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The lost bookshop chain we'd browse in for hours

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Today, bookworms across Greater Manchester are spoilt for choice with a number of brilliant independent bookshops and big brands around.

But many will remember what it was like in the early noughties to make your way to Borders Books to grab a coffee, browse the aisles and read a book or magazine on one of the comfy chairs.

Borders first opened in the UK in 1997 and was originally owned by the US book giant of the same name. And it wasn't long before it opened outlets in Greater Manchester, which stocked thousands of titles and magazines, as well as cards, CDs, DVDs and more.

Over a decade ago, Borders could be found in the likes of Manchester Fort Shopping Park in Cheetham Hill and The Peel Centre, in Stockport. Read More: Threats and warnings you heard from your Manchester mum growing up Manchester's 'amazing' secret tunnels and bunkers that are 'like a ghost town' At one point, there was also a branch in The Trafford Centre.

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