If you love London, then this is your book, mate. Within these pages are hundreds of facts, figures, stories, quotes, jokes, and anecdotesfrom its earliest times, when hippos swam the Thames and elephants lived in Trafalgar Square, right up to the present day. Find out whose head fell off London Bridge into his daughter s lap, what goes on at the Horseshoe and Faggott Cutting Ceremony, who sold Buckingham Palace to a tourist, which Londoner embalmed his wife and displayed her in a glass case in his living room, and how many policeman you can fit in Nelson s Column."
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1861057997
ISBN13:9781861057990
Release Date:October 2004
Publisher:Robson Books
Length:153 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.2" x 7.3"
Related Subjects
Education & Reference England Europe General Great Britain Puzzles & Games Travel TriviaCustomer Reviews
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Great details for London-philes
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Fans of "Schott's Original Miscellany" will relish this book, which contains a host of trivia about London in a similar format to that original. Do you want to know which pubs are haunted? The original names and dates of establishment of various tube stations? Where Marx and Gandhi lived while in town? What are the most unusual items ever left behind on a bus or subway? (The list includes a vasectomy kit and two human skulls.) Then this is the book for you. It may be crass and perhaps even un-British to say so, but its wit and brevity make it perfect for your loo bookshelf, if you see what I mean.
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