'The Book Tree' - created by Eric Maycock
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'The Book Tree' - created by Eric Maycock
December 2011
We should like to wish all our customers and website visitors a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
You are most welcome to join us over the festive season - if only to admire Eric's 'Book Tree'. We are open up until 4p.m. on Christmas Eve, and then as below.
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Our Christmas Opening Times |
Christmas Day: Closed |
September 2011
September 23rd: STOP PRESS......CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH, from Bedford, who won our '20' Quiz with a perfect 20 score! Sarah wins a £100 Eagle Bookshop Gift Card.
Congratulations also to Brenda, Manager of the Cottage Bakery just over the road from us, who was runner-up with a score of 19/20. Brenda receives a £25 Gift Card.
September 7th: We had a most enjoyable weekend of celebrations to mark 20 years of the shop. Many thanks to all of you who came to join us.
The '20' themed Quiz, is proving very popular, and we have been asked to post it online. If you wish to enter, you'll have to hurry - closing date for entries is 20th Septermber. The prize is a £100 gift card for use in the bookshop.
The Eagle Bookshop '20' Quiz
The entry with the highest number of correctly answered questions wins a gift card to the value of £100, to be spent at The Eagle Bookshop.* In the event of a tie, the winning entry will be drawn by lot from the tied entries. The winner will be contacted by telephone and the gift card sent by post to the address given. Closing date 20 September 2011. The winner’s name and postal town will be displayed on The Eagle Bookshop website and in the shop premises from Friday 23rd September 2011.
Please note: Question 7 requires a look around the bookshop – all the other questions can be answered from home!
What is the traditional gift for a 20th anniversary? (No, we’re not expecting anything!)
Who was the 20th Prime Minister of Britain?
Which is the 20th element in the periodic table?
Whose train from Tunbridge Wells Central on this chilly Sunday was 20 minutes late?
The number 20 written in English shares a property with the numbers 8 and 22 written in French. What is it?
What is the title of the 20th book in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series? (Yes, there really were that many!)
‘Who’ could help you at
the Eagle Bookshop if you don’t have 20
– 20
vision?
(This question requires a look around the bookshop!)
What key is associated with the 20 to which Otto Deutsch gave the number 959?
What 20 have William Shakespeare, Michael Faraday, Edward Elgar and Adam Smith got in common?
Apart from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which other Jules Verne novel uses leagues (lieues in French) as a measure of distance in the title?
Red Herrings and Tailors,
Feathers and Steps,
Add them all up and what do you get?
Take off a Catch and you’ve still got plenty,
Lose
how many more to leave exactly twenty?
Who are the current Cricket 20 – 20 World Champions?
After over 90 years of being on track, which Twenty was closed in 1959?
Who was Roman Emperor in the year 20 AD?
Which mathematician died aged just 20 from injuries sustained the morning after an evening of frantic letter writing to friends? These letters contained some of the most remarkable work in mathematics of the period.
‘Twenty
Years After’ is a sequel to which novel?
Which country has stated its intention to put a man on the moon in 2020?
Where would you always find Reg behind a 20?
The terms hundredweight and ton are used both in the UK (imperial system) and in the US, even though the weights are actually different.. However, under both systems, 20 hundredweight = 1 ton. True or False?
Which fictional character stops all the clocks in her house at twenty to nine?
* The Eagle Bookshop gift card is valid for two years from the date of issue, and can only be used to pay for purchases made at The Eagle Bookshop. The whole amount on the card does not have to be spent at once. The card is not exchangeable for cash. Only one entry per household.
PLEASE RETURN ENTRIES TO: THE EAGLE BOOKSHOP, 103 CASTLE ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 3QP
(If replying online, please let us know your name, address and telephone number. Remember, Question 7 requires a visit to the shop!)
CLOSING DATE: 20th SEPTEMBER 2011
GOOD LUCK!
August 2011
The Eagle Bookshop will be celebrating 20 years of trading on the weekend of September 3rd and 4th. We would be delighted if you could join us on either day:
April 2011
Easter Holiday Opening Times
Good Friday 22nd April: Open until 13.00, then closed in the afternoon
Saturday 23rd April: Open as normal
Easter Sunday / Bank Holiday Monday, 24th / 25th April: Closed all day
Tuesday 26th April to Sunday 1st May: Open as usual
(Including both Sunday 1st May and Friday 29th April)
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May: Closed all day
Tuesday 3rd May onwards: As normal.
Please note:
We are open as normal on Friday 29th April.
If you feel that you need to escape certain events elsewhere, remember, you are not alone! PB.
SUNDAY OPENING
We are delighted to announce that from
SUNDAY 3rd APRIL
the shop will open on Sundays
11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
in addition to our usual hours on Saturdays and weekdays.
April 2nd 2011. We have just taken delivery of a fine, scholarly collection of over 1000 books on British and Foreign History.
December 2010
We have just purchased a fascinating collection of books, documents and ephemera relating to Bedfordshire. We are busy sorting and pricing this, and hope to have items available to view and purchase in early January.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
The cold and snowy weather, delightful though it looks, has made it difficult for some customers to visit us this month. We would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and all the best for the new year.
Christmas Opening Times (for those who can make it):
Christmas Day: Closed
Sunday 26th: Closed
Bank Holiday Monday: Closed
Holiday Tuesday OPEN 10.00 - 16.00
Wednesday 29th OPEN 10.00 - 16.00
Thursday 30th OPEN 10.00 - 16.00
Friday 31st OPEN 10.00 - 16.00
New Year's Day OPEN 11.00 - 16.00
New Year Bank Holiday Monday: Closed
Tuesday 4th January onwards: As Normal
September 2010
Well, now that the new carpet is down (actually seeing the carpet has been a challenge up to now!), I have to say that the ground floor of the shop looks better for the reduction in clutter. More light, more browsing space and, with judicious repositioning of some of the bookcases, nearly as many books. A quick survey of customer reaction suggests that most much prefer the lay-out now, although there are a few traditionalists who miss the dark corners and unstable ceiling-scrapers of books. They need have no fears - there are five room upstairs, and The Eagle Bookshop Entropy law suggests that the more ordered one room becomes, the less ordered become the others.
Books. I ought to mention that the Performing Arts books are selling well. The collection was so large (it belonged to Theatre historian David Cheshire) that we still have several hundred of the better titles to get out on the shelves. You'll have to come to the physical shop for this one - the website tends to operate a few months behind. You must understand that buying books is much more fun than cataloguing them!
Amongst the very recent acquisitions is a small but impressive group of early motor racing books. I'll give a few more details shortly.
August 2010
As part of our refurbishment, we are replacing the flooring in the main room of the shop on
Monday 23rd August
and we regret that the shop will be closed on that day.
In the meantime... we are busy sorting a collection of over 3000 books on THE PERFORMING ARTS, including Theatre, Ballet, Music, Circus, Pantomime and Music Hall.
More details soon.
July 2010
The Eagle Bookshop is about to enter its twentieth year (September 1st), and we are busy making preparations. The shop itself is being reorganised to make browsing as comfortable and rewarding as possible, and our website is being redesigned without losing any of its individuality! We will continue to be the only black and white website on the internet!
Most importantly, we are doing all we can to buy rare and interesting books. If you have a collection to sell, please let us know!
The summer months have been kind to us this year, and the book trolleys are out in force on most days. Don't forget, we also have a Sale Room inside the shop as well, full of bargains at £1, £2 and £5.
Next update soon.
Peter