I've been earwigging again - this time in Broad Street Book Centre, where a customer was saying how difficult it is to find specialist shops for music - books, scores and CDs. He knew of 4 in the whole country; one in York, one in Bristol and one in London - and Hancock and Monks, in Broad Street Book Centre.
They used to have their own shop, near the clock tower. When Rose's children's bookshop expanded, it was into the shop they had just moved out of. They find it more convenient to be part of a larger shop, which they don't have to staff full time - especially since they live somewhere near Llanwrtyd Wells (a town famous for bog snorkelling and for having a statue of The Sospan Fach of the Welsh song - that's a very big Little Saucepan). Jerry has recently branched out into selling plants as well, on shelves outside the shop.
The rain has been constant again today - but it doesn't seem to have dampened the spirits of the performers at the Music Festival, who could be heard giving it their all as I passed the Castle. I saw the Man from ELO, Phil, going in with his guitar case. Yesterday evening, there was a group of people around the bench outside HSBC, chilling out with a guitar - no chance of that this evening!
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