A CHESTER landmark is shutting up shop.
Stothert Old Books, on the corner of Nicholas Street and Lower Watergate Street, will close at the end of October after about 35 years of trading in the city.
Owners Alan and Marjory Checkley plan to continue selling antiquarian books from a converted barn next to their home in Higher Burwardsley.
Marjory said: “The internet side of the business has been growing at the same time as the number of visitors to the shop is declining.
“We will still have a book room which will be open to the public by appointment or on-spec if people are passing.
“We don’t want people to miss the opportunity to pop in and find something unexpected.”
The Checkleys have run Stothert Old Books for 11 years assisted by Annie White and Sheila Coulbeck, who will both retire when the shop closes.
Full story with pioctures will appear in this week’s edition of The Chronicle - on sale from October 24.
