Name that book shop!
 | | FORMER Waterstone’s employees Tim West (left) and Simon Key are hoping to open their own bookshop – but need help finding a name for their new venture |
A NEW bookshop is appealing to local wordsmiths to come up with a name for their store.
One lucky winner will see their idea up in lights for years to come in the centre of Wood Green, as plans to fill the gap left in the west of the borough by Waterstone's closure continue to steam ahead.
Tim West and Simon Key, former manager and assistant manager at Waterstone's, are going it alone, determined to give the east of the borough its own bookstore before the end of the year.
They are close to securing premises "close to Shopping City, just off the High Road," said Mr West, but coming up with a name is proving a major stumbling block.
So they have contacted all the schools in Haringey to ask pupils to come up with a name themselves.
"Having the right name obviously is extremely important, and having a pupil of one of the local schools come up with the name is very exciting. You hang an awful lot on a name.
"Can you imagine if you had given WH Smith its name? Every time you walked past the shop you would have a surge of pride. It becomes a thing potentially of legend - it could change someone's life."
The winner will get to unveil their design at the grand opening, and be given £50 to spend in the shop.
l Mr West, of Hawthorn Road, Hornsey, and Mr Key, of Salisbury Road, Wood Green, are throwing down the gauntlet for absolutely anyone to come up with a suggestion.
Mail your entry marked "Name Our Bookshop" to 68 Hawthorn Road, Hornsey, N8 7NA and include your name, age and contact details, or e-mail tim-julie@west1.freeserve.co.uk with the subject line Name Our Bookshop. Closing date: October 15.
Follow the progress of their mission to open a bookshop on their online blog at www.woodgreenbookshop.blogspot.com
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