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Past & Present
18 The Promenade
ARNSIDE  Cumbria  LA5 0HD   map
tel: 01524 761256
Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 2.00 - 4.00.

 Add a comment  Read commentsHide commentsA mixture of books and collectables in a small two story shop in this picturesque seaside village near Kendal. On the seafront with easy parking, this shop has a mixture of non-fiction books downstairs and general paperback fiction upstairs along with some collectables and general bric-a-brac. There is a reasonable order to the downstairs shelves although the books are unevenly priced and often betray the fact that no one has looked at some of them in a long time. There also tends to be one book too many squeezed into each shelf leading to difficulty in getting an individual book out. That said it is worth a rummage if you are in the area. - Jeremy Briggs 14.08.08.
    What a total and utter waste of time. We are talking the biggest load of overpriced tat you have ever seen. Books are scruffy and many I examined were damaged, priced through the roof on the few decent editions I found. Took me less than 30 minutes to go through every shelf and that was 30 minutes wasted. Even if you LIVE there, dont waste your time. As for making a special trip, forget it. Trust me, you will regret it. - The Wanderer. 24.03.09.
    Disagree with the wanderer. Yes some books are overpriced but I always find something to buy when I visit periodically. Upstairs appears to be a different business from downstairs. - Brian 28.05.09.
    Visited today, Proprietor told me it is now open 2-5pm every day, and it indeed it was open on Sunday, rare for a bookshop in this part of the world. Now only downstairs, upstairs closed a while ago. A real old-fashioned junk/book shop with stuff all over the place. Agree that much is in poor condition/overpriced, but If you are prepared to put the effort in you can come away with some unusual books at a reasonable price. Not WAD, but adds to the attraction of visiting this nice little resort. - PaulH 06.09.18.

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