October Books Portswood Road, Southampton Building, English Restoration Project, Architecture Images
October Books Portswood Road, Southampton
Retail Building Hampshire, Southern England – design by STUDIO – B.a.d architects
25 June 2019
October Books in Portswood, Southampton
Architects: STUDIO – B.a.d
Location: Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
October Books on Portswood Road, Southampton
T H E S T O R Y
October books was formed in 1977 in Southampton in Portswood High street. It is a non for profit co-operative radical neighborhood independent book shop. The shop itself is independent from any political organization, and looks to promote a fair and equal society.

The book shop was featured in an article in the Guardian in June 2014, with Own Hatherley discussing ?How the spirit of revolution lives on in radical bookshops ? and how it only survived that year, due to local financial contribution?s. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/19/revolution-radical-bookshopsoctober-books-southampton
In January 2018 the collective decided it was time to free itself from the large rental being paid to its land lord at the time and planned for a brighter future. The co-operative then entered into a collaborative consortium with a local homeless charity ?The Society of St James? with a view to purchasing their own building, a former Natwest Bank. To do this they had to raise £300,000 of community funds, selling loan stock and crowd funding.
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