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Mirandola · July 2015

Indeed. Independents ftw. I like the range of shops we have, although I WANT A BOOKSHOP. SOMEONE GIVE ME A BOOKSHOP. NOW.

kreuzkav · July 2015

I don't think it's about SGR having a variety of restaurants but about it being turned into a strip. There was so much more grace to the place ten years ago. Bookshops, there is one. I'd like a street full of downbeat bars, restaurant. The wig shops and hairdressers are cool. Second hand bookshops and record cd shops like Church St stokey please.

miss annie · July 2015

New Beacon Bookshop caters for quite specific interests, I think @Mirandola is keen for a general bookshop. Quite a few people have wished for one here or in Crouch End. As someone with a vested interest in bookshops, I would like to ask a question. How many SGers have bought a brand new, full price book from a bricks and mortar chain or indie bookshop this year? Not Amazon or one of it's subsidiaries - AbeBooks etc, and not a downloaded e-book. I'm curious.

Mirandola · July 2015

Me. lots.

kreuzkav · July 2015

The 'Thrill of it all' Joe O connor at a jumble sale for 2 euro. Poetry books by Emily Dickinson, Baudelaire. Some books at Fopp, Covent Garen. <div><br></div><div>The odd thing is that some writer friends who have published books (not famous) say that they get more money from e-reader books sales than from paper ones. The downside of e-readers is that Amazon control the market. The downside of paperbacks is that they use so much paper. Saying that I have about two hundred book on my shelves or in storage.</div>

Sutent · July 2015

I read lots but I have no time to go to bookshops. It would be easier if a shop was nearby though

Toddlesocks · July 2015

I buy lots of books for the husband and I, new and secondhand, never online. Still miss Stepping Out, some decent secondhand , arts & crafts, and fabric shops would be great.

checkski · July 2015

Does Daunt's count? I buy from the one in Belsize Park fairly regularly. But for years I couldn't afford new books, and this must be true of many, many readers. My bookshops were charity shops and libraries. In the modern age, and despite ethical objections, it is understandable that Amazon should be a regular port of call. Would an indie bookshop do well in SGR? It would be absolutely lovely to have one. Great respect to New Beacon, but they have a particular brief. Might you be able to open one, Miss Annie? That would be a double pleasure.<div><br></div>

miss annie · July 2015

I miss Stepping Out too. Have you been to the new fabric shop just by the Hornsey Rd/Seven Sisters Rd junction @Toddlesocks? I say new, it's been there about six months now.

Toddlesocks · July 2015

Will need to check it out miss Annie, am over that way visiting The Handweavers Studio quite frequently, had not noticed it.

Sutent · July 2015

I have been reading the comments on this post over the past month and have yet to comment. I have been troubled by some of the comments here. While walking out of well terrace yesterday I was confronted by large groups of people drinking, smoking and eating outside the Italian, burrito and the theatre. The socioeconomic background of these people may be slightly different to the WLM however the evidence shows that gender discrimination is not a class related one but is huge issue with British society. Unequal pay, equal working opportunities, domestic violence, sexual rights are huge issues in our every day lives and not just an issue with red faced smokers outside WLM. But it's easy to point a finger at these people as they are seen as different to us. At my university I work in a group called Athena swan as which is looking to support young female scientists to take up higher positions in science. At the moment very few females make it to higher positions but hopefully with more flexible and supportive working conditions this will change. No form of discrimination is acceptable in society but it is not limited just to the WLM.

vetski · July 2015

New fabric shop? *runs<span style="font-size: 10pt;">*</span>

Papa · July 2015

Ah, it was the chess board Krappy... you bloody hipsters.

krappyrubsnif · July 2015

Yes. I am a born loser, but if I play again I will move to Vagabond. You get a better class of beardy interruption there.

Papa · July 2015

And apparently an unspecified member of the cast of Game of Thrones, the guy told me had just been in when I got a drink on Wednesday<div><br></div><div>(In Vagabond that is, not the Park Tavern)</div>

kreuzkav · July 2015

Aiden Gillen used to live here.

Mirandola · July 2015

stuart/carchetti/petyr? Really?

ADGS · July 2015

I've bought new books full price from physical shops within the past year. But I still don't need a bookshop downstairs as much as I do a decent brunch at a very reasonable price.<div>(Not least because Big Green Bookshop is hardly far)</div>

Fin · July 2015

<p>I can't stand the WLM. The sell cheap booze to alcoholics, a morally dubious business model if ever I've seen one. Get rid.</p><p><br></p>

dion · July 2015

i looked at the selling agent website and couldn't find it, so maybe they aren't selling it after all

krappyrubsnif · July 2015

Well, it launched a very lively discussion. I think I'll start another rumour. How about 'Looks like the wig shops are going to be turned into a Caffe Nero?'

Toddlesocks · July 2015

My neighbour is a regular, recons WLM will be gone by Christmas. Rumoured to become an alternative Folk Bar called " The Scruffy Utopia ", craft and board game booths, book exchange and live music including mid week yodellers night. Small dogs and well behaved children welcome.

MHP · July 2015

I will be glad to see the back of it. Too many pubs in the area if you ask me.

Arkady · August 2015

@MHP, are you serious?

TescoPigeon · August 2015

Krappy tell me a bit more about this caffe nero!!!

Papa · August 2015

I heard the White Lion was going to be turned into a Dalston hipster bar called Car Showroom, with actual cars in there and salesmen-style barstaff

TescoPigeon · August 2015

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krappyrubsnif · August 2015

Papa L I'm seeing this. Craft beer delivered by gas pump, road movies showing on the back wall, petrolhead cocktails served in used oil cans, road trip music and American style waitresses dressed in overalls. Let's do it!

Papa · August 2015

I was thinking more an old-school Arfur Daley-type endeavour....<div><br></div><div>...but now you outline that brave vision I may prefer your plan Krappy.</div><div><br></div><div> </div>

kreuzkav · August 2015

Have Weatherspoons met their Waterloo? If it goes and I'm not hoping it does I think it won't be some indie eaterie or cafe due to its size and infrastructure but some chain like Masala Zone.

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