I hope all your record store day celebrations were fun?
On Saturday I visited on its grand opening "Beatniks" record store and cafe in Altrincham, South Manchester. It a cosy place (hence picutre taking was tricky), with records stacked on the left of the shop, a heavily postered little alcove with record player and headphones for some selcuded sounds. The walls are arty and the furniture has a retro/re-cycled quality. The cafe offers pies, salads, cake, brownies (the fudge brownies called my name!) tea and coffees. I am particulary fussy when it comes to a good cup of tea, but whilst in there I enjoyed two cups in floral mugs. They also sell CD's, tapes, T-shirts and various art pieces. I thoughly enjoyed my time in there; the shop was busy, the atmosphere was warm and the staff very helpful. We bought a two tone mix album which we enjoyed later on. I enjoyed listening to the acoustic set in such a intitmate enviroment. Situated opposite the market behind Altrincham's high street, I believe it will be good for the town and I sincearley hope this place does well. There isn't enough places like it.
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https://twitter.com/Beatnik_Shop 
