Empty Shelves -And The First Signs Of Spring!

Empty shelves - can you help?

These shelves were full of books at the start of the fair! I have just come back from the regular monthly ETC Bloomsbury book fair and I’m pleased to report that it was very busy. Things have been very slow recently but there was a good mood in the room and despite the triple-whammy of … Read more

Maidstone Gin, 14 shillings & 6d a gallon!

Maidstone Gin: a flyer from the 1890s

Here’s a wonderful thing. It’s a beautiful two-colour advertising flyer for Maidstone Gin, dating from the late 19th Century. I have recently bought a big scrap-book of ephemera relating to Mr Grant’s Distillery and I was delighted to discover that there is a new distillery in the town continuing the tradition of gin-production in Kent. … Read more