E.J. MortenBooksellers

E.J. Morten Booksellers has traded from a cobbled street in Didsbury Village since 1959, now run by John Morten, the third generation of his family to take charge of the shop. The business combines a new-book retail side with a secondhand and antiquarian arm specialising in history, military history, travel and literature, alongside signed copies. Stock spans three generations of buying decisions, giving the antiquarian section a depth that is hard to replicate quickly. The shop sits at 6 Warburton Street, a short walk from Didsbury's other independent traders. It remains a rare example in the area of a bookshop that has stayed in the same family's hands since it opened, rather than changing ownership or converting to a different retail use.