I could hear the music from Alan Cooper and Simon Newcombe as I came along the street, and while I was there a lady got into conversation with them between songs because she was, herself, a fiddler and wanted to know more about the tunes.
Half the upstairs was open, with displays of privately printed books, and two gorgeous views of Venice on the wall. At first glance, they looked like photos, but when you looked closer the colour was in the same flat style as 1930s railway posters.
I saw a pamphlet with a poem by Alan Halsey, who once owned a bookshop in Hay, and another with works by Andrew Motion. There were books that folded up like concertinas, and others with leather bindings. More than 15 private presses are involved in the launch of the bookshop, which will be open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and by appointment.
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