Tom Fort

19 Nov 2023 - 11 Nov 2023

Storyhouse

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A celebration of the quintessential cornerstone of any village in Britain – the shop – in this case a century-old hardware shop in a beautiful Berkshire village.

Fort’s family’s dream of developing the shop into one that would become the centre of village life did come true, but for a very different set of circumstances than expected. Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets interweaves the evolution of the shop, its previous owners, and the history of the items it sells to present a delightful study of community and the eccentricities of ordinary people. It is The Repair Shop meets The Diary of a Bookseller all conveyed in Tom Fort’s signature easy-going writing style.