So spoiled. We have a library.
One of the joys of living in an old house, in the country...
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Patrick McManus <
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> Well you could go up into the loft to form a library (reinforce floor) then
> make an opening into all the adjoining houses say ten houses each way for a
> start down the street-they would not notice.
> P helpful
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Roger Collett
> Sent: 26 June 2010 09:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: how to organise your books
>
> We have approx 140 feet of bookshelves full to bursting with books stacked
> in front of books and
> horizontally on top of others. If I can ever get some of the heavier stuff
> (non-book) moved to
> free some wall space we will soon (six months??) have another 70 feet of
> shelves. This is just
> to take books we have now and doesn't include the stock shelves for the
> Press, at least another
> 120 feet plus boxes in the hallway and under my bedroom window. All in a
> mid-terraced house in
> Darlington.
> Why do we do it?
>
> Roger Collett
> Arrowhead Press
> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 7:21 AM
> Subject: Re: how to organise your books
>
>
> > Actually, we're moving just down the road from where we are. I like
> > the western suburbs.
> >
> > Now up to 57 boxes and 12 bookshelves left to go. Jesus. Glad we
> > started early. There's everything else in the house as well.
> >
> > x
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Chris Jones <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 10:01 +1000, Alison Croggon wrote:
> >>> I'm moving house. I only just realised how many books we have. Daniel
> >>> has packed 30 boxes already, and that's only the shed.
> >>
> >> So the rumours are true, Alison, you're moving to Narrabri, a national
> >> centre of innovation, except not the vet and not the council will help
> >> me with the three generations of cats taking over my back garden and
> >> studio.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> have chronic fatigue syndrome so may be delayed in reply or brain fog
> weird
> >>
> >> just to let you know that's all, Chris Jones.
> >>
> >> Blog: http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.com/
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
> >
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