Independent bookshop, Caledonian Road
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Independent bookshop, Caledonian Road
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 12 Apr 2016
The march of coffee shops and the threat of a tax-avoiding online retail giant combined with unreasonable rent increases has spelt the end of many an independent book and record shop in London. Thankfully a few remain. Housmans, a radical bookshop, has traded on this site for many years.
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Image Location
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51.531663
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-0.121164