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When Benjamin Henry Blackwell opened the doors to B. H. Blackwell's on New Years Day in 1879, bookselling was already in his blood. His father, Benjamin Harris Blackwell had been heavily involved in the Temperance Society, as had his father before him. The society promoted self-education and encouraged reading as well as religion, with separate rooms for non-alcoholic refreshment and silent reading. Although an unquestionably devout family, the Blackwells had originally become involved with the Temperance Society, not only because of their religion, but also because Benjamin's father was tee-total, a decision made in protest of the government making money from the excise duty on alcohol.
Benjamin Henry Blackwell, inherited not only his father's initials but also his passion for education and self-improvement. Upon finishing his formal education at the age of 13, Benjamin was apprenticed to local bookseller, Charles Richards, for a shilling a year.
From the outset, 'Mr. Blackwell's little shop' had a special air about it. 'Those who came in from the noisy, cobbled street', chronicled in a later edition of the Oxford Magazine, 'found quiet and an invitation, not so much spoken as conveyed by the friendly spirit of the bookseller, to scrutinise and handle the books on the shelves without obligation to buy.'
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