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12 sie 2020 · Borders Bookstore on Buchanan Street back in 2009. Bookworms in Glasgow are spoilt for choice with places to visit for a browse thanks to the likes of Caledonia Books, Voltaire & Rousseau...
29 cze 2019 · The former chain's flagship Scottish store, Borders was the country's biggest and best bookshop between 1998 and 2009 and one that really did play a central part in the life of the Glasgow public.
Folks would literally drive to hang out at the bookstore! You went to have coffee, listen to CDs, read through the new items, there were even live concerts at some of them. My wife and I used to have lunch at one, and be entertained for hours.
Borders was a genuine safe haven in the middle of the chaos of the city centre, for readers of all types. I miss it a lot more than I ever thought I would when it closed. I lived away from Glasgow for a long time and never really found a replacement for it.
Originally designed by Archibald Elliot in 1827 for the Royal Bank, Borders has occupied a prime spot on Royal Exchange Square since the millennium and won over many of the city's book lovers. People reading on the steps outside have become as much a feature of Glasgow as the traffic cone on the head of Wellington's statue.
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Borders (UK) Ltd., also known as Borders & Books etc., was established as a Borders Group subsidiary in 1998, and in 2007 became independent of the US parent company.
