” First floor grill room of The Cock overlooking Fleet Street” in a series of prints of sepia photos of some of old London’s best loved landmarks, presented by Soho Publishing in an A3 (29.6 x 39.6 cm) format. Under the photo are brief notes about tavern which is mentioned in the Pepys’s diaries. Ideal for framing, these reproductions show many long gone or much changed sites & offer a unique way of decorating your home or office with photos of near by or close-to-your-heart parts of the capital. Please note: the prints are supplied flat rather than rolled, with an A3 protective piece of cardboard, so the package will be larger than the standard size letterbox. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Cockermouth in 1898 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map is double-sided. The main map covers the town centre, extending northward to Bell Vue & Hamesbottom Wood, & from Derwent Lodge & The Fitz eastward to St Helen`s Tannery. Features include Hames Hall, Goatmill Bridge, Derwent Mills, River Derwent, Cockermouth Castle, Goat area, Fitz Mill, Agricultural Hall, railway with goods station, Workhouse, Main Street area, All Saints church, Drill Hall, Castle Brewery etc. On the reverse is part of adjacent sheet 54.08 extending coverage southward to include railway station, Atlas Works, cemetery, Tanneries, Double Mills, golf course, Rubbybanks Mill, The Moor & River Cocker. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Cockfosters is a funny, frank & forceful story collection dealing with ageing, ambition & the patterns of repetition & renewal found in long friendships & marriages. It opens irresistible new windows onto the world from Arizona to Dubai & from Moscow to Berlin. Turning both a panoramic & a zoom lens on the way we live now, these stories range through hitch-hiking in Bohemian forest-land to cresting the waves of the Aegean to the mending of hearts & the recovery of lost property at the end of the Piccadilly Line. Helen Simpson writes with great warmth, wit & candour about the complexities of modern life, & this new collection shows why she is hailed as one of the best short story writers at work in the world today. ...

Have you ever been lost for words in the East End markets? Ever got your Gertie Gitanas (bananas) confused with your corns & bunions (onions) & it`s all gone a bit Pete Tong (wrong)? Cockney Rhyming Slang is a quick, easy-to-use guide to some of the most frequently used, up-to-date as well as old-fashioned phrases. Including: `apples & pears`
- stairs; ` Barnet Fair`
- hair; `sausage & mash`
- crash; `bubble bath`
- laugh; ` Britney Spears`
- beers; `has beens`
- greens; & `dig a grave`
- shave. An entertaining collection that explains the ever-evolving dialect of London`s East End, with Cockney Rhyming Slang you`ll be conversing with the street traders of the East End with no Barney Rubble (trouble).






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The definitive guide to the vibrant & inventive language of the East End, featuring history, trivia & anecdotes. Cockney rhyming slang originated as a secret code among the thieves of London`s East End. Adopted by costermongers & market traders, it fast became a vibrant patois that defined a community, confused the police & evolved to include ever more colourful rhyming phrases. Constantly updated & added to ever since, & fostered by Londoners citywide, it has long enlivened the streets of one of the world`s most quirky & fascinating capitals. Cockney Rhyming Slang explores the origins & meanings of both commonly used & lesser-known phrases, taking in traditional slang as well as modern additions. Combining history, trivia, "es & anecdotes, it is the definitive guide to cockney rhyming slang for locals & language lovers alike. ...

Harry is on a special mission Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, & Harry has been sent to investigate. It`s clear that the Ambassador`s family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He needs to solve a crime & avoid a scandal. When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, & Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary. But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust? ...

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness tells the story of the author`s mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller & her husband were a glamorous & optimistic couple & East Africa lay before them with the promise of all its perfect light, even as the British Empire in which they both believed waned. They had everything, including two golden children
- a girl & a boy. However, life became increasingly difficult & they moved to Rhodesia to work as farm managers. The previous farm manager had committed suicide. His ghost appeared at the foot of their bed & seemed to be trying to warn them of something. Shortly after this, one of their golden children died. Africa was no longer the playground of Nicola`s childhood. They returned to England where the author was born before they returned to Rhodesia & to the civil war. The last part of the book sees the Fullers in their old age on a banana & fish farm in the Zambezi Valley. They had built their ramshackle dining room under the Tree of Forgetfulness. In local custom, this tree is the meeting place for villagers determined to resolve disputes. It is in the spirit of this Forgetfulness that Nicola finally forgot
- but did not forgive
- all her enemies including her daughter & the Apostle, a squatter who has taken up in her bananas with his seven wives & forty-nine children. Funny, tragic, terrifying, exotic & utterly unself-conscious, this is a story of survival & madness, love & war, passion & compassion.


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An Uncle Fred novel Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, remains young at heart. So it is for him the act of a moment to lean out of the Drones Club window with a catapult & ping the silk top-hat off his grumpy in-law, the distinguished barrister Sir Raymond Bastable
- but unfortunately things don`t end there. The sprightly earl finds that his action has inspired a scandalous bestseller & a film script
- but this is as nothing compared with the entangled fates of the couples that surround him. In this delightful novel by the master of comic fiction, Uncle Fred will discover that only he, with his fabled sweetness & light can save the day.

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Cocktail culture boomed in the United States after Prohibition as America couldn`t get enough of the new concoctions developed by barkeepers. Exotic drinking venues defined this era of drinking culture & were immortalised in the linen postcards used to advertise them. Transport yourself to an era of indulgence & glamour with over 50 vintage cocktail recipes (and modern twists), historical vignettes & more than 100 pieces of vintage ephemera. ...

Already responsible for giving jelly a 21st-century makeover, the boys at Bompas & Parr now focus their attention on the perennially popular cocktail. But of course with an extra special twist. In this fantastic new book, Sam & Harry take us on a rollercoaster journey through the wonderful world of fizzes, smashes, juleps, shrubs & fixes. Classics, new kids on the block & crazy concoctions are all to be expected, but the boys also provide advice on the all-important presentation, the ingredients
- getting the ice just right
- & of course how to host a show-stopping event. Veterans of successful alcoholic adventures such as Alcoholic Architecture (a walk in cloud of breathable G&T) & the Architectural Punchbowl (a Robert Adam building flooded with 4 tonnes of Courvoisier Punch
- enough for 25, 000 people!), Bompas & Parr are perfectly placed to ensure you create a cocktail night to remember. The book

Includes:: historical facts surrounding cocktails, the universal cocktail principle, bar snacks & advice on basic equipment. Sam & Harry`s paramount aim is to demystify cocktails & help you make your own drinks from whatever there is to h&.




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