I used to love Foyles, back in the 80s. Their filing system was famously chaotic but the wonderful staff could always find a particular book, somehow.

A major competitor expanded and Dillons was a stunning and huge book store, just around the corner. It was a delightful place to shop for books. When they launched they put a bus-stop ad right outside Foyles which read, "Foyled again? Try Dillons."

Somewhere I have one of their plastic shopping bags with that exact phrase.

Dillons changed hands several times and was eventually folded into Waterstones.

Enjoy the magic of Foyles!

@rickerbh

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@foldworks @patrickhadfield They were still doing it in August 2000 ...

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Even in 1994 this was anachronistic

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Funny they don't mention that in the shop's display about its history 😆

"famously eccentric Christina Foyle ...regularly dismissing staff after a year....Perversely, it was partly because the shop was so badly run that it seemed to charm its customers." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45446899

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