He bought a book with his first ever paycheque, and has bought a book a day ever since, “probably more than one,” he confesses. He opened the shop after being made redundant twice: “I kind of got the message,” he says in typically droll fashion. He gives the impression he just bumbled his way into the second-hand bookshop scene without much of a plan. Obsessed with aviation from a young age, Bill had built up a huge library of aviation books and started his business around them. Rolls Royce of bookshopsBill’s reputation for aviation books precedes him and attracts some surprise visitors.