London Pocket Companion -

Jo Swinnerton

Pavilion Books

2008

143 páginas

4h 46m

ISBN-13: 9781862057968

There is always someone who needs to know when Big ben first struck the hour, or who sold the first grapefruit in London, or what kind of fish swim past the Houses of the Parliament. The same person would probably also like to know where in London they can find a spiral escalator, an audacious jumping spider and a tobacco pouch made from the skin of an albatross. If you know a person like this, you should give them this book, as it contains the answers to all these puzzles and many more.

But before you give it to them, have a browse yourself. Because than you will discover that Gandhi once lived in Bow, that the longest game of monopoly lasted 70 days and that a vasectomy kit and a Chinese typewriter were once left behind on an Underground train. Once you know these things - and hundreds more - you will never look at London in quite the same way again.