Book Barn Bristol (merged)

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Update on the BookBarn situation - thanks to Sabine for posting on Freecycle 2/3/09

Hello,

Just to let other people know that the bookbarn in Bristol is still open, I went along today to pick up some free books (piles on the floor and a few remaining on the shelves).

It was open from 10.00am until 2.00pm and was told it would be open tomorrow-tuesday 3rd of march for the same times, I am not sure about the following days.

So if you can, go and save some old books and have fun!
Happy freecycling!

Sabine

davester

Worth anyone in Bristol to grab lots of books and donate them to school, libraries and even the local hospital so that patients can have something to read. I know there are a lot of elderly patients that don't get many visitors and would love to read a book to pass the time between pokes and prods. I'm not in Bristol or I would have done it

santashelper_2

had a look today but there was a sign up saying due to health and safety they are no longer open to the public they had complaints about people climbing over bookcases to get to the books apparantly.

calleyw

davester wrote: »

Worth anyone in Bristol to grab lots of books and donate them to school, libraries and even the local hospital so that patients can have something to read. I know there are a lot of elderly patients that don't get many visitors and would love to read a book to pass the time between pokes and prods. I'm not in Bristol or I would have done it

shame local charities where not offered first pickings.


Yours

Calley

horseykitty

Just wish I lived near to it.

brownowl23

just wish I lied near it, my boys are book worms even though they are only 17 months

mandicat

Does anyone know if the book barn is still open? I've seen lots of contradicting information and can't get there until tomorrow morning

SilverScooby

Unfortunately it's now closed, according to a post on Bristol Freecycle:

I have just come from the Bookbarn and it is now closed to the public
due to health and safety. Probably a good thing as yesterday when I
was there I saw several people taking crazy risks and one child almost
crushed under a mountain of books!

rare_stuff

Buuks wrote: »

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

Even just a brief investigation will show many links between the 2 'seperate' companies, and searches for company directorships will also show directors in common. Searching other websites will show that the web address of bookbarns (hallotrow) often has the the physical address listed at the Paintworks site. So, there is some mystery behind why they state no connection - possibly so they don;t get the bill for clearing the warehouse of mostly worthless stock.

Think the health & safety bit kicked in when they realised the building would not have been insured for the public after a few near misses.