Book Barn Bristol (merged)

bristolleedsfan

Snoopy_rules wrote: »

The one on their contact us page is in somerset. They also have one according to the website in Bristol, but sadly no address. I have just looked as well.

http://www.bizwiki.co.uk/book-shops/125345/bookbarn.htm

fairyfly

apology accepted hehe. I was doubtful too but me hubby and kids went down and the kids loved rummaging through the books. My house now looks like a library but what a great find. Hope you all manage to get some books save them from land fill.

BargainGalore

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1156973/Thousands-scramble-free-books-Amazon-supplier-abandons-warehouse.html



old Bookbarn site in Bristol.


http://www.bookbarn.co.uk/



Books' free-for-all in warehouse


People have been invited to help themselves to the books

People in Bristol have been invited to help themselves to free books at a warehouse which were left behind when the owners left the site.

Bookbarn's lease on the premises in Arnos Vale recently expired and when the firm moved out it left behind thousands of books.

Managers of the Paintworks site have invited people to help themselves.

This Bookbarn is in no way connected to the company BookBarn International at Hallatrow in North Somerset.

noynoy

thats shockingly sad ..what a waste could they have not amazoned them and recouped some money?? well done though your eco warriors!

Seakay

Why are all those books all over the floor, though? That's just disgusting - obviously people are 'searching' for their own bargains by trashing everything that they don't happen to want!

Bedtimebear

Is it open Sunday and where is the nearest place to park. :j

beachlou

Does anyone know the opening times for this?

Enterprise_1701C

Can someone please move it a bit closer to where I live? On second thoughts, considering we have books in every room of the house (yes - EVERY), I think maybe I should not go too close to this. I love books!

angi612

Seakay wrote: »

Why are all those books all over the floor, though? That's just disgusting - obviously people are 'searching' for their own bargains by trashing everything that they don't happen to want!

The reason for the piles of books was because the owners took away the ladders leaving sky-high bookshelves inaccessible! People pushed them over for easier access. I absolutely hated treading on the books but there was no way round them until loads of books had been removed.

What a waste. Enterprising shop-owners, car booters etc were loading vans and trailers with whatever they could scoop up quickly and coming back for more. There were boxes and unopened packets of brand new books but 99% of the books are second hand, some worth a lot of money. It's a goldmine for anyone who knows about books and has the time to browse!

Opening times are 10 till 4. There is very limited parking now.

I thoroughly enjoyed my book hunt and came home with about 250 books to read, then release into the wild on bookcrossing.com.

Buuks

"This Bookbarn is in no way connected to the company BookBarn International at Hallatrow in North Somerset."
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