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Banstead High Street
A Memory of Banstead.
I too remember the book shop. It was actually called the Ibis Library and was owned by Martin Gough. He sold a selection of records as well as books and if you wished to listen to some music before buying a record, as was then the custom, Martin had made a makeshift 'listening booth' which was actually under the stairs which led up to his flat above the shop. I bought many records there. I also remember the library which was situated at the east end of the high street, where you had to pay to borrow a book. This predated the public library. I drank many cups of coffee in the coffee shop opposite the Victoria Pub, but I cannaot recall what it was called. Very, very happy memories.
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Shopfronts were so much prettier and more imaginative then - and shopkeepers expected to stay there forever and made their mark, unlike now. I was in Banstead a few years ago and the shop front was still the same, but Streetview shows it has finally succumbed and been rendered completely ugly.
Here's the original look: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3231836,-0.1994232,3a,75y,331.42h,84.5t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbw8VObJwGP4qwlRk1GGhDg!2e0!5s20081001T000000!7i13312!8i6656