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"On the street, in a huge line, undeterred by rain, they gathered to pass
books.
Bibliophiles, builders from nearby construction sites, kids with their parents,
all stood for hundreds of metres along Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD on
Thursday morning in a human chain.
They were there to help the beloved bookshop, Hill of Content, move from its
location of more than 100 years to a new home.
In wintry weather 300 people stood in a line passing thousands of books up
Bourke Street, from Hill of Content’s old store into the new.
As rain started falling people pulled out umbrellas and raincoats, with the
books wrapped in brown paper.
Hill of Content is the city’s oldest bookstore, opening in 1922 at 86 Bourke
Street. The three-storey heritage-listed building it occupied for 103 years was
sold for $5.3m last year, with the bookshop’s owners forced to start searching
for a new home.
Diana Johnson, who owns Hill of Content with her husband, Duncan Johnson, said
the human chain would pass 17,000 books up to the new store."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
