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| Photo: Islington Tribune newspaper website |
Closing after 20 years: Camden Lock Books
THE founder of The Big Issue
has criticised the council and government after a well-known
independent book shop announced it will close after two decades, blaming
rent and rate increases.
Lord John Bird said he was appalled to hear that Camden Lock Books, a place he has visited often, will close next month.
As the Tribune reported last week,
the shop’s owner Jason Burley said that the business had been
devastated by rising rates and disruption caused by the Old Street
roundabout redevelopment...
Mr
Burley, who opened Camden Lock Books in the Old Street station subway
in 2001, said: “I think one of the most gratifying things about running
this shop is getting to know John Bird, now Lord Bird. He started coming
in here occasionally as a customer.
He took up this
thing about rates because he is very interested in bookshops and
libraries and he used it in his maiden speech in the House of Lords. So I
am grateful for that.”
