Stallholder portrait
Each week we want to portrait one stallholder at Thames Market. This time it's Greg with his great selection of pre-loved books -
Greg’s stall embraces the corner Pahau and Pollen Streets. He has been there almost every Saturday for the last 12 years. “I used to help at markets in Auckland on book stalls”, and when he moved to Thames he decided to run his own stall. “I’m more of a non-fiction man,” he says and the wide range of factual literature on his market tables confirms this. “But I also have a ‘Penguin’ section”, which started out as a table with fiction from that famous publisher and has developed into an admirable selection of hard to find prints. He favours covers of the 1950s and later that tell a story of their own (see picture). Like other stallholders and patrons, he has noticed that ours is “the driest market” with its almost uncanny luck for fine weather. He also values the market’s social interaction and the personal contact with the customers. And if they look for a special title or subject area, be sure Greg will be able to find it.
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