if that be at a stonking great discount from Rainforest Books inc. or someone like that
Basically, I'm "only here for the beer" as an advert once said, although if anything I should say or do, (subject of course to approval by The Guv) makes anyone whizz down to Bath and purchase a containerload of books from me then then I would probably cope, somehow....
Joking apart, thank you very much to Cynric for letting me flag this up. I aim to create a bloody good railway bookshop which will hopefully give pleasure to myself and visitors/customers and generate some sort of meaningful revenue for my family along the way.
As the journey unfolds I will be very open to all and any suggestions, comments, brickbats etc
Thank you very much!
Simon Castens
After long and careful consideration, I have decided to "take the plunge" and the Titfield Thunderbolt Bookshop will be operating from retail premises in Bath from November this year.
If all goes according to plan, (which is my expectation) I should take possession on the 1st November and kick off with a "bit of a do" on the 13th of November.
I have asked a number of people down for the 13th and Neil Rushby has very generously volunteered to attend with Shell Island and make an exhibition of himself on the day, so if you come down you will at least get to see Shell Island and its creator in the flesh.
I will be there with Lesley (my wife) and Harry and Charlie (the boys), and refreshments will be laid on.
Having said that I have asked a number of people it is basically open house and everyone is invited, so if you are anywhere near and fancy coming along then we would be delighted to see you.
I will flesh out the day and what will be on offer shop-wise in more detail over the coming weeks, but in the meantime (and with Cynric's permission) here is a link to a page I have just put up to my website that gives the salient details as they currently are:
http://www.titfield.co.uk/newshop.htm
I would just like to say a few things more about this:
Although I am a bookseller who sells books, and I have and will from time to time (or even more frequently if you're really unlucky) mention or flag up various books or magazines that I might be selling or be aware of on Western Thunder, I have absolutely no expectation that anyone here will as a consequence buy a book from me or feel that I think that they ought to buy a book from me.
Nor will I get grumpy if anyone goes off and buys any book(s), aforementioned or not by myself, from anywhere or anyone else, even if that be at a stonking great discount from Rainforest Books inc. or someone like that
Basically, I'm "only here for the beer" as an advert once said, although if anything I should say or do, (subject of course to approval by The Guv) makes anyone whizz down to Bath and purchase a containerload of books from me then then I would probably cope, somehow....
Joking apart, thank you very much to Cynric for letting me flag this up. I aim to create a bloody good railway bookshop which will hopefully give pleasure to myself and visitors/customers and generate some sort of meaningful revenue for my family along the way.
As the journey unfolds I will be very open to all and any suggestions, comments, brickbats etc
Thank you very much!
Simon Castens