Amblongus Books
@amblongusbooks
Secondhand bookshop in Chester. Nowhere near new books but beautiful books. Specialising in the arts with cookery, poetry, and nature too.
With the opening of Aldous Books today, there are now THREE secondhand bookshops in Chester. And for new books, in addition to @Waterstones , there is the brilliant Books on the Walls which has recently opened just along from Northgate. @ShitChester is truly becoming a #bookcity.
Belissimo! Fancy watching the final at our gaff on Sunday?
WE NEVER GIVE UP. WE ARE #WEURO2025 FINALISTS.
This Saturday at @ThatBeerPlaceHQ !!! ☀️🎵🍻
Join us next Saturday from 2pm for a Daytime Summer Party!! 🍻🎵☀️ Upstairs at @ThatBeerPlaceHQ Feat - The Magic Roundabout John the Selector Olds Kool
We'll be there too! #PortSunlight
The Bolshie Bargain Bookstall is branching out! We will be at the first Hulme Hall Book Fair in Port Sunlight tomorrow. Sunday 13th July 9.30am-4.00pm Free entrance! 📚Lots of new stock 🎉Rarities & bargains 🎁Politics, international, fiction, feminism, poetry, nature & history
Don't forget to join us for a few wonderful ciders @ThatBeerPlaceHQ from 1.30pm this afternoon as we celebrate them winning the @CAMRA_Official Merseyside & Cheshire Cider POTY. (Great Beer also available for those that haven't made the leap)
Good morning 🌞 #philately
Great Britain 1966 postage stamps
Lots of people tell us it's their DREAM to run a secondhand bookshop. Well, here's your chance. And in lovely sunny Weymouth too. 🌞 dorsetecho.co.uk/news/25297241.…
It's not going to happen often, but right now we have a stunning collection of some of the biggest names in sci-fi fiction. Many with original artwork or first paperback editions. Come and fill your (moon)boots. #sciencefiction #classicbooks
Good morning 🌞 #fashionforward #100years
Bauhaus women, 1927 the German Bauhaus school, 1919-1933, created progressive designs, yet excluded women from most fields except weaving at first. Despite restrictions female students excelled in this area and later in others too including metalwork #WomensArt
This article on reading is worth reading.
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🗣️ “If we don’t preserve, we just wipe out everything good that we have done.” — Wayne Hemingway MBE at our 50th anniversary reception in Norwich. A powerful reminder that heritage is the foundation for better places. 👉 savebritainsheritage.org/news/top-archi… #SAVEis50 #WayneHemingway
The History Hub's Photograph of the Week is this lovely view of Northgate Street, #Chester from the Northgate in June 1962.
To celebrate today's opening performance of Pride and Prejudice, we've gone all #JaneAusten in the bookshop. @StoryhouseLive #GrosvenorPark
Protect bird habitats; make gardens not car parks. Good morning 🌞
Jo Scott, contemporary UK artist #womensart #FridayFeeling #summer
Good morning 🌞
Young Woman with Flowers, 1918 by May Swanzy, one of the first Irish painters to experiment in Avant Garde styles #WomensArt
Paper, writing, printing, books; did anyone really think they would go away?
One hundred and forty five lovely beautiful interesting friendly educational joyous fascinating international postcards have arrived at the Society Headquarters in just one month. Pleased to report postcard sending is very much alive and kicking!🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇮🇹🇸🇪🇨🇦🇪🇸🇮🇲 #PostcardDrop2025
I'll be talking about my book The Postal Paths at Whitehaven and Millom libraries on July 9th and 11th. Do join me - there are biscuits too! eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-l…
‘Buildings that are left derelict or vacant for a number of years –as Medlock Mill had been– are more vulnerable to tragic instances’ SAVE conservation officer Lydia Franklin talks @itvnews abt urgency of bringing historic bdgs back to life. Learn more👉 bit.ly/4kaRFqC
Happy Birthday to the legendary gardener, Carol Klein! Gardening books in the 50p tubs today. Good morning 🙂
Happy birthday, Carol! Please join us in wishing the fabulous Carol Klein a very happy 80th birthday – we're eternally grateful for your advice, enthusiasm and love for gardening 💕
The History Hub #TuesdayThrowback is this lovely view down Northgate Street, #Chester, from June, 1962. The image is looking south from The Northgate.