'Basil Fawlty of books' is selling up

A shopkeeper dubbed the "Basil Fawlty of books" and whose rudeness sparked more than 20 complaints has announced he is selling up.

Mon, 17 Jul, 2017 - 17:06

A shopkeeper dubbed the "Basil Fawlty of books" and whose rudeness sparked more than 20 complaints has announced he is selling up.

Steve Bloom, owner of Bloomindales high in the Yorkshire Dales, was branded "the bookseller from hell" by the chairman of Hawes Parish Council who mounted a campaign in January to get him to change his ways or be forced out.

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