London's strangest tales : extraordinary but true stories from the Big Smoke /
by Quinn, Tom.
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BookPublisher: London : Portico, 2016Edition: Revised edition.Description: 256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781910232880 (pbk.) :; 1910232882 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 942.1 QUISubject(s): London (England) -- History | London (England) -- Miscellanea | History | HistorySummary: This title takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities. The book is packed with amazing things you didn't know about Britain's capital, like the fact that it's still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or whistle in the Burlington Arcade, and the fat lamppost at the corner of Trafalgar Square that is secretly a tiny prison cell.
Previous edition: London: Robson, 2008.
This title takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities. The book is packed with amazing things you didn't know about Britain's capital, like the fact that it's still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or whistle in the Burlington Arcade, and the fat lamppost at the corner of Trafalgar Square that is secretly a tiny prison cell.
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