People power helped make a bookstore’s moving day one to remember, for all the right reasons. October Books in Southampton, southern England, enlisted around 250 volunteers to pass its stock hand-to-hand along a human chain to its new home on Sunday. THAT is community, friends pic.twitter.com/LbgeAUMa3y — OctoberBooks (@OctoberBooks) October 28, 2018Collective member Annabel Hodgson said in a statement to HuffPost she was “absolutely bowled over” by the community’s response. “We are of, and for, our community and it is truly heartening to see that reciprocated.”Its all go in #Portswood as our Human Chain in moving books hand to hand from old shop to new. Check outvideo of the human chain here:And see other online posts from the day here:So it's moving day for #OctoberBooks in Southampton and a human chain has formed down Portswood High Street, moving all the books to their new shop, 150m down the road, by hand.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2018 13:18 UTC